news and Appearances

CIO Magazine New Reality Event

CIO Magazine New Reality Event

Sep 15, 2020
On Sep. 15, Maria Korolov was a speaker at a CIO magazine virtual event, “The New Business Process Mandate: AI & Automation.” Watch the on-demand session by clicking here.
Look Left podcast

Look Left podcast

May 12, 2020
On May 12, Maria Korolov was a guest on the Look Left Marketing podcast to talk about her career in journalism.  Listen to the podcast by clicking here.
IDG Tech Talk: CCPA Revisited

IDG Tech Talk: CCPA Revisited

Feb 18, 2020
On Feb. 21, Maria Korolov was a guest on IDG Tech Talk to answer reader and viewer questions about the California Consumer Privacy Act.  Watch the show on YouTube by clicking here.
InformaTech’s Cybersecurity Bootcamp

InformaTech’s Cybersecurity Bootcamp

Oct 23, 2019
On Oct. 23, 2019, Maria Korolov was a guest speaker at InformaTech’s Cybersecurity Bootcamp, talking about securing the virtual data center.  See her presentation for free and download the slides here.
IDG Tech Talk: CCPA

IDG Tech Talk: CCPA

Sep 6, 2019
On Sep. 6, 2019, Maria Korolov was a guest on IDG Tech Talk to talk about how the California Consumer Privacy Act will affect businesses  Watch the show on YouTube by clicking here.

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

10 things you should include in your AI policy

10 things you should include in your AI policy

Apr 8, 2025

From understanding what AI means in the context of the organization to being compliant and not forgetting the role third parties play, here are ten key things to keep in mind when creating an AI policy.

IT leaders: What’s the gameplan as tech badly outpaces talent?

IT leaders: What’s the gameplan as tech badly outpaces talent?

Mar 13, 2025
With the pace of gen AI adoption accelerating across all business sectors and functions, required skills are increasingly in demand — but the people out there able to meet needs are in short supply.
Packaged offerings promise to make AI infrastructure deployment easier

Packaged offerings promise to make AI infrastructure deployment easier

Feb 26, 2025
Cisco, HPE, and other vendors are rolling out enterprise AI packages that bundle GPUs, networking, storage and cooling tech into ready-to-deploy systems.
What gives IT leaders pause as they look to integrate agentic AI with legacy infrastructure

What gives IT leaders pause as they look to integrate agentic AI with legacy infrastructure

Feb 26, 2025
Complexity and security are primary concerns but enterprises first have to ensure they have a modern stack.

Latest quantum computing articles

IonQ, Alice & Bob roll out quantum breakthroughs

IonQ, Alice & Bob roll out quantum breakthroughs

Mar 14, 2025

IonQ and Alice & Bob, have both announced breakthroughs that bring quantum computing closer to reality

Quantum networking takes off… into space

Quantum networking takes off… into space

Sep 10, 2024
Boeing plans to send a satellite into space to facilitate quantum communications, the company announced at the Quantum World Congress.
Post-quantum encryption: Crypto flexibility will prepare firms for quantum threat, experts say

Post-quantum encryption: Crypto flexibility will prepare firms for quantum threat, experts say

Aug 7, 2024
NIST standards for quantum-safe encryption are due out this summer. As quantum computing advances, enterprises need to consider their encryption infrastructure and post-quantum security strategies.
What Microsoft’s error-correction milestone means for usable quantum computing

What Microsoft’s error-correction milestone means for usable quantum computing

Apr 8, 2024
In an achievement claimed to usher in a new era of quantum computing, Microsoft and Quantinuum showcase logical qubits with error rates up to 800 times lower than physical qubits.

Latest Cybersecurity articles

10 most critical LLM vulnerabilities

10 most critical LLM vulnerabilities

Dec 3, 2024

Prompt injection and supply chain vulnerabilities remain the main LLM vulnerabilities but as the technology evolves new risks come to light including system prompt leakage and misinformation.

