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

As AI scales, infrastructure challenges emerge

As AI scales, infrastructure challenges emerge

Oct 23, 2024

Early adopters of gen AI typically used ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and similar SaaS tools that cost money but didn’t create infrastructure challenges. As companies scale up, however, those challenges are beginning to emerge.

Data loss prevention vendors tackle gen AI data risks

Data loss prevention vendors tackle gen AI data risks

Oct 31, 2023
Businesses are using DLP tools to help secure generative AI and reduce risks of ChatGPT and similar applications.
4 reasons why gen AI projects fail

4 reasons why gen AI projects fail

Oct 4, 2023
Data issues are still among the chief reasons why AI projects fall short of expectations, but the advent of generative AI has added a few new twists.
The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far

The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far

Sep 21, 2023
In 2022, the big AI story was the technology emerging from research labs and proofs-of-concept, to it being deployed throughout enterprises to get business value. This year started out about the same, with slightly better ML algorithms and improved data pipelines. But that seems so long ago now. And in the few months left of 2023, change could further offset what we’ve come to expect.

Latest quantum computing articles

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8 old technologies that still play roles in security

Dec 10, 2018

Newer isn’t always better, at least where cybersecurity is concerned. For some applications, these older technologies are still effective ways to protect data and systems.

Latest Cybersecurity articles

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VMware combines SASE and edge management in new orchestration platform, announces private 5G service

Aug 22, 2023

News from the VMware Explore conference includes a unified management platform for VMware’s SASE and edge computing stack, along with a new managed private mobile networking service.

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Nine Best Practices for Zero Trust

Feb 25, 2022
Getting started with zero trust can seem like a daunting task – but the benefits are worth the cost.
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Why DevOps pipelines are under attack and how to fight back

Feb 22, 2022
NotPetya proved the effectiveness of an attack on the software supply chain, and attackers are targeting it more now. Here’s advice to reduce risk to your DevOps processes.
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As Concerns About Ukraine Mount, Gov’ts Issue Ransomware Alert

Feb 16, 2022
Organizations of all sizes are recommended to “adopt a heightened posture when it comes to cybersecurity.”

Latest Networking articles

VMware, Nvidia team on enterprise-grade AI platform

VMware, Nvidia team on enterprise-grade AI platform

Aug 22, 2023

VMware Private AI Foundation with Nvidia will enable enterprises to customize models and run generative AI applications on their own infrastructure in their data centers, at the edge, and in their clouds.

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

It’s not all bad news

Mar 26, 2007
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Note: This blog post also ran in the Society of Professional Journalism’s “Journalism and the World” blog. Click here to see the original post. From…

Down and out and about in Shanghai

Mar 26, 2007
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Note: This blog post also ran in the Society of Professional Journalism’s “Journalism and the World” blog. Click here to see the original post. Robert…

Greetings from Shanghai, China

Mar 24, 2007
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Note: This blog post also ran in the Society of Professional Journalism’s “Journalism and the World” blog. Click here to see the original post (and…

Getting accredited — do you really need it?

Jan 20, 2006
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Most countries — including China — require that journalists be accredited, and carry a press ID. This is not the case in the United States,…

Choosing a beat: business, education, or government?

Oct 10, 2005
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A beginning journalist asked: It looks like you have a lot of varied experience in journalism. I’m dabbling with becoming a business reporter, but also…

How to get into business writing

Sep 12, 2005
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My rule of thumb is you’re as good a writer as your last clip. So find an editor, any editor, and start pitching business stories.…