News about cybersecurity, data privacy, and crypto just won’t stop. Calls for a moratorium on artificial intelligence by industry leaders compete with aspirations for both public and private sectors to continue their drive for technological growth, stoking further fear and controversy. Cybersecurity precautions have grown more robust but successful cyberattacks continue. Crypto has become a bedrock for all sorts of new and proposed Web3 applications and the EU recently approved first-of-its-kind comprehensive crypto regulations.
Technology jargon is frustrating. We are publishing this series to help non-technical people penetrate the fog of jargon, the better to follow the ongoing discussions of cyber, data privacy, and crypto. We hope that this Part III of our series on Understanding Tech Terms will bring you closer to participating in relevant discussions.