Category Archives: Technology

22Mar/23

Data science, machine learning on menu at Gartner® ‘Bake-Off’

The oven mitts are off as one of analytics top chefs SAS prepares to take the stage at the Gartner Data Science and Machine Learning Bake-Off in Orlando, FL, on March 22. Part of the Gartner Data and Analytics North America Summit, the Bake-Off will serve up a smorgasbord of data analytics delicacies, expertly prepared on the machine learning platforms of select advanced analytics vendors in head-to-head, live-action demonstrations. Continue reading

20Mar/23

Spring budget 2023: AI announcements hint at data grab behind the scenes

Eerke Boiten, De Montfort University

In the area of digital technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), the UK budget can be a barometer of technological development and hype. However, there is a worrying drive towards deregulation in the background – combined with an apparent desire to encourage the rights holders for data to share it with companies involved in AI.

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18Mar/23

Green Hydrogen: IDTechEx Asks if It Can Be Cost Competitive

The clean hydrogen market is poised for growth, driven by decarbonization efforts and concerns around energy security. A number of ambitious targets and roadmaps are being set out by different governments and regions. Clean hydrogen can refer to a number of routes for producing hydrogen, but the primary among them are green and blue hydrogen. Blue hydrogen refers to hydrogen produced from natural gas or coal but with carbon emissions captured. Green hydrogen refers to the splitting of water via electrolyzers powered by renewable power sources. IDTechEx forecasts that the water electrolyzer market will grow to over US$120B by 2033. Continue reading

16Mar/23

Reminder: 2Gather: London

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*Note: Due to the continuing changes with the rail strike in and around London, we have made the decision to change the 2Gather: London event that will take place on March 16th to an all virtual event.*

For this special financial services and fintech event, we’re excited to have Bruno Aziza, Head of Data & Analytics, Google Cloud over from sunny California to lead conversations with customers sharing their stories about Google Cloud and the value it brings to their businesses.

Come to this virtual event to:

 

  • Ask questions of Bruno Aziza and key participants as they present a “fireside chat” on the challenges the financial services industry currently faces.
  • Participate in sessions with our partners.

 

See you there!

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10Mar/23

Why does music bring back memories? What the science says

Kelly Jakubowski, Durham University

You’re walking down a busy street on your way to work. You pass a busker playing a song you haven’t heard in years. Now suddenly, instead of noticing all the goings on in the city around you, you’re mentally reliving the first time you heard the song. Hearing that piece of music takes you right back to where you were, who you were with and the feelings associated with that memory.

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06Mar/23

Xiaomi’s International Internet Business Announces its “Go Global” Strategy at MWC

Xiaomi’s International Internet Business Department (IIB), the global internet business arm of the Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer, wrapped up their showing at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), one of the biggest events in the calendar for the global mobile technology industry, by announcing its “Go Global” strategy for the year 2023, expanding its cooperative relationships with global partners and exploring new business opportunities in internet services. Continue reading

06Mar/23

Stability AI Announces Stability For Blender; Text To Image Creation in 3D


Today, Stability AI, a community-driven artificial intelligence (AI) company, announced Stability for Blender, a free, easy way to use Stable Diffusion inside Blender. Blender is a professional open-source 3D computer graphics software. With this new tool, it allows users to generate textures, videos and more inside Stable Diffusion. Continue reading

03Mar/23

ID of 93 million Nigerians at risk in landmark election

  • Facial recognition and fingerprints needed to cast votes
  • Privacy experts fear mass breach of Nigerians’ identity
  • Aim is to root out widespread electoral fraud

LAGOS – Africa’s biggest electorate votes on Saturday in a poll that experts fear could unleash a mass breach of privacy as Nigerians relinquish reams of personal data to cast their vote.
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03Mar/23

Snooping on campaigners

By Kim Harrisberg | South Africa correspondent

From phishing traps to arrests based on their social media posts alone, activists from Russia to Uganda say they’re increasingly being watched for their online campaigning.
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02Mar/23

AI could make more work for us, instead of simplifying our lives

Barbara Ribeiro, University of Manchester

There’s a common perception that artificial intelligence (AI) will help streamline our work. There are even fears that it could wipe out the need for some jobs altogether.

But in a study of science laboratories I carried out with three colleagues at the University of Manchester, the introduction of automated processes that aim to simplify work — and free people’s time — can also make that work more complex, generating new tasks that many workers might perceive as mundane.

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