Author Archives: GilPress
iPhone Digital Tipping Point: Screen time took over active leisure in 2007
Brookings: Screen time increasingly dominates our leisure hours, too, according to the annual American Time Use Survey, which is based on a nationally representative sample of individuals aged 15 and older. “Screen time” and “active leisure” are necessarily hard to … Continue reading
The first mass deployment of driverless taxis will happen by 2020
BI Intelligence: Since the start of 2016, automakers, tech companies, and ride-hailing services have been racing to create a driverless taxi service. This service would mirror how an Uber works today, but there wouldn’t be a driver. So far, the … Continue reading
How AI will change management
Accenture: Interpersonal and judgment skills become more essential as AI evolves AI will shift focus from coordination and control to judgment work, such as strategy and innovation, collaboration, people and community.
Sharp Increase in Data Loss Due to Insider Threats
A new Ponemon Institute survey has found that 76% of IT practitioners in the U.S. and Europe say their organizations have suffered the loss or theft of important data over the past two years. This is a significant increase from … Continue reading
Internet of Things by the Numbers: Research Updates
IDC presented on August 4 its annual mid-year IoT review webcast, hosted by Vernon Turner, senior vice president and research fellow for IoT and Carrie MacGillivray, vice president of IoT & Mobile. Here are the highlights: An updated Digital Universe … Continue reading
Network Map of Top 100 Cyber Security Influencers
Onalytica: We were very interested in seeing which Data Security influencers and brands were leading the online discussion, so we analysed tweets over the last 6 months mentioning the keywords: “data privacy” OR dataprivacy OR “data security” OR datasecurity OR datasec OR “data protection” … Continue reading
Hal Varian on Intelligent Technology
By Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google Published on IMF.org A computer now sits in the middle of virtually every economic transaction in the developed world. Computing technology is rapidly penetrating the developing world as well, driven by the rapid spread … Continue reading
Startups Disrupting Healthcare with AI and Machine Learning
CB Insights: We identified over 90 companies that are applying machine learning algorithms and predictive analytics to reduce drug discovery times, provide virtual assistance to patients, and diagnose ailments by processing medical images, among other things. A few investment highlights: … Continue reading
The U.S. Artificial Intelligence Market
The New Artificial Intelligence Market by Aman Naimat, published by O’Reilly: There are only 1,500 companies in North America that are doing anything related to AI today, even using its narrow, task-based definition. That means less than one percent of … Continue reading