10 AI Predictions For 2021
Below are 10 bold predictions about what will unfold in the world of artificial intelligence in 2021, from academic research to startups to capital markets to regulation. To keep ourselves honest, we will revisit these predictions in December 2021 to grade how we did.
How Artificial Intelligence Can Power Climate Change Strategy
Slowing down climate change is an urgent matter. If we fail, our world will face a more extensive crisis than we experienced because of the global COVID-19 pandemic. When artificial intelligence (AI) technology helps solve a problem, problem-solving can be done quicker, and the solution is often one that would have taken longer for humans to discover.
New AI tool can predict in seconds what a movie will be rated
Movie ratings can determine a movie’s appeal to consumers and the size of its potential audience. Thus, they have an impact on a film’s bottom line. Typically, humans do the tedious task of manually rating a movie based on viewing the movie and making decisions on the presence of violence, drug abuse and sexual content.
The Unique Threats Posed By Medical IoT Devices And What To Do About Them
The average home is being overrun by Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including thermostats, cameras, doorbells, sprinkler systems, Smart TVs, kitchen appliances and more.
Battery-Free IoT: These Tiny Printable Computers Harvest Energy From Radio Waves
Imagine a printable computer the size of a postage stamp with RAM, ROM, onboard sensors, certified Bluetooth, an ARM CPU, flash memory, and secure communications that does not need a battery and harvests all required energy from ambient radio waves, and it costs, literally, pennies.
Lights, Camera, Cloud: How The Cloud Could Change The Way We Store And Deliver Media
It’s no secret that media streaming platforms have become increasingly popular, especially as quarantine-driven binge-watching has skyrocketed. Netflix alone reported the addition of a record 15.77 million paid subscribers globally in the first quarter of 2020. U.S. consumers now have an average of four different paid streaming service, up from three before Covid-19.
Forbes Cloud Computing Awards 2020: The ‘Joke’ Startup With $31 Million In Funding
As offices and stores moved online in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Zoom and its cloud peers kept the lights on, providing safe and sometimes sleek ways for people to collaborate and connect.
5 Cloud Native Trends Of 2020
The cloud native technologies driven by containers and Kubernetes continue to grow significantly. 2020 witnessed the rise of multi-cloud driven by Kubernetes followed by large M&A deals in the space. Here are five trends that influenced the cloud native market.
Party’s Over: A Maturing FinTech Industry Faces Its Reckoning
For years, investors and operators in the FinTech industry were branded by a singular rallying cry: a reckoning in financial services was coming, and the need to stake equity in user-centric apps, lowered transaction fees, and hashtag-friendly startup names was critical.
Collaboration Is The New Competition In FinTech
Nearly every industry had to pivot, in multiple ways, to adapt to the challenges brought on by 2020. FinTech has been one of the most impacted, with people working, shopping, and banking from home due to social distancing. Although partially sprung from Covid, the trends in online banking, lending, and digital and contactless payments will likely continue.
Artificial visual system of record-low energy consumption for the next generation of AI
A joint study led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has built an ultralow-power consumption artificial visual system to mimic the human brain, which successfully performed data-intensive cognitive tasks. Their experiment results could provide a promising device system for the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
A joint study led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has built an ultralow-power consumption artificial visual system to mimic the human brain, which successfully performed data-intensive cognitive tasks. Their experiment results could provide a promising device system for the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
High-rate Li-ion batteries demonstrate superior safety
As the inevitable growth of transport electrification continues, the types of batteries that will be used in such vehicles, their charging parameters, infrastructure and timeframes are key considerations that will speed up the transition to electrification.
Top 7 Big Data and Analytics Mergers and Acquisitions of 2020
Big data is big business, and the marketplace for data and analytics software is gushing with innovative options to help organizations turn data into an information asset. Proliferation in the big data solutions space has seen a vibrant technology landscape grow even brighter, with lots of moving parts and an increased prevalence of mergers and acquisitions
What Are The 4 Vs Of Big Data?
How do you know if the data you have is considered big data? There are generally four characteristics that must be part of a dataset to qualify it as big data—volume, velocity, variety and veracity. Value is a fifth characteristic that is also important for big data to be useful to an organization.
Establishing A Digital Transformation Owner Using The Goldilocks Principle
When it comes to defining leadership for digital initiatives, organizational structure is notoriously difficult for companies. Should digital transformation be led by IT or driven by operations? Perhaps marketing should own major digital change since digital initiatives are often highly customer-facing.