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Open Access Models and Sustainability
The virtual event, “Seeking Sustainability: Publishing Models for an Open Access Age,” was originally developed as a pre-conference for the annual UKSG conference, which like so many events was cancelled due to the global pandemic. Keynote speaker, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, is sharing her presentation and highlights around open access, business models, and sustainability. The Scholarly Kitchen brought…
Read MoreAI and Machine Learning are Changing Things
Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning can enable us to make more informed decisions without making the decisions for us. Business Post brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “AI and machine learning: predictable outcomes.” Relying on AI-powered machines give some people pause, even though we do it all…
Read MoreData Breach and Phone Images
Reports of data breaches seem to arrive in the news every day. This latest data breach isn’t merely the loss of data; it could also put innocent lives at risk. Hot For Security brought this news to us in their article, “Peekaboo Moments app left baby videos, photos, and 800,000 users’ email addresses exposed on…
Read MoreGoogle is Monitoring Your Social Distancing
Since all news seems to be COVID-19 focused, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Google is on the job. This interesting news came to us from CNBC in their article, “New Google site shows where people in a community are taking social distancing seriously — and where they’re not.” Google launched a new website that uses…
Read MoreData and Strategy are Partners
Data analytics continues to prove their worth when it comes to strategic business planning. This information came to us from Food Business News in their article, “PepsiCo getting closer to the consumer with data analytics.” One food giant is investing in its data analytics capabilities to stay ahead of the evolving consumer marketplace. When it…
Read MoreHumans in Classification
Humans, as we know them today, are the only extant members of Hominina clade (or human clade), a branch of the tribe Hominini belonging to the family of great apes. Their characteristics are erect posture and bipedal locomotion, manual dexterity and increased tool use, and a general trend toward larger, more complex brains. Here is where I veer a little off track or even off topic.…
Read MoreMice Expressions and AI?
You might want to file this in the “what the…” folder. Artificial intelligence (AI) is used for a myriad projects and applications, but this just might be the strangest thing I have seen yet. Nature brought this news to us in their article, “Artificial intelligence decodes the facial expressions of mice.” Researchers are using a…
Read MoreAnalytics to the Rescue
Predictive analytics is the use of data, statistical algorithms, and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes based on historical data. The goal is to go beyond knowing what has happened to providing a best assessment of what will happen in the future. Business 2 Community brought this topic to our attention in their…
Read MoreNew Wave of Data Breaches
Data breach takes on an entirely new meaning when it comes to the democracy of American elections. The New York Times brought us this news in their article, “Lawmakers Are Warned That Russia Is Meddling to Re-elect Trump.“ Intelligence officials has warned House lawmakers that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign with the end…
Read MoreSocial Media Under Scrutiny
Recently, Facebook published a whitepaper addressing the need for standardized content regulation. This interesting topic came to us from Social Media Today in their article, “Facebook Publishes New Whitepaper on Standardized Online Content Regulation.” After the Cambridge Analytica scandal and various other issues, media giants (Facebook among them) had increased their spending on lobbyists in order to…
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