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Shift - Living in the Digital Age

June 23, 2023

A global Internet outage could create global chaos – whether through breakdowns or cyberattacks. After all, almost everything is connected today. How well is the critical infrastructure protected against this?

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Shift — Living in the Digital Age

Can I use blockchain technology? Will artificial intelligence take over my career? What exactly is "Machine Learning"? These are some of the questions „SHIFT – Living in the Digital Age“ tries to answer.

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