Category: Computer Science

BrainChip Advances its Position as a Leading Artificial Intelligence…

Agreement with Toulouse Tech Transfer and the CERCO research center to license the exclusive rights to the JAST learning rules; License further solidifies BrainChip’s position as a leader in the field of Neural Networking and Artificial Intelligence technology and solutions. BRN ), , is a leading developer of software and hardware accelerated solutions for Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications.

Japanese Innovation to Play Prominent Role at SXSW Interactive 2017

Japan Factory will bring innovative technology to SXSW 2017 from March 1214, notably including humanoid robots, artificial intelligence, a hologram concert and more. Formed by a collaboration of dedicated leaders in technology, Japan Factory will showcase the latest technology from Japan and a dose of Japanese culture with celebrity speakers, panel sessions, interactive exhibitions, and live entertainment, centered on the theme, ?Hello Synchronicity.”

Attention Earthlings: Help Wanted in Finding a New Planet

The pursuit of Planet Nine -a hypothesized Neptune-like giant that some scientists believe may be cruising along a remote orbit in our solar system-can now go door-to-door. A new NASA-launched citizen science project seeks the public’s help in reviewing more than a million animations to identify moving space objects that could be new discoveries.

China calls for AI funding, policies to surpass US

Artificial intelligence has made its way on to the agenda of the government’s annual political show in Beijing, urged on by the country’s business and technology elites China’s government is preparing for a war of sorts with the United States to claim the vantage point to define the technological trend for the next generation. At the annual meeting of China’s parliament this week, the usual Communist Party agenda of economic growth, social welfare, jobs, health care and pension made way for an unusual addition: a clarion call by some of China’s most influential business and technology leaders for the government to set policies to define what they consider the Next Big Thing.

artificial intelligence network concept

Artificial intelligence has become as meaningless a description of technology as “all natural” is when it refers to fresh eggs. At least, that’s the conclusion reached by Devin Coldewey, a Tech Crunch contributor.

How Canada can be a global leader in blockchain technology

The first era of the Internet was based on information and content being available anywhere and any time. Now, the second era – powered by blockchain technology – is bringing us the Internet of value: a new, distributed platform that will help us reshape the world of business and transform the old order of human affairs for the better.

GNU Toolchain now accepting donations with the support of the Free Software Foundation

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA-Thursday, March 9th, 2017-The Free Software Foundation is now accepting donations to support the GNU Toolchain, a collection of foundational freely licensed software development tools. Many pieces of software depend upon the GNU Toolchain, including the GNU/Linux family of operating systems which runs the majority of Web servers, millions of personal devices and the most advanced supercomputers.

DNAStorage

In a case of technology meets biology, scientists in labs across the country are experimenting with synthetic DNA as a storage medium, most notably Microsoft and the University of Washington. Engineers have successfully been pushing more storage into smaller spaces for decades, but that can’t go on forever.

Safety requires cybersecurity

Technology Update: If it isn’t secure, it isn’t safe. Cybersecurity vulnerabilities represent additional failure modes and safety incidents not factored into traditional safety assessments.

Why Capita and Microsoft’s HealthBot technology could reduce pressure on health call centres

As technology, including artificial intelligence, machine learning and analytics become more advanced, the ways in which healthcare is delivered can become even more efficient and patient centric. Recently we were invited to present at the Microsoft AI and Health Innovation Summit in Brussels following work we had done with them on bot frameworks as part of the AI in Health Alliance.

[slides] @Dyn’s Cloud #APM and #NPM at @CloudExpo | #AI #ML #Monitoring

To manage complex web services with lots of calls to the cloud, many businesses have invested in APM and NPM tools To manage complex web services with lots of calls to the cloud, many businesses have invested in Application Performance Management and Network Performance Management tools. Together APM and NPM tools are essential aids in improving a business’s infrastructure required to support an effective web experience… but they are missing a critical component – Internet visibility.

[slides] @Dyn’s Cloud #APM and #NPM at @CloudExpo | #AI #ML #Monitoring

To manage complex web services with lots of calls to the cloud, many businesses have invested in APM and NPM tools To manage complex web services with lots of calls to the cloud, many businesses have invested in Application Performance Management and Network Performance Management tools. Together APM and NPM tools are essential aids in improving a business’s infrastructure required to support an effective web experience… but they are missing a critical component – Internet visibility.

WikiLeaks CIA files: Are they real and are they a risk?13 minutes ago

WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents that the anti-secrecy organization said were classified files revealing scores of secrets about CIA hacking tools used to break into targeted computers, cellphones and even smart TVs. The CIA and the Trump administration declined to comment on the authenticity of the files Tuesday, but prior WikiLeaks releases divulged government secrets maintained by the State Department, Pentagon and other agencies that have since been acknowledged as genuine.

Research: Cloud Impacts ‘Data Management Solutions for Analytics’

The latest Gartner Inc. report about the “Data Management Solutions for Analytics” market is still dominated by big, traditional vendors with on-premises legacy-like solutions, but cloud computing companies are making disruptive headway. In the for-pay ” Magic Quadrant for Data Management Solutions for Analytics ” report, cloud vendors figure prominently and are “gaining traction,” according to Gartner.

