Source: channelasia.tech Google’s Android Studio IDE team has released the stable version of Android Studio 4.1, featuring machine learning improvements and a database inspector. With the 4.1 release, Android Studio improves on-device machine learning support via backing for TensorFlow Lite models in Android projects. Android Studio generates classes so models can be run with better type safety and less Read More
Source: engineerlive.com The use of robots in factories is now the norm, but the same cannot be said in the home, where movement patterns are less predictable. As society ages this could change. The UN has predicted that by 2050 over 1.5 billion people will be over 65, more than doubling from the figure today. Read More
Source: enterprisetimes.co.uk NTT Data has been signed up by Legal & General (L&G) to help the latter build out its data science capabilities. L&G wants to use data science to help develop and improve the delivery of products and services to its 13 million customers. Among the areas it is looking to improve are investment Read More
Source: arnnet.com.au Years ago, Google struggled with how to pitch its cloud offerings. Back in 2017 I suggested that the company should help mainstream enterprises to “run like Google,” but in a conversation with a senior Google Cloud product executive, he suggested that the company shied away from this approach. The concern? That maybe mainstream enterprises didn’t Read More
Source: talkiot.co.za South Africa’s economy is easing back towards levels of activity last seen before the Covid-19 lockdown. Logistics fleets are returning to full capacity, and private travel is now similarly back to previous levels. The reason we can confidently make this assertion is the vast amounts of data now available to us about movement Read More
Source: theburnin.com Farming isn’t usually considered a high-tech sector. That’s been changing in recent years thanks to new innovations in areas like artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. Farmers who adopt high-tech solutions are often able to increase yield, cut costs, and produce healthier food. Perhaps that is why Alphabet’s X lab, the division responsible for launching Waymo, Read More
Source: infoq.com Facebook AI Research (FAIR) has announced the release of Opacus, a high-speed library for applying differential privacy techniques when training deep-learning models using the PyTorch framework. Opacus can achieve an order-of-magnitude speedup compared to other privacy libraries. The library was described on the FAIR blog. Opacus provides an API and implementation of a PrivacyEngine, which Read More
Source: martechcube.com DeepTarget Inc., a solution provider that utilizes data mining and machine learning to deliver targeted communications across digital channels for banks and credit unions, announced its use of leading-edge machine learning techniques partnered with historical, proprietary data to help community financial institutions complete more transactions, open more accounts and enhance the quality of Read More
Source: devops.com Akamai today announced it is adding the ability to deploy microservices on its edge computing platform to enable developers to run latency-sensitive applications faster. David Theobald, principal product manager at Akamai, said developers can now code dynamic content assembly at the edge to create microservices on the Akamai Intelligent Edge platform that include external requests Read More
Source: tribune.com.pk ISLAMABAD: Everything is data, even the reading of this article (online) through computer, tablet or smartphone. By definition, data is a set of qualitative or quantitative variables – it can be structured or unstructured, machine readable or not, digital or analogue, personal or not. Traditional analysis tools and software can be used to Read More
Source: vanillaplus.com Software AG, a Germany-based enterprise software company, has become the latest technology company to report a major ransomware attack, Jeremy Cowan reports. Unconfirmed reports in German media indicate that employee data including passport & ID information and internal emails, have been accessed and encrypted by a gang named Clop after the ransomware it uses. A ransom of Read More
Source: phys.org Machine-learning techniques, best known for teaching self-driving cars to stop at red lights, may soon help researchers around the world improve their control over the most complicated reaction known to science: nuclear fusion. Fusion reactions are typically hydrogen atoms heated to form a gaseous cloud called a plasma that releases energy as the particles bang into each Read More
Source: fiercehealthcare.com Whether you are a commercial or Medicare health plan, or a Medicaid managed care plan, you know that paying claims with third-party primary responsibility is a significant source of unnecessary cost. Coordination of benefits (COB) is the best way to address this issue, but it’s not always easy. It’s often tough to identify Read More
Source: newsstand.clemson.edu A Clemson University faculty member will use an award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to examine middle school students’ data science knowledge and practices through the lens of social issues and gauge students’ sense of empowerment to positively change communities through data science. Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, assistant professor of learning sciences in the Clemson Read More
Source: finsmes.com In recent years, computers and technology have redefined many areas of our lives – everything from how we watch media to how we communicate and shop. However, as the tech industry has matured and software/hardware has become more complex and competent, we have seen the emergence of one particularly exciting area of computing Read More
