Saturday, January 30, 2021

Friday, January 29, 2021

Trucking companies drive slowly into new tech, but it can help streamline shipping

Capgemini rep says new trends include last-mile drones, route optimization, and robots.

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Logistics dispatches AI, drones, and robots to haul the industry into the future

Though the industry is slow to adopt new technologies, these trends can help streamline business.

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Pittsburgh International Airport testing air quality improvement technology

The airport will become the first US airport to deploy Honeywell's Healthy Buildings dashboard and air quality sensing technology.

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Pittsburgh International Airport testing air quality improvement technology

The airport will become the first US airport to deploy Honeywell's Healthy Buildings dashboard and air quality sensing technology.

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AI ethics: The future of AI could become scary

A Gartner report says the consequences of widespread AI will have huge effects on our society.

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Veritas Technologies adds Flex Scale to NetBackup9 for scale-out functionality

The data protection company's latest delivers new features on a simplified platform to provide customers with additional choice for deployment across edge, core, and cloud.

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Governance: Companies mature in their use of AI know that it needs guardrails

Quality governance ensures responsible data models and AI execution, as well as helps the data models stay true to the business objectives.

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Gartner: The future of AI is not as rosy as some might think

A Gartner report predicts that the second-order consequences of widespread AI will have massive societal impacts, to the point of making us unsure if and when we can trust our own eyes.

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Sunday, January 24, 2021

Expert: Manpower is a huge cybersecurity issue in 2021

Changing threats, volume of threats, and ransomware plague organizations. Having some autonomous AI tools to help pros do their jobs can help.

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Cybersecurity pros can't handle all the threat tasks alone, expert says

Having an AI tool to help can ease the burden on cybersecurity teams, which are struggling to keep up with constant and more serious threats.

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Bosses are using monitoring software to keep tabs on working at home. Privacy rules aren't keeping up

Worker's union Prospect warned that the UK was at risk of 'sleepwalking into a world of surveillance' as more businesses turn to digital tools to keep tabs on remote workers.

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Thursday, January 21, 2021

Smart city: Windsor is first Canadian city to launch Ford Safety Insights Platform to reduce crashes

Windsor's partnership with Ford will provide the city with data gathered from AI and machine learning to predict and prevent traffic accident hotspots.

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New partnership can help more women enter tech careers, helping fill in-demand jobs

Women are vastly underrepresented in tech careers, and this new collaboration between Springboard and Women Who Code can help remedy that gap.

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Otter.ai launches Live Notes and Video Captions for Google Meet

The new functionality is intended to enhance communication and collaboration for millions of Google Meet users.

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Understanding machine learning will go a long way toward higher adoption for SMBs

Expert says larger companies are more willing to spend money for top talent to achieve machine learning, whereas smaller companies aren't able to do so. Pre-configured solutions can help.

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Human genome expert to join the Cabinet as Biden brings science and technology back to the table

America's 46th president wants to use government policy and technology to address social justice, climate change, and economic prosperity.

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5 new and existing technologies for business leaders to watch

To make these five emerging technologies commonplace in the next five years, business leaders will need to play a more active role in their management, integration, and governance.

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10 trends shaping the security industry in 2021

Increased use of edge computing could "put AI everywhere," according to Hikvision's trends roundup.

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New AI software can turn regular security cameras into COVID-19 policy enforcement points

Now being trialed in Georgia smart city Peachtree Corners, the new tech can pick up on people standing too close together and detect whether someone is wearing a mask.

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Health tech company uses Azure and AI to create priority list for COVID vaccination shots

Jvion's CORE platform uses AI and healthcare data from 30 million people to determine who should be vaccinated first.

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Microsoft, Mayo Clinic, Oracle among coalition to develop digital COVID-19 vaccination passport

Every immunization recipient worldwide will have access to the credential, which will speed the return to travel, school, or work.

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US government warns of cyberattacks targeting cloud services

Such attacks often occur when employees work remotely and use a mixture of personal and business devices to access cloud services.

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LinkedIn names the hottest jobs for 2021

An analysis by LinkedIn highlights 15 job categories that will be a good bet in the coming year, based on demand and growth.

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Microsoft president begs tech industry to improve its ethics

Speaking at Microsoft's first CES keynote in 10 years, President Brad Smith said that national security is threatened by the industry's inability to learn lessons from the past.

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Moscow takes crown for world's most traffic congested city, LA tops US cities

TomTom's annual index finds a significant decrease in traffic during rush hour due to the pandemic lockdowns.

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How AI is improving operational efficiencies across oil and gas, healthcare, and more

Arificial intelligence is being used in many industries today, and it's only expanding. Here are some use cases to explain the challenges and benefits of AI adoption.

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CES 2021: All of the business tech news you need to know

Don't miss TechRepublic's CES 2021 coverage, which includes product announcements from Lenovo, Samsung, LG, and Dell about PCs, laptops, software, robots, monitors, and TVs.

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7 big data wishes for 2021: IoT standardization, stronger use cases, and more

New Year's resolutions aren't just for losing weight and building your savings account. Here are some dreams for big data in 2021.

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Microsoft wants to use AI to turn your friends and family into 3D chatbots

A patent published by Microsoft describes the process of creating an AI chatbot based on a real-life person using their social data, photos, and even voice recordings.

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How some companies are solving the issues with language and AI

Verbally interfacing with AI requires detailed capabilities on the part of the AI software to be able to understand the spoken word. Here are some of the challenges and solutions involved.

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