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Australian Bureau of Meteorology to tap into real-time data for national flood watch system
A proof of concept will be developed using aggregated data to aid Australia's emergency services in preparation before a flood event, as well as during and post-event.
Right-wing elected officials' content amplified by Twitter algorithm
Twitter conducted a study that found tweets posted by accounts from the political right receive more algorithmic amplification than the political left when studied as a group.
Qualtrics shares jump 7%: Q3 results top expectations, forecast higher; 'We're on a roll,' says CEO Serafin
CEO Zig Serafin says companies are consolidating legacy brand management and customer experience management software, and doing away with legacy consulting services in some cases.
Twilio launches Twilio Engage, eyes marketing automation
Twilio Engage, announced at the company's Signal 2021 conference, is built on Segment's customer data platform and Twilio's communication application programming interfaces (APIs).
Minderoo Foundation wants to see bushfires extinguished within an hour by 2025
Minderoo Foundation will use satellite technology and predicative analytics as part of its toolkit to help firefighters and local communities respond faster to bushfires.
Cockroach DB introduces a serverless tier
Long associated with NoSQL databases with relaxed requirements for data consistency, Cockroach Labs is joining AWS in introducing serverless to the world of ACID transaction processing.
Couchbase relaunches cloud service
Fresh off its 7.0 release, Couchbase is rebranding its cloud database-as-a-service offering as "Capella" and introducing a new 'hosted' mode that eliminates the need for customers to have their own VPCs with AWS.
Generative AI, autonomic systems, hyperautomation and more top Gartner list of top tech trends in 2022
Released on Monday at the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo Americas, the list covers the tools and technology that will drive innovation in the next year.
Google Cloud Next: Meeting the enterprise where it lives
Google Cloud's original message was about getting enterprises to run like Google. Under CEO Thomas Kurian, we are now seeing solid evidence that Google Cloud is becoming more enterprise-friendly.
NSW firefighters to be equipped with AU$57 million worth of new bushfire equipment
New drones, cells on wheels, and vehicles with built-in Wi-Fi will be included as part of the NSW government's connected firefighter package.
Elastic to buy 'continuous profiling' startup Optimyze
Elastic intends to join the computer profiling function of Optimyze to the enterprise observability functions of metrics, logs and traces.
The state of AI in 2021: Machine learning in production, MLOps and data-centric AI
With lessons learned from operationalizing AI, the emphasis is shifting from shiny new models to perhaps more mundane, but practical aspects such as data quality and data pipeline management
Facebook: Here comes the AI of the Metaverse
Facebook has gathered thousands of hours of first-person video in order to develop neural networks that operate more capably with data seen from a first-person point of view.
Singapore must take caution with AI use, review approach to public trust
Multi-ethnic Asian country needs to take special care navigating its use of artificial intelligence in some areas, specifically, law enforcement, as well as recognise that fostering confidence in AI requires establishing public trust in different aspects of its society.
Medcast uses revamped CRM system to help upskill 20,000 nurses during COVID-19
Medcast was able track and report the number of nurses that participated in its care nursing and high dependence nursing courses.
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.
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
When chatbots are a very bad idea
Not every business problem can be solved by using chatbots. Here are some inappropriate uses for the AI tool.
How ubiquitous AI will permeate everything we do without our knowledge.
Most of us do not know that we are using chatbots to talk to service agents, so how will we know that AI will be seamlessly interacting in with our future lives?
Streaming becomes mainstream
The endless streams of data generated by applications lends its name to this paradigm, but also brings some hard to deal with requirements to the table: How do you deal with querying semantics and implementation when your data is not finite, what kind of processing can you do on such data, and how do you combine it with data from other sources or feed it to your machine learning pipelines, and do this at production scale?
Photos: How FC Barcelona uses football player data to win games
FC Barcelona is focusing on data analysis to give it an edge on the soccer field and at the bank.
Heart and sleep apps that work with the Apple Watch
If you want to track sleep and heart health, these apps will get you going.
Azure HDInsight click-by-click guide: Get cloud-based Hadoop up and running today
Click by click, we'll show you how to get Microsoft's Apache Hadoop-based big bata service up and running.
Hands-on with Azure Data Lake: How to get productive fast
Microsoft's Azure Data Lake is now generally available, but what does it do, and how does it work? Here's a tour around the service's tooling and capabilities, to help you understand it and get productive with it, quickly.
Photos: From facial recognition to connected toys, a trip inside the invisible big data revolution
This new exhibition at London's Science Museum looks to help people explore the "invisible revolution of big data" and inspire the data scientists of the future.
How to talk about the singularity and look smart doing it
Computers are smarter than you think, but will they soon think smarter than you? Plenty of big names in science say so...and that it's only a matter of when.
