Tag: finance
3 Ways Blockchain is Changing Cybersecurity
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies are making their way from the dark alleys of SilkRoad and AlphaBay into the mainstream. Suddenly, investing in these digital currencies...
Data Trends: IT Coralling Data Science; Big Data May Not be...
We’ve recently seen data science shift markedly from a peripheral capability to a core function, with larger teams tackling increasingly complex analytics problems. We’ve...
Cloud Power, Fear of Lock-in Grows Among IT Managers
Computer gaming is having a big impact on how well humans can interact with computers and will accelerate the application of compute power to...
The coal miner who became a data miner
In her old life, it was not unusual for Annie Evans to find herself standing in the pouring rain outside of a coal mine...
This beekeeper is rescuing bees with deep learning and an iPhone
By now just about everyone has seen the video of Makoto Koike’s deep learning-powered cucumber sorter. Hobbyists around the world are hacking solutions to their...
UiPath raises $30M to build ‘software robots’ for internal business tasks
The world is awash with bots these days — applications the run either partly or entirely using natural language processing, machine learning, computer vision...
Suddenly everyone is obsessed with robots and AI
Buzzwords crop up in the business world all the time, whether it's "synergies" or "unicorn," there's always a new term of the moment for...
If Machines Are Replacing CFOs, Why Did I Become One?
Dr. Mana Mojadadr, CFO, SAP
If machines were people, they would be on the executive fast track program in your company and would have gotten...
25 interesting European AI start-ups to watch in 2017
There are literally hundreds of promising companies pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence and machine learning in Europe.
We’ve included a number of Israel-based start-ups...
Japan’s Rakuten bets big on drones for online shopping
Things are looking up for Japanese online shopping firm Rakuten. Literally.
The company kicked off 2017 by celebrating a world record for the longest drone...