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
Packaged offerings promise to make AI infrastructure deployment easier
Cisco, HPE, and other vendors are rolling out enterprise AI packages that bundle GPUs, networking, storage and cooling tech into ready-to-deploy systems.
Weighing the risks of moving too fast with gen AI
23 key gen AI terms and what they really mean
Red Hat delivers AI-optimized Linux platform
Latest quantum computing articles
Post-quantum encryption: Crypto flexibility will prepare firms for quantum threat, experts say
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.
Quantum teleportation brings reliable, super-fast networks a step closer
Latest Cybersecurity articles
Microsoft Entra Suite is late to the SSE pool but will still make waves
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.
Gartner: SSE landscape shifts as vendors add more security services
How CISOs can balance the risks and benefits of AI
Cybersecurity in a Post-Quantum World
Latest Networking articles
Main Line Health readies networks for ‘at home’ hospitals
Modernizing Main Line Health’s networking, device management, and cybersecurity helped the organization respond to work-from-home mandates and the rise in telehealth and positions it for future ‘hospital at home’ medicine delivery.
Space is the final frontier for data centers
Supply chain woes forcing more workloads to the cloud
Cisco CCIE certification explained
SASE Model Proving Value Beyond Remote Work Scenarios
What to expect from SASE certifications
latest Awards
latest Appearances
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 believe that, on average, the sharper your focus, the further you will get in life — whether in your career, your business, your hobbies,…
Sorry about not posting last month — it was a busy, busy May. The company continues to grow — and new people have to be…
When people find out that I’m a business journalist, they invariably ask me for stock tips. After all, I’m probably sitting on tons of juicy…
I’m going to be heading off to the U.S. on July 15 — and coming back in the fall — but I’m already nostalgic for…
I’ve been using Twitter for about a week now. I keep all the tweets in a column on the side of my browser windows (using…
Today I left the house and stepped into what, in Massachusetts, would be considered a pretty hot summer day – 77 degrees Farenheit (25 Celsius).…