About Maria Korolov
Maria Korolov is an award-winning tech journalist who covers cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and extended reality.
She’s also a science fiction author and the editor and founder of MetaStellar, an online magazine of speculative fiction, and of Hypergrid Business, one of the world’s top virtual reality blogs.
Contact her at maria@korolov.com to pitch articles or to hire her as writer, editor, or speaker at your event.
Follow her on Twitter at @MariaKorolov, on Threads at @MariaKorolov, and check out her latest videos on the Maria Korolov YouTube channel.
Latest AI articles
7 ways gen AI can create more work than it saves
As gen AI use continues to skyrocket, reports of business benefits are trickling in. But we’re also seeing more cases where the tech can actually create more work than it saves.
As AI scales, infrastructure challenges emerge
11 key roles for AI success
10 most critical LLM vulnerabilities
Latest quantum computing articles
IBM, Microsoft and Boeing mark advances in quantum computing
IBM today announced its Quiskit Functions Catalog, a collection of services that are designed to make it easier for enterprise developers to experiment with quantum use cases.
Quantum networking takes off… into space
Post-quantum encryption: Crypto flexibility will prepare firms for quantum threat, experts say
What Microsoft’s error-correction milestone means for usable quantum computing
Latest Cybersecurity articles
10 most critical LLM vulnerabilities
From prompt injections to model theft, OWASP has identified the most prevalent and impactful vulnerabilities found in AI applications based on large language models (LLMs).
Ransomware recovery: 8 steps to successfully restore from backup
NIST finally settles on quantum-safe crypto standards
Post-quantum encryption: Crypto flexibility will prepare firms for quantum threat, experts say
Latest Networking articles
VMware Cloud Foundation gains AI model store, other updates
At the VMware Explore conference this week, Broadcom announced expanded AI support, including a new AI model store for VMware Private AI running on VMware Cloud Foundation.
VMware upgrades software-defined edge for AI workloads
Main Line Health readies networks for ‘at home’ hospitals
Microsoft Entra Suite is late to the SSE pool but will still make waves
Red Hat unveils image mode for its Linux distro
Intel builds world’s largest neuromorphic system
latest Awards
latest Appearances
Press Release Writing in The Age Of AI
Guest Speaker: VWEC Expert Series
Profile: Sam Whitmore Media Survey
SANS Attack Surface Management Solutions Forum 2022: Building Resilience in the Face of Cyber Conflict
Guest Speaker: VWBPE 2022 Conference
Metaverse presentations: OpenSimulator Community Conference
Informa Webinar: Doing More IT With Less
MetaStellar: Setting up a WordPress website with DreamHost in 15 minutes
IDG Zero Trust Webinar
MetaStellar Interview: How we launched in a pandemic
BrightTalk cybersecurity panel
CIO Magazine New Reality Event
Look Left podcast
IDG Tech Talk: CCPA Revisited
InformaTech’s Cybersecurity Bootcamp
IDG Tech Talk: CCPA
older Awards and Appearances
Jan. 2018: Maria Korolov talks with Sine Wave about “Succeeding As A Retailer In Immersive Worlds.”
Dec. 2017: Speaker at Stereopsia conference in Brussels, Belgium. Topic was women in virtual reality. Click here for slides.
Dec. 2017: Speaker at OpenSimulator Community Conference. Topic was a statistical overview of OpenSim development. Click here for slides.
Apr. 2017: Profiled in Viar360’s Women of VR – 35 Ladies Who Are Killing It In Virtual Reality
Aug. 2016: Mentioned in Marie Claire’s Virtual Reality Has a Female Mafia—and They’re Looking for New Recruits
May 2016: Interviewed by the BCC about how virtual reality will change our lives. Listen to the broadcast here. Read the transcript here.
Sep. 2015: Mentioned in Fortune’s Meet the women shaping our virtual future.
Latest Blog Posts
I’m working on a lot of projects these days. As you can see from the site, I’m busy with enterprise technology articles. Plus, I’m the…
How to use free and low-cost AI tools to create cool images for websites and social media.
I try out the top 15 free online mind mapping apps.
How the use the free Miro app to outline your story or novel.
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Have you ever stared at your screen or typewriter or notebook and couldn’t force yourself to write? I have, and here’s what I do to…