Training for New Data Scientists

Both Aporta and the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) recognize the need to solve global challenges through rigorous and systemic analysis of large and complex datasets and they are offering a path to educate and empower students to do so. MIT News brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “Creating…

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Searching with AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have the potential to measurably improve the accuracy of web search results. This isn’t really breaking news, but new applications are being implemented. Recently Bing’s image search engine was equipped with a number of techniques that better handle searches for pictures with specific context or attributes. Venture Beat brought this interesting…

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Cyberattacks and AI

Cyberattacks have proven to be one of the biggest threats to security worldwide. Surveys by international research companies and relevant specialists all warn of the same dire predictions – cyberattacks will increase and the more we progress technologically, the more sophisticated these attacks will become. This interesting information came to us from Daily Sabah in their…

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Using Taxonomies to Classify Carbon Emissions

European heads of state and the European Parliament have reached an agreement that codifies the criteria for permitted carbon emissions of investment portfolios, known as the taxonomy, for universal use by investors across the Continent. The classification system will be adapted in two European fund management frameworks. This very interesting news came to us from Pensions…

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IoT Offers Benefits and Risks

The emerging technologies continue to look attractive to current and next generations of techies. Among those is the Internet of Things (IoT) which has likely been embraced by as many people in their personal lives as in corporations. But at what risk? Smart Brief brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “IoT Security…

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The Industry Results of the Pandemic

There has been a huge impact on many industries due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Travel has been hit the hardest with oil and supply chains following close behind. However, if there is any upside to this latest pandemic, it is the impact on technology, specifically those that enable deployed and remote workers to be…

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Ransomware Hits Vegas

Ransomware attacks have typically been targeted at healthcare providers, but recently slot machines in two Las Vegas casinos were out of order for almost a week in an incident that bears all the signs of a ransomware attack. Computer Business Review brought this interesting news to us in their article, “Casinos in Las Vegas Hit…

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The Race of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is part of conversations everywhere from technology labs to hospitals to manufacturing plants to your home. It is literally everywhere. This interesting topic came to us from IP Watchdog in their article, “Who is Winning the AI Race?” With all this talk about how AI and machine learning are about to transform the global…

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Emerging Technologies Continue to Evolve

Deep learning is one of the more recent emerging technologies making an impact on every imaginable industry. WhaTech brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Deep Learning Market is expected to hold a significant share by 2025.” Deep learning is an artificial intelligence (AI) function that imitates the workings of the human brain in processing data and…

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