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  Ecommerce Fraud Prevention - The...

  Vines Graener

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  To complicate matters, ecommerce merchants must defend against fraud on two fronts. First, you need to safeguard your business from schemes that target merchants directly, such as fraudulent chargebacks and website impersonation. 
  Additionally, it’s crucial to protect your customers from scams, as having scammers on your site can be detrimental to your reputation—even if you’re just as much a victim as they are. 
  The good news is that ecommerce fraud prevention is advancing rapidly, with strategies as sophisticated as the scams themselves. In this article, we’ll explore the seven most common fraud scams in ecommerce: how they operate, the warning signs to watch for, effective defenses, and ten essential tools to enhance your security. 
  Let’s dive in!

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  The Origin of Politics - How...

  Nicholas Wade

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  Societies that ignore social disintegration and collapsing birth rates are putting their future in peril. So why are we ignoring the signs? 
  ?In The Origin Of Politics, Nicholas Wade explains how our political systems compete with a more ancient set of rules for organizing society—those developed by evolution. Modern ideologies are in constant tension with structures inherent in human social behavior, such as the family, the tribe, and male-dominated institutions.  
  This tension plays out in various ways. Sometimes nature prevails over politics, as in the proposal by Marx and Engels to eliminate the family, the basic unit of society. The founders of the kibbutz movement put this radical idea into practice, only to find that the conflict with human nature was unsustainable. In other cases, culture has successfully modified evolutionary behaviors, replacing polygamy with monogamy and dissolving the bonds of tribalism to make way for modern states.  
  But the evolutionary framework of human societies is not infinitely flexible. The nation-state, especially in the case of the United States, is prone to disintegration if disruptive ideologies are allowed to undermine the cohesive affinities that hold its disparate cultures together.  
  The worldwide decline in fertility in most countries except those in Africa signals a severe derangement in the behaviors evolution has devised for ensuring that a population will maintain itself. If the causes of this disruption cannot be understood and reversed, human societies will embark on an unsought path to extinction.  
  Other fraught issues in which human biology and politics conflict include the innate specializations of the sexes, the stratification of society by ability, and the mismatch between the inequalities of wealth-creating societies and the egalitarian ethic inherited from our hunter-gatherer ancestors. 
  We live in an iridescent bubble, the intoxicating richness of modern culture. Shielded from the natural world, we have lost our awareness of the evolutionary forces that still guide our motivations and shape the foundations of our societies. The Origin of Politics explores the risks of underestimating evolution’s fundamental role in human affairs. 
    
   

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  History of Computers

  Introbooks Team

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  Since the time human beings took birth on the earth, tremendous changes have been observed in all phases of life. One such aspect was the phase of the technology itself. Technology has advanced itself beautifully and has made the work of humans easier. Like for instance, earlier people used to keep track of all the readings in the journal in handwritten format, but now there are many different types of computer applications available for doing the same. Similarly, primitive people made use of the bones and sticks to perform simple mathematical calculations, and now it’s just a calculator away, which you can find on your smartphones as well.  
  Computers form an integral part of our lifestyle. These are used for work purposes, entertainment purposes, gaming purposes, data storing purposes, file creating sorting and managing, and so on. 
  Earlier, the computers used to be big and occupied a lot of space and used to be very costly, could store only a minute amount of data, consumed a high amount of energy, and dissipated a large amount of heat. But, over time, as the technology evolved and the advancements took place, the size of the computer lessened, they began to be available at low prices in the market, energy consumption was reduced, heat dissipation was decreased, etc.  
  The computer will not be able to work until and unless it has been programmed.   
  Computer is defined as a programmable electronic device that intakes raw data as input and processes the information with the help of programs and gives the final result as output. Charles Babbage is called the 'Father of Computer". The first working mechanical computer was designed by Charles Babbage that was known as the Analytical Engine. Read-only memory was used as punch cards in this computer. 

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  Digital Transformation:...

  Matthew Thompson

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  "Digital Transformation: Embracing Innovation in the Digital Age" is a complete book that can help businesses of all kinds deal with the complicated and always-changing world of digital transformation. This book gives business leaders, entrepreneurs, and decision-makers the information and tactics they need to bring their operations up to date and stay ahead of the competition at a time when technology is changing the way industries work. 
  This book goes into detail about the most important parts of going digital. It talks about technologies like AI, cloud computing, big data analytics, and the Internet of Things (IoT). It also looks at the people involved in change—how to encourage a culture of innovation, how to adapt organizational structures, and how to build leadership skills that will help businesses succeed in the digital world.  
  The book gives businesses that want to make changes a clear path to follow through real-life case studies, useful frameworks, and ideas that can be put into action. It shows how businesses can improve the experiences of their customers, make their operations run more smoothly, and build a data-driven, flexible space that helps them grow in a way that lasts. 
  This book gives you the tools to turn digital problems into opportunities, whether you're just starting to go digital or want to speed up your progress. You'll learn how to use technology to its full potential, make your company more innovative, and create a business that can thrive in a world that is becoming more and more digital. 

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  Cool - How Air Conditioning...

  Salvatore Basile

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  "[A] history of air conditioning, chronicling the numerous gimmicks, failed attempts, con jobs, and eventual successes . . . a surprisingly interesting journey." —San Francisco Book Review 
   
   
    
  The air conditioner is often hailed as one of the modern world's greatest inventions—yet nearly as often blamed for global disaster. It has changed everything from architecture to people's food habits; saved countless lives, and caused countless deaths. First appearing in 1902, when Willis Carrier, an engineer barely out of college, developed the "Apparatus for Treating Air," everyone assumed it would instantly change the world. But the story of air conditioning and its rise to ubiquity is far from simple. 
   
   
    
  In Cool, Salvatore Basile tracks two fascinating stories: the struggle to perfect an effective cooling device, and the effort to convince people that they actually needed such a thing. With a cast of characters ranging from Leonardo da Vinci to Richard Nixon and Felix the Cat, Cool showcases the myriad reactions to air conditioning as it was developed and introduced to the world. Here is a unique perspective on a common convenience: how we came to rely on it today, and how it might change radically tomorrow.

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  Hypnosis to Overcome Chronic...

  Empowered Living

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  The advantages of hypnosis therapy are widespread. A lot of individuals report positive changes with hypnosis and it's recognized as a valid type of holistic alternative medicine.  
  Hypnosis is a popular technique utilized for weight loss, overcoming addiction, healing, achieving goals, relaxation and stress relief. It's utilized to get rid of undesired behaviors and beliefs and to manifest new desires and achieve goals in life. 
    
  If you wish to influence your subconscious mind to accept new programming for positive alterations hypnosis is an effective technique for doing that. 
  Among the chief advantages of hypnosis is that when you in a hypnotic state brain wave frequencies decelerate. You center or focus your awareness and you're actually much more aware than usual. A state of centered awareness almost feels as though you're more of an observer of thought and images rather than a part of them. This allows you to bypass the "gatekeepers" at the entrance to the subconscious and superconscious so you are able to access these levels of consciousness directly, and the brain is much more receptive to suggestion. 
  The unconscious, or subconscious may then be reprogrammed so it lets go of old patterns, beliefs and feelings that no longer serve you. They may be replaced with suggestions that are favorable and affirming. The superconscious mind may open you into fresh insights and originative ideas.  
  Put this audio on each night before you go to bed and listen to it right before you fall asleep. If you have time also listen to it first thing upon waking. Do this for at least 21 days consistently so that positive change can take affect in your life.

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