Author Archives: GilPress
Why Humans Will Forever Rule Over the Machines
Everywhere you turn nowadays, you hear about the imminent triumph of intelligent machines over humans. They will take our jobs, they will make their own decisions, they will be even more intelligent than humans, they pose a threat to humanity … Continue reading
Hype Curve of (Hardware) Neural Networks
2013: Qualcomm has presented their Zeroth processor for brain-inspired computing. 2012: Google X has been working on implementing the largest Deep Neural Network to date on a 16,000-node server. 2012: Microsoft Research is applying neural networks to general-purpose (approximate) computing … Continue reading
Text Analytics: Inaugural Speeches of All U.S. Presidents (Infographic)
The CDO Interview: Digital Transformation at CVS Health
CVS Health has recently opened a new Digital Innovation Lab in Boston. Enabling digital access to healthcare and related services anytime and anywhere is a key component in the company’s transformation into a multi-faceted healthcare provider. CVS also announced plans to expand its … Continue reading
The Price Declines Behind the Explosion of Data
Source: BloombergBusiness
How Much Will You Pay to Protect Your Data?
Source: Harvard Business Review See also: ‘We The People Have A Lot Of Work To Do’ Says Schneier In A Must-Read Book On Security And Privacy
Mobile is Eating the World (Slideshare)
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Joi Ito on Open Hardware and Why Bio is the New Digital
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Big Data Jobs: Salaries and Top Industries
Source: Where Big Data Jobs Are In 2015 – Midyear Update
Facebook is in a category all by itself (#dataviz)
Venturebeat.com: Findings in a new report released by Verto Analytics: 222 million U.S. Facebook users tend to spend 14 hours per month in the company’s app. (That’s 335,000 years worth of time, by the way.) Google reaches 228 million U.S. users, … Continue reading