Source: analyticsinsight.net Artificial Intelligence is Improving Education Sector like never before We’re in 2020 and long past the days back when we used to stand outside the school library to get the opportunity to copy two or three Encyclopedia pages, to use as a kind of reference for our school projects. With this age having Read More
Source: techrepublic.com You don’t need to work in the marketing department of Facebook or Google to understand the importance of large-scale data analytics when it comes to driving the modern economy. As the primary force behind everything from targeted advertising campaigns to self-driving cars, data analysis stands at the heart of today’s most important and Read More
Source: entrepreneur.com Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing all aspects of our lives and that too at a rapid pace. This includes our professional lives, too. Experts expect that in the days ahead, AI would become a greater part of our careers as all companies are moving ahead with adopting such technology. They are using more Read More
Source: timesofmalta.com In its annual Internet of Things (IoT) survey, Internet of Things World found an overwhelming majority of (85 per cent) believe that security concerns remain a major obstacle to the roll out of IoT. Almost two-thirds (64 per cent) of respondents said end-to-end IoT security is their top short-term priority, surpassing machine learning Read More
Source: cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Telecommunications might not be the first sector that comes to mind when we think of industries that are considered the pioneers in customer experience. During COVID-19, the expectations for customer experience are even more profound and the stress on telecom providers couldn’t be higher. While we would not have been able to maintain Read More
Source: beebom.com With an aim to ease the daily life of the elderly population, Toyota’s robotics division at the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) has developed a unique robot to handle house chores. We have already seen the company develop a helper robot last year. Now, the new Toyota “Ceiling-Assistant” will hang from the, of course, ceiling and will be Read More
Source: analyticsinsight.net Deep learning is an imitation of actual human brain neurons and its functions. Unlike any other time, the past decade has seen unprecedented development in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). There are a lot of talks on machine learning doing things humans currently do in our workplace. Deep learning is leading in some of the fronts Read More
Source: thejakartapost.com The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital platforms, as people have been forced to spend more time at home and minimize contact with others. As a result, people are using digital apps and platforms more actively, and a lot of their data are being pulled by the apps and platforms. This trend Read More
Source: prwire.com.au Course takes individuals with zero industry experience, to job-ready analysts in just six months The Australian Institute of ICT (AIICT) has announced today a new ‘Certified Data Science Professional’ course featuring Microsoft certification content for Data Science. AIICT is a start-up launched in 2019 by DDLS, one of Australia’s largest providers of corporate Read More
Source: upnewsinfo.com A new review published in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching highlights the potential of machine learning — a subset of artificial intelligence — in science education. Although the authors initiated their review before the COVID-19 outbreak, the pandemic highlights the need to examine cutting-edge digital technologies as we re-think the future of teaching Read More
Source: health.economictimes.indiatimes.com Washington D.C. [USA], September 19 (ANI): To detect emerging psychosis in younger people, doctors have developed a new data mining method. The new method, based on advanced data mining to pick up early risk signs from schools, hospitals, and general doctors, will be presented at the ECNP virtual congress and is in press with a peer-reviewed Read More
Source: global.chinadaily.com.cn The year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations (UN) and the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. When presiding over the High-level Video Conference on Poverty Eradication and South-South Cooperation, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the release Read More
Source: businessworld.in Traditional financial institutions have thus far treated rural customers as a monolithic whole. This is one reason rural customers often prefer informal providers or remain excluded from formal financial services. Significant advances in technological innovations coupled with the availability of granular data at individual levels, imply that the needs of a large rural Read More
Source: expresscomputer.in Why has data analytics become so critical in the current times, particularly for the payments industry? Data analytics help tapping the power of data by using tools and technologies to find patterns that yield insights. It’s these insights that businesses and governments find truly actionable, especially in uncharted times when there is no Read More
Source: intelligentcio.com Sunline and Huawei have jointly released the Digital Loan One Box solution, a global contactless solution for financial services. According to the two companies, the solution will be rolled out across countries and regions, such as Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa, where financial inclusiveness is urgently necessary. Digital Loan Read More