You need to follow these 20 big tech thinkers right now
Whether you're in the C-suite of a Fortune 500 tech company or starting the next unicorn in your garage, these 20 tech thinkers have valuable insights you need to hear.
All the high-tech ways your boss is trying to own your soul
These meddling apps and sneaky strategies help the boss poach your privacy and can even keep you working around the clock.
UNSW to visualise data sets using DomeLab
The University of New South Wales has launched a DomeLab in the hope to help researchers visualise data sets in the medical and museology field.
Inside CERN's datacenter helping the Large Hadron Collider probe the Big Bang: Photos
As well as acting as the hub for a grid of scientific institutions around the world, CERN's datacenter has to cope with vast amounts of raw data from its particle physics experiments.
How legacy companies can compete with tech giants
ZDNet's Larry Dignan caught up with Constellation Research's Ray Wang to discuss his book, Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Surviving and Thriving in a World of Digital Giants, tech giants, the role of data, regulation, and competition in the digital era.
AI and data science specialists are in big demand
Up to 10,000 jobs in AI and data science open each month, and the trend is only growing - but candidates often lack the right skills.
How Levi's is melding AI, data, fashion, and retail
ZDNet catches up with Katia Walsh, chief strategy and AI officer at Levi Strauss, about building an AI team, spreading knowledge about machine learning, and the intersection of algorithms, creativity, retail, and fashion. Read more: https://zd.net/2NQKWYu
Three reasons business pros and CIOs should care about CES 2021
CES is as much a showcase for the latest business technology as it is for consumer electronics. Enterprise technologies like AI, data analytics, and 5G underpin the latest IoT gadgets, smart devices, and autonomous vehicles and will be on full display at the all digital CES 2021.
Cerebras claims no cluster of machines can match it
Tiernan Ray explains startup Cerebras Systems of Los Altos, California, has built a computer using a single chip the size of an entire silicon wafer. The company has released a scientific paper claiming it can perform scientific problems in computational fluid dynamics in a speed so fast that no existing clustered computer can match it. Read more: https://zd.net/363fVqJ
In a data-centric world, you need to learn about business analytics
Data shows that data-driven organizations perform better. But what does it take to get there?
Tableau public sector head shares insights on what today's governments want in data analytics
ZDNet's Bill Detwiler talks with USAF Brig. Gen. (Ret) Steven Spano who is regional VP for Public Sector at Tableau about what the company's government customers are asking for in a data analytics platform.
The 5 barriers to AI adoption (and how to overcome them)
In both the public and private sectors, these are the barriers to meaningful adoption of artificial intelligence.
GDPR: A basic introduction to EU’s digital privacy laws
General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is here. Here's what it means, how it impacts individuals and businesses - and how to ensure compliance.
NSW government taps into AI and satellite data for bushfire detection and prevention
Elsewhere, the state government is making technology upgrades to the Sydney rail network.
Axon CEO: How technology can help enable police reform
To make the right decisions in critical circumstances, law enforcement needs solid data delivered in real-time. Axon CEO Rick Smith explains technology's role in police reform, community involvement in product design, and digital transformation. Read more: https://zd.net/3gtuJAG
Singapore parks $182M for fintech innovation, with special focus on AI
Country rolls out new three-year plan with SG$250 million ($182.1 million) investment to drive technology innovation in the financial services industry, which saw 40 innovation labs and 1,000 fintech companies set up in the last five years.
Google to introduce earthquake detection alerts to Android
The company believes Android phones can act as mini seismometers.
Navy and PTC retire old systems, deploy digital twins
PTC CEO Jim Heppelmann and Paul Koester, model based product support program manager for the US Navy, walk through the lessons learned in utilizing 3D data, change management, digital twins and going to the cloud while retiring paper-based processes.
AI is not neutral but this software solution can help reduce the bias
Rooting out implicit bias in AI is fundamental to ensuring an equitable society. Is it even possible? Samasource's AI Bias Detection says it is.
TIBCO Spotfire Mobile Metrics review: No-fuss KPI delivery to your mobile device
Spotfire Mobile Metrics can collate and analyse your BI data and deliver the key metrics needed to monitor business performance direct to a notebook, smartphone or tablet.
InterSystems launches CACHÉ 2007
InterSystems launches CACHÉ 2007, the latest update to their post-relational database product.
IBM DB2 9
IBM's DB2 database adds several powerful new tools in version 9 including native XML support and DB2 Developer Workbench, and offers serious competition to Oracle and Microsoft.
InFocus LP640
Displaying images brightly and sharply, this stylish LCD projector is best suited for boardroom presentations. Read our Australian review.
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