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How Edge Computing Technology Is Reshaping the IoT Landscape
A look at the technology’s impact on cloud computing, IoT deployments and more. Edge computing technology has an important role to play in the Internet of Things, offering a number of benefits as it eliminates the need to transmit data to the cloud. Most significantly, it offers organizations the ability to process data in real …
Saturn Cloud Inc. Launches Breakthrough Parallel Computing Technology to Accelerate Big Data Analytics
Dask offers data scientists advanced parallelism for analytics. Using existing Python APIs and data structures, Dask makes it easy to switch between Numpy, Pandas, and Scikit-learn to their Dask-powered equivalents. This makes Dask a natural choice for data scientists looking to scale analytics as it does not require knowledge of Java or Scala. “We are …
Firefox’s fight for the future of the web | Technology
Why do you choose the browser you use? Maybe you think it loads pages more quickly. Maybe it’s made by the same firm as your device and you think it’s more compatible in some way. You prefer the graphics, perhaps, or it just happened to be pre-installed on your machine. Maybe you’re not even aware …
Technology will never replace human judgment. Look at football… | Kenan Malik | Opinion
Even if you can’t tell your offside from your elbow (in the face), you’ve probably heard of VAR. The video assistant referee has been introduced into top-level football to cut out errors by referees. At every Premier League game, a VAR referee watches TV feeds of the game to check potentially contentious decisions. Moaning at …
Dell Technologies on democratising 5G and the future of quantum computing
Michael Dell said he would like to think his company has been a force for good in terms of democratising access to technology and making it more available to everyone. Speaking with media this week during the Dell Technologies Summit in Austin, the CEO and his president and CTO of products and operations John Roese, …
Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Triggers Federal Inquiry
The data on patients of St. Louis-based Ascension were until recently scattered across 40 data centers in more than a dozen states. Google and the Catholic nonprofit are moving that data into Google’s cloud-computing system—with potentially big changes on tap for doctors and patients. At issue for regulators and lawmakers who expressed concern is whether …
Apple Card issuer investigated after claims of sexist credit checks | Technology
The algorithm used to set credit limits for the new Apple Card will be the subject of an official investigation, following tweets from a tech entrepreneur blasting the company for gender discrimination. New York’s Department of Financial Services has initiated the probe into the credit card practices of Goldman Sachs, which provides the Apple Card. …
The rise of microchipping: are we ready for technology to get under the skin? | Technology
On 1 August 2017, workers at Three Square Market, a Wisconsin-based company specializing in vending machines, lined up in the office cafeteria to be implanted with microchips. One after the other, they held out a hand to a local tattoo artist who pushed a rice-grain sized implant into the flesh between the thumb and forefinger. …
Microsoft Beats out Amazon for Pentagon’s $10 Billion Cloud Computing Contract
The Pentagon’s $10 billion deal to provide cloud computing services to the Department of Defense officially went to Microsoft Friday. The news came as an upset to Amazon, whose competing bid appeared to be the frontrunner for most of the contract’s deliberations. Throughout the yearlong process, President Donald Trump has repeatedly rebuked Amazon’s prospects, which …