Biometric Data Under Scrutiny
A lawsuit filed in March 2016 alleged Alphabet Inc’s Google violated Illinois state law by collecting and storing biometric data from people’s photographs using facial recognition software without their permission through its Google Photos service. Just recently, a U.S. District Judge in Chicago granted a Google motion for summary judgment, saying the court lacked “subject…
Read MoreChoose Your Words
Today is Valentine’s Day. When I think of romance, I think of literature. If the word for a book-lover is a bibliophile, what is the word for word-lover? Epeolatry means the worship of words, and that is pretty darn close. I do so love words. Tyler Morning Telegraph brought this topic to our attention in…
Read MoreExecutive Order Supports AI
The United States President is expected to sign an executive order asking federal government agencies to dedicate more resources and investment into research, promotion and training on artificial intelligence (AI). Reuters brought this interesting piece of news to our attention in their article, “Trump administration unveils order to prioritize and promote AI.” What does this mean…
Read MoreThe Fundamentals of Love
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and it has got us thinking about love and the origins of love. This interesting topic came to us from KQED in San Francisco in their article, “The Ontology of Love.” Love in all its ramifications is an encompassing human phenomenon. It is a challenging topic and shouldn’t surprise anyone that…
Read MoreGoing Digital
Remember when digital scanners were the latest and greatest? Well, maybe they still are. State Tech magazine brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “How Digital Scanners Enabled a New Era of Document Management.” State and local governments have a lot in common. They collect and store a massive amount of records.…
Read MoreIf You Liked That, You Might Like This
Semantic marketing is everywhere. Brands like Facebook, YouTube and others know our preferences and are able to provide us with personalized original content due to semantic marketing. It is transforming the way marketers understand and target their customers’ interests and allows them to deliver results that are custom, personalized and sometimes a little creepy. This interesting information…
Read MoreMachine Learning, Taxonomies and Career Placement
It is always interesting to see how technology, especially new technology, is being used by organizations. One of the more interesting ones is that LinkedIn is now using machine learning to determine skills of people. WebPro News brought this topic to us in their article, “How LinkedIn is Using Machine Learning to Determine Skills.” With…
Read MoreHumans and Digital Transformation
Technology is embedded in our lives. For many people, they’re literally connected from the time they wake up til the time they go to bed. The understanding of digital technologies like big data and analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, augmented reality and virtual reality has really grown. Businesses began adopting these technologies as part of…
Read MoreNew and Old Challenges
Semantic technology has been around for awhile, but is still finding its place among the technology world. Semantic technology uses formal semantics to give meaning to the disparate and raw data that surrounds us. Forbes brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “The Semantic Zoo – Smart Data Hubs, Knowledge Graphs and Data Catalogs.”…
Read MoreData Transparency’s Value
In all the various occupations, engineers are at or near the top of the list of being data junkies. They are analytical by nature. That means they not only like data and analytics, they understand its intrinsic value. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “Data Transparency and Civil Engineers.”…
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