Post-quantum encryption: Crypto flexibility will prepare firms for quantum threat, experts say

Post-quantum encryption: Crypto flexibility will prepare firms for quantum threat, experts say

Aug 7, 2024
NIST standards for quantum-safe encryption are due out this summer. As quantum computing advances, enterprises need to consider their encryption infrastructure and post-quantum security strategies.
Microsoft Entra Suite is late to the SSE pool but will still make waves

Microsoft Entra Suite is late to the SSE pool but will still make waves

Jul 24, 2024
Despite being late to market, Microsoft’s secure service edge (SSE) offering has some advantages, including cost and ties to Microsoft’s identity access management services.
AI agents can find and exploit known vulnerabilities, study shows

AI agents can find and exploit known vulnerabilities, study shows

Jul 2, 2024
In a somewhat chilling revelation, AI agents were able to find and exploit known vulnerabilities, but only under certain conditions, which researchers say indicates they’re not close to being a significant threat – yet.

Latest Networking articles

Internet upgrade part of a move towards 400/800G connectivity

Internet upgrade part of a move towards 400/800G connectivity

Feb 10, 2025

DE-CIX Internet exchange operator announced plans to upgrade its New York backbone to 400G.

Intel builds world’s largest neuromorphic system

Intel builds world’s largest neuromorphic system

Apr 17, 2024
Code-named Hala Point, the brain-inspired system packs 1,152 Loihi 2 processors in a data center chassis the size of a microwave oven.
Data centers warm up to liquid cooling

Data centers warm up to liquid cooling

Apr 1, 2024
AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing are creating cooling challenges for data center owners and operators. As rack densities increase and temperatures rise, more data centers are finding ways to add liquid cooling to their facilities.
AI-powered 6G wireless promises big changes

AI-powered 6G wireless promises big changes

Feb 12, 2024
The next-gen technology is still years away, but 6G wireless could enable futuristic high-bandwidth, low-latency applications.
5 data center predictions: Surging demand and tighter rules squeeze operations

5 data center predictions: Surging demand and tighter rules squeeze operations

Jan 29, 2024
Rising workloads, tougher sustainability regulations, and cost pressures will increasingly squeeze data center operators in 2024 and force tradeoffs between business expansion and infrastructure reliability.
Data centers unprepared for new European energy efficiency regulations

Data centers unprepared for new European energy efficiency regulations

Dec 7, 2023
Regulatory pressure is driving IT teams to invest in more efficient servers and storage and improve their data-center reporting capabilities.

latest Awards

latest Appearances

older Awards and Appearances

Judge, 2019 CSO50 awards

Maria is one of the judges of the annual CSO50 awards, which recognize 50 organizations for their security project or initiative that demonstrates outstanding business value and thought leadership.

Judge, Epica Awards

Maria is a member of the jury of the 2018 Epica awards, the only global creative prize judged by journalists.

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

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May 2016: Interviewed by the BCC about how virtual reality will change our lives. Listen to the broadcast hereRead the transcript here.

Sep. 2015: Mentioned in Fortune’s Meet the women shaping our virtual future.

Latest Blog Posts

Do I quote vendors in articles?

Jun 4, 2020
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This question has been coming up a lot lately, and there’s a whole speech I give about this, so I thought I’d write it down…

Online Filemaker alternatives: Coda, Zoho, AppSheet, AppGyver, and more

Apr 1, 2020
Online Filemaker alternatives: Coda, Zoho, AppSheet, AppGyver, and more

UPDATE FEB. 2021: Lately, I’ve been testing out a new online collaboration tool called Notion. The basic plan, which includes sharing with up to five…

My writing groups meet on Zoom

Mar 25, 2020
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New update, June 18: I’ve started a new virtual Zoom-based MeetUp group for speculative fiction writers. If you write science fiction, fantasy or horror, check…

Otter.AI just announced a great free deal on its transcription

Mar 25, 2020
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Another tool useful for writers that I’ve talked about this one in writers’ meetings before is Otter.AI. It transcribes your dictation. You just talk, and…

The tech journalist starter kit

Oct 23, 2019
The tech journalist starter kit

A friend of a friend just called me, asking for advice on how to become a technology journalist. I promised to send him some links…

The Lost King of Krim hits multiple Amazon category bestseller lists

Sep 6, 2019
The Lost King of Krim hits multiple Amazon category bestseller lists

The Lost King of Krim, a novella of the Krim virtual world that was released last month, hit multiple Amazon category bestseller lists this month.…