WikiLeaks releases a entire hacking capacity of the CIAa

WikiLeaks on Tuesday released what it said is the full hacking capacity of the CIA in a stunning 8,000-plus page disclosure the anti-secrecy website contends is “the largest ever publication of confidential documents on the agency.” The 8,761 documents and files – released as “Vault 7 Part 1” and titled “Year Zero” – were obtained from an “isolated, high-security network” at the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence in Langley, Va., a press release from the website said.

Cisco reinforces HyperFlex hyperconvergence system with power, management features

It has been almost a year since Cisco jumped into the hyperconverged arena and while the HyperFlex business has done well – landing 1,100 customers — the company is expecting a burst of upgrades to significantly speed and simplify management of its HyperFlex systems. It has been almost a year since Cisco jumped into the hyperconverged arena and while the HyperFlex business has done well – landing 1,100 customers — the company is expecting a burst of upgrades to significantly speed and simplify management of its HyperFlex systems.

Green Hills Software to Showcase Its Innovative Security and…

Green Hills will also demonstrate its leading support for today’s latest processors. Renesas: Safe & Secure Automotive ECU Consolidation This automotive electronics demonstration showcases the trusted consolidation of multiple eCockpit functions, including rear-view camera, heads-up display, and digital instrument cluster with rich, smooth 3D graphics.

Dell Intros Industrial IoT Gateways

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CalTech, Berkeley Lab team uses new high-throughput method to…

Using high-throughput ab initio theory in conjunction with experiments in an integrated workflow, researchers at Caltech and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have identified eight low-band-gap ternary vanadate oxide photoanodes which have potential for generating chemical fuels from sunlight, water and CO2. A report on their methodology and the new materials is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .

IBM, Salesforce Agree to Partner on Artificial Intelligence

International Business Machines Corp. and Salesforce.com Inc. agreed to mingle their artificial-intelligence technologies in a bid to boost sales of data-analytics offerings. The companies Monday announced plans to offer integrated AI services that weave the broad human-like conversation and learning capabilities of IBM’s Watson with Salesforce’s more sales-oriented Einstein technology.

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The research found deficits in both applied and hard tech skills among current employee circles and new applicants, and a general lack of preparedness for individuals entering the workforce with the right level of technical competency. “The tech skills gap is a well-known issue among both educators and employers,” said Alexandra Levit, chair of the Career Advisory Board.

AWS outage shows vulnerability of cloud DR

The recent outage at Amazon Web Services has highlighted the risks of using any public cloud for disaster recovery IT The recent outage that affected Amazon Web Services users highlights the risk of running critical systems in the public cloud. The general consensus is that the public cloud is superior to on-premise datacentres, but AWS’s outage, caused by human error, shows that even the most sophisticated cloud IT infrastructure is not infallible.

HXT Semiconductor Joins Linaro to Accelerate Advanced Server Development on ARM

Budapest, Hungary – March 6, 2017 – Linaro Limited, the open source collaborative engineering organization developing software for the ARM® ecosystem, today announced that Guizhou Huaxintong Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd has joined Linaro as a member of the Linaro Enterprise Group . “We’re very pleased to welcome HXT Semiconductor as a LEG member and we look forward to helping them accelerate the deployment of ARM based server solutions into China’s cloud computing and data center industries,” said George Grey, Linaro CEO.

IBM Building First Universal Quantum Computers for Business and Science

“IBM Q” quantum systems and services will be delivered via the IBM Cloud platform. While technologies that currently run on classical computers , such as , can help find patterns and insights buried in vast amounts of existing data, quantum computers will deliver solutions to important problems where patterns cannot be seen because the data doesn’t exist and the possibilities that you need to explore to get to the answer are too enormous to ever be processed by classical computers.

Big data-structure bench-marking in managed code (VB,C++,C#) – Part 1

In this article I tried to show a real benchmark based on presser test method, for a Big Data collection deals on C++, C#, and VB .Net. Let’s imagine you are working as a software engineer in a company that deals with a big data collection and you have to come up with the best platform, language and also data structure to give a good competition advantage to your company`s business.

Why Raspberry Pi is the future of computing devices

On the strength of it new $10 Raspberry Pi Zero W, it’s hard not to look at the Pi and see the technology industry’s next wave. One of the most useful things about the smartphone is how many different technologies and tools it has consolidated into a single device that fits in your pocket.

Dell changes the economics of IOT with New Edge Gateway for Small Spaces

Dell Technologies, the broadest Internet of Things infrastructure solutions provider, today announced the new Dell Edge Gateway 3000 Series , offering customers flexibility, connectivity and real-time intelligence from harsh environments and small spaces. The 3000 Series includes three unique models targeted specifically for use cases and embedded solutions in the industrial automation, energy, transportation, and digital signage.

[slides] Bimodal Digital Future | @CloudExpo @Interoute #DigitalTransformation

Traditional IT, great for stable systems of record, is struggling to cope with newer, agile systems of engagement requirements coming straight from the business. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo , William Morrish, General Manager of Product Sales at Interoute, outlined ways of exploiting new architectures to enable both systems and building them to support your existing platforms, with an eye for the future.