MedTech Startup Uses AI To Identify Respiratory Issues In Children
A Polish startup is using artificial intelligence-powered technology to help parents monitor their children for early signs of respiratory issues.
Start-up unveils robot with human-like dexterous grip
A robotics technology start-up from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) named Eureka Robotics, has unveiled a new robot that can pick up delicate optical lenses and mirrors with care and precision, just like a human hand.
Google Cloud hires HR lead from SAP as it prepares for aggressive growth
Google has hired SAP executive Brigette McInnis-Day to lead Google Cloud’s human resources division as it scales aggressively.
Scaling Cloud Services Is Key To Growing A Digital Business
93% of enterprises are securing remote locations with a centralized approach that rarely scales to secure every endpoint and identity of remote branch locations, leaving an enterprise more vulnerable to a breach.
Artificial Intelligence Could Be a $14 Trillion Boon to the Global Economy—If It Can Overcome These Obstacles
Global growth is stalling. Trade wars are hammering manufacturers, from Shanghai to Stuttgart to Seattle. But, awful as today’s economic outlook appears, Industry 4.0 is alive and well, its most ardent backers say.
How A.I. Is Changing Virtually Every Business, from Commodities to Cosmetics
Airlines are using artificial intelligence to improve punctuality. Credit card companies are relying on it to root out fraud. Consumer brands are using it to shore up their supply chain, and to ward off risk in the volatile commodities market where a single corner-the-market trade by a hedge fund or a Trump tweet could send raw materials prices spiraling.
5G wireless to connect robots on the ground to AI in the cloud
A research team at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, with the support of the National Science Foundation’s National Robotics Initiative 2.0, is building the foundations of a wireless system that takes advantage of superfast fifth-generation (5G) wireless communications to outsource a mobile robots’ artificial intelligence (AI) functions to the edge cloud—the server in the cloud closest to the robot.
Oracle to hire 2,000 workers to expand cloud business to more countries
Oracle plans to hire nearly 2,000 additional workers as part of an aggressive plan to roll out its cloud computing services to more locations around the world, its cloud chief told Reuters on Monday.
The Cloud Is Transforming How We Build Software -- Here is How Companies Can Prepare
When Amazon starts an initiative to re-train 100,000 people across their organization, you should be paying attention. This isn’t some sort of PR display by Amazon, either.
Novel AI chip design platform to give the semiconductor industry a boost in productivity and quality
A*STAR researchers have developed an AI chip design platform that has the potential to transform the multibillion-dollar global integrated circuit (IC) design industry by accelerating design optimisation, reducing IC design turnaround time, and improving productivity significantly by twofold.
PayPal abandons Facebook-backed Libra cryptocurrency group
Pioneering digital payments firm PayPal on Friday said it is abandoning an alliance intended to oversee the Facebook-backed Libra cryptocurrency, which has come under attack by regulators.
A Framework for Developing a National Artificial Intelligence Strategy
Over the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as the software engine that drives the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a technological force affecting all disciplines, economies, and industries.
AI bias: How tech determines if you land job, get a loan or end up in jail
Businesses across almost every industry deploy artificial intelligence to make jobs simpler for staff and tasks easier for consumers.
Why Tesla Quietly Acquired DeepScale, a Machine Learning Startup That’s ‘Squeezing’ A.I.
Tesla has quietly acquired an artificial intelligence company to build out its Autopilot autonomous driving system.
Exploring cryptocurrency and blockchain in Iceland
Imagine a hairdryer running on high, continuously, for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The energy it drains—about 40 kilowatts per hour—equals what one extremely powerful specialized computer uses to mine cryptocurrency. A single six-building data center outside a small town in northern Iceland houses nearly 30,000 of these machines.