MAGIC is pleased to announce the success of their inaugural STEP Challenge (previously known as Hackathon) – a technology-focused pitch competition held last Saturday, February 24, at Carroll Community College. High school and undergraduate students from Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Charles, and Howard counties teamed up to present the best app idea to a panel…
Building tech communities through cutting edge innovation, entrepreneurial incubation, and public education is core to MAGIC’s nonprofit mission. If we know one thing to be true, however, it’s that a mission of this magnitude requires a collaborative effort. Teamwork is MAGIC, and we are proud to partner with innovators and changemakers who share our vision…
Humans versus AI: An AI Detection Experiment By: Marie Overman I recently wrote a blog about AI hacking and how it affects the future of cybersecurity. AI is evasive and is able to learn and adapt in ways that people cannot always predict. To test current AI detectors, we used my blog, written by…
If you were to ask a random stranger what cybersecurity means for them, they’d probably say it’s something that is complicated, and only people who are experts can understand how to do it. Here lies the problem. Cybersecurity shouldn’t be seen as complex and hard to do. It should be seen as quite the opposite.…
COVID has certainly been a Black Swan Event. No one could have ever predicted that we would be forced to stop our lives and alter the way we interact with people. Out of this black swan event came innovation and determination for businesses across the United States. Businesses went digital, and for some, it may…
Carroll County is slowly evolving into a tech hub in the Mid-Atlantic region. With so many opportunities and programs for young entrepreneurs, there’s no wonder why more people are flocking to Westminster, MD. Take a look at some of the opportunities that exist in Carroll County for entrepreneurs: MAGIC Hackathon For those interested in coding,…