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NumPy’s contribution to Python is remarkable, but where it goes next could be even more so
NumPy, the Python package for scientific computing, is an adolescent with prospects for a prolific maturity.
Monash University researchers speed up epilepsy diagnosis with machine learning
The technology has been designed to automatically detect abnormal activities in electrical recordings.
Amazon's Alexa gets a new brain on Echo, becomes smarter via AI and aims for ambience
Amazon's new Echo devices are more like edge computing hardware in enterprises where the AI processing is going local. The upshot is that Alexa will be more ambient in the smart home, but most likely coming to work with you.
SharePoint Syntex to automate content categorization and build a foundation for knowledge curation
The launch of Sharepoint Syntex as part of Project Cortex reflects Microsoft’s ongoing investment in intelligent content services and graph APIs to proactively explore and categorize digital assets from Microsoft 365 and other connected sources.
Amazon unveils Alexa Guard Plus home security service, new Ring devices for cars
On the device-side of Amazon's security product updates, the company is announcing the Ring Car Alarm, the Ring Car Cam, and Ring Always Home Cam.
A Microsoft-powered instant two-way translator
An AI-powered two-way translator to fulfill every Trekkie's dream.
Adobe intros Liquid Mode, an AI tool that automatically reformats PDFs for small screens
Adobe's new Liquid Mode tool can understand the structure of PDFs and automatically reformat text, images and tables for consumption on small screens.
Microsoft announces Power BI Teams integration, NLP and per-user Premium subscription
At its annual Ignite conference, Microsoft adds a huge slate of enhancements to its banner BI platform.
Microsoft shifts gears with its 'Project Cortex' knowledge management service
Project Cortex is going to be delivered as a number of add-ons to existing Microsoft products. The change in strategy is the result of 'user feedback,' Microsoft execs say.
Hybrid AI through data, space, time, and industrial applications: Beyond Limits scores $113M Series C to scale up
Machine learning approaches to AI alone don't cut it. Good old-fashioned AI alone does not cut it either. Beyond Limits takes a page from the AI vision book and combines different approaches for large-scale industrial applications
This is an AI, what's your emergency?
Complex emergencies are getting far too complex for human dispatchers to coordinate, so AI/ML is the new norm.
Kmart Australia uses AI and AR to bring KBot shopping experience in-home
The AR technology has been developed by Valis, while the AI platform is powered by the Oracle Digital Assistant platform.
Coronavirus "infodemic" is hindering scientists
Awash in research, scientific work is becoming inefficient and at times redundant. But AI could help.
People’s notions about AI are terrible, an MIT study asks whether they can be helped
Mistaken notions of AI agency could be helped by hands-on learning, argues MIT scholar Ziv Epstein.
How do we know AI is ready to be in the wild? Maybe a critic is needed
Can the paradigm of adversarial AI make algorithms safer to send out into the world?
Azure Synapse Analytics data lake features: up close
Microsoft has added a slew of new data lake features to Synapse Analytics, based on Apache Spark. It also integrates Azure Data Factory, Power BI and Azure Machine Learning. These features are still in public preview, but that's good enough for us to take a visual tour of what's new.
Over-hyped AI, data security worries and an e-commerce boom: Tech research round-up
From emerging technologies to consumer confidence and onto remote-working tech, here's the charts that matter from the past month in news.
Pitfalls to Avoid when Interpreting Machine Learning Models
Modern requirements for machine learning models include both high predictive performance and model interpretability. A team of experts in explainable AI highlights pitfalls to avoid when addressing model interpretation, and discusses open issues for further research. Images created by Cristoph Molnar: https://twitter.com/ChristophMolnar/status/1281272026192326656
AAEON BOXER-8120AI
The AAEON BOXER-8120AI equipped with NVIDIA Jetson TX2 can be hooked up to thermal and CCTV cameras and can be used to monitor entrances and other areas with high-volume foot traffic.
Innovative projects now online to combat coronavirus outbreak
The spread of COVID-19 has a small silver lining: highlighting how innovative humankind can be under pressure. Here are our favorite examples.
Google Maps turns 15: A look back on where it all began
A timeline of Google Maps through the years since it was launched in 2005.
I 3D printed a Tesla Cybertruck because...why not?
