Source – xda-developers.com All too often, we search for an app and end up finding what looks to be the best fit for our needs. But that is until one sees the long list of permissions the application thinks it needs to function. Some developers tend to call for permissions for functionality that their app clearly Read More
Source – datanami.com When it comes to cybersecurity, the big data explosion represents both a liability and an asset. On the one hand, big collections of data represent a treasure trove that hackers would love to get their dirty little mitts on. But on the other hand, the capability to collect, store, and analyze huge reams Read More
Source – sciencemag.org Can you imagine watching 20,000 videos, 16 minutes apiece, of fruit flies walking, grooming, and chasing mates? Fortunately, you don’t have to, because scientists have designed a computer program that can do it faster. Aided by artificial intelligence, researchers have made 100 billion annotations of behavior from 400,000 flies to create a collection Read More
Source – investopedia.com Microsoft Corp. is pushing further into the artificial intelligence market, announcing a new lab dubbed Microsoft Research AI, which is aimed at developing more general-purpose learning systems. The lab, which will be located at its Redmond, Wash., headquarters will house more than 100 scientists from all areas of AI: learning, natural language, perception and reasoning. The Read More
Source – prnewswire.com The breakneck speed of innovations in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) over the past few decades has radically transformed the way businesses, individuals and even things such as physical devices operate and interact with each other. Post digitization, “intelligence” is being viewed as the next step in IT evolution, with disruptive technologies being developed and Read More
Source – financialexpress.com Tech giant Microsoft has released an iPhone app, including in India, that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help the blind and visually impaired see the world around them like never before. The free ‘Seeing AI’ app, can read out short snippets of text, describe people, identify products and currency denominations, and take a stab at Read More
Source – searchbusinessanalytics.techtarget.com Data scientists apply machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to ever-increasing mounds of data in an attempt to tease out gold nuggets of information that can be used for business benefits. But, while there may be some case studies in which companies boast about their analytics achievements, one might ask how successful the data Read More
Source – huffingtonpost.com Artificial Intelligence or AI can create dynamic content. Let’s apply best use cases to our work as storytellers. At this year’s Wimbledon Tennis Tournament, for example, IBM’s artificial intelligence platform, Watson, had a major editorial role — analyzing and curating the best moments and data points from the matches, producing “Cognitive Highlight” videos, tagging Read More
Source – techrepublic.com Though everyone seems to be piling on the machine learning bandwagon, it’s a game that only the rich can play, as I’ve written. While open source machine learning projects like Google’s TensorFlow and Amazon’s DSSTNE lower the bar to would-be machine learning engineers, resolving the skills deficit that Gartner analyst Merv Adrian called the Read More
Source – newelectronics.co.uk Two years ago, ARM decided to investigate the way in which its teams undertake hardware design. Using tools developed for cloud computing, the company now sifts through every result from the thousands of tests and simulations it runs on a daily basis in order to look for patterns. “RTL verification generates a lot Read More
Source – studyinternational.com The very essence of business lies in a relentless yearning to succeed. While the concept of utilizing data to drive company growth is not necessarily new, the ability to use it efficiently as a tool for corporate competition is crucial for modern businesses to thrive in the age of disruption. It was W. Read More
Source – forbes.com This week a report by PwC found that artificial intelligence could add as much as $15.7 trillion – around same as the combined output of China and India – to the global economy by 2030. Everyone is in agreement that it is a technology which can change the world, and from space exploration to countering terrorism and even creating art, Read More
Source – fastcompany.com We all know that our smartphones are as powerful as desktop computers from a few years ago, and even supercomputers from a few decades ago—and now they’re on the verge of teaching themselves to become even smarter and more competent. Today, image-recognition AI company Clarifai debuted new software that allows mobile apps to do machine Read More
Source – engineeringnews.co.za Big data and analytics stand to play an increasingly important role in the future of the mining industry as latest trends such as the Internet of Things (IoT) spurs on continuous innovation. Only 1% to 5% of the data generated by the mining industry is actually used for prediction and optimisation, said Jeanne Els, Regional Director, Digital Mining Australasia at the Hatch Intelligent Mining Conference 2017 Read More
Source – infoworld.com With every innovation comes new complications. Containers made it possible to package and run applications in a convenient, portable form factor, but managing containers at scale is challenging to say the least. Kubernetes, the product of work done internally at Google to solve that problem, provides a single framework for managing how containers Read More
Source – thehybridhive.com According to Gartner, microservices are part of the top 10 strategic technology trends for 2017, in support of mesh app and service architecture. You may have heard of microservices, but have you considered how they could benefit your applications and organisation in a Hybrid IT environment? Microservices are independent application components that deliver specific outcomes Read More
Source – androidcentral.com Google has released some details from the Security and Privacy team about how Google Play is being curated, and machine learning plays a big part. Google has two basic goals for applications in the Play Store: safety and exposure. The Security and Privacy team wants to weed out apps with malware, but they’re also concerned about Read More
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