We have the technology. We can build it. We can make it better, smaller, and more plastic than the prototype demo. But we can be demo accurate, too. Our windows are as shattered as our souls.
In pictures: How Dell Technologies tests its rugged kit
A sneak peak into the lab where the sole purpose is to get things to break.
IT spending, cloud computing, big data, virtual reality, and more: Research round-up
All the data that matters to you from the past month in technology news.
The Nightmare in Silicon Valley: 8 horror technologies that should scare you to death
Every night is fright night with what can happen once these scary technologies take hold in ways that you may not have imagined.
Windows tablets through the ages: The good, the bad and the ugly, in pictures
A tour through some of most popular - and most unusual - Windows devices of the last two decades, from Tablet PCs to the Surface Duo.
Julia programming language, cloud computing, cybersecurity worries: Research round-up
All the facts and figures that matter to you and your business from the past month in technology news.
Cool new products from USA CBD Expo 2019
CBD Expo at the Miami Beach Convention Center has come and gone. Here are the best products and solutions for the hemp industry we saw at the show.
Cloud computing winners, IT security job salaries, 5G network plans: Tech research round-up
All the data that matters to you from the past month in technology news.
AI, cybersecurity, programming languages, smart speakers, and more: Research round-up
All the facts and figures that matter to you and your business from the past month in technology news.
This is an AI, what's your emergency?
Complex emergencies are getting far too complex for human dispatchers to coordinate, so AI/ML is the new norm.
Swamped by COVID-19 research, scientists ask for tech solutions
Awash in research, scientific work is becoming inefficient and at times redundant. But AI could help.
UNSW announces a glove to mimic touch and a grant for VR-based spinal cord injury relief
A soft wearable device to simulate the sense of touch and funding from the US Department of Defense to progress work on using VR to ease nerve-related pain following spinal cord injury.
How to achieve sustainable packaging
Amy Webb, quantitative futurist and founder of the Future Today Institute, tells Tonya Hall about ways to create sustainable packaging and intelligent waste management and gives different innovation examples.
Airservices and QUT join forces to develop automatic drone management technology
It will replace the need for drone operators to seek approval through a manual, paper-based system that is currently in place.
AI-powered hiring for the enterprise
Tonya Hall sits down and talks to Mike Hudy, chief science officer at Modern Hire, about ways that AI-powered hiring kits can work for the enterprise, including the importance of adding transparency and bias mitigation to the systems.
Plasma propulsion engines for DARPA’s next generation of nanosatellites
Shrinking technologies and space-aged propulsion systems are power a new generation of tiny satellites.
Training AI to respond to paragraphs, not just sentences
Dr. Noam Slonim, project debater principal investigator and distinguished engineer at IBM Research, sits down with Tonya Hall to talk about how AI can evolve to respond to paragraphs instead of just sentences and what challenges come with it.
Giving beetles backpack cameras
Tonya Hall talks to Vikram Iyer, PhD student at the University of Washington, to learn more about the different uses and benefits we can gain from giving beetles backpack cameras.
Look no hands! Pilot-less cargo flights are on the way
Pilotless planes are here, and the FAA is getting onboard for short-distance regional transportation.
Humans in space: The ethical and policy risks explained
Tonya Hall sits down with Dr. Robert Zubrin, author, president of Pioneer Astronautics, and co-founder and president of the Mars Society, to talk about how humans can benefit from the space industry while considering various ethical and policy risks that are associated with space.
Tech adapted to COVID-19. How will it adapt post-COVID-19?
Tonya Hall talks to Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research and ZDNet contributor, about ways that tech had to quickly pivot to help cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, but he wonders what tech will look like in a post-pandemic world.
Google Maps and DeepMind enhance AI capabilities to improve route calculations
The machine learning has helped improve real-time ETAs by up to 50%.
Turning space missions into board games
Dr. Dante Lauretta, professor at the University of Arizona, tells Tonya Hall about how real space missions are being turned into STEM board games to help bridge the learning gap created during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fujitsu and Tokyo Shinagawa Hospital to develop AI for COVID-19 pneumonia diagnosis
In a bid to help automate the process of examining chest CT scans.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 is the best tool available for dictating text and commanding a Web browser by voice, despite the gradual adjustments needed to conform to your personal manner of speaking.
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