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Amazon Closing Some Physical Store Formats
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Closing Some Physical Store Formats

Was unaware of its other formats,  part of the problem.  But online works so well for them. Not affecting Whole FoodsAmazon is closing all its Books, 4-Star and...

Detecting Data Anomalies
From The Eponymous Pickle

Detecting Data Anomalies

Looks to be a useful thing, depending on your goals and definitions of anomaly.  Like the definition of usage cases.    Using AI to Find Anomalies Hiding in Massive...

Futurist Gerd Leonhard
From The Eponymous Pickle

Futurist Gerd Leonhard

Attending today:Event  by Futurist Gerd Leonhard... "If you work like a robot, a robot will take your job":   GerdTalks#4  Work2030Anything that can be digitized...

Home Robot Vacs Controlled by Alexa
From The Eponymous Pickle

Home Robot Vacs Controlled by Alexa

 More embedding controls for the home.How to control your robot vacuum with Alexa   in TheVerge‘Alexa, tell my robot vac to get off its dock and start cleaning’...

How Does AI Improve Human Decision-Making
From The Eponymous Pickle

How Does AI Improve Human Decision-Making

Improve, but always in contexts that make it hard to measure. How Does AI Improve Human Decision-Making?  by Irving Wladawsky-Berger“Artificial Intelligence (AI)...

Robot Photography
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robot Photography

How good?Robot Photographer Has Eye for Aesthetics  By Cornell Chronicle, March 4, 2022Cornell University researchers have developed a robotic photography system...

Selling NFT Art in Strange Places
From The Eponymous Pickle

Selling NFT Art in Strange Places

I would be careful about this. An NFT Art ATM?  By Reuters, March 4, 2022The first in-person non-fungible token (NFT) vending machine has been installed in NewThe...

Twitter trying to Reinvent Itself
From The Eponymous Pickle

Twitter trying to Reinvent Itself

 Can it improve itself?    What else will be competing then?Twitter Wants to Reinvent Itself, by Merging the Old With the New  By The New York Times, March 4, 2022...

Alternate Electrical Flow Routing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alternate Electrical Flow Routing

Networks and flows for robust systems.Robust Routing Using Electrical Flows  in Google ResearchFriday, February 18, 2022Posted by Ali Kemal Sinop and Kostas Kollias...

Rebuilding Wikipedia with Crypto as W3
From The Eponymous Pickle

Rebuilding Wikipedia with Crypto as W3

Been quite interested in how projects like Wikipedia can usefully and safely interact with W3, and in what way. Do not understand the take here, but think it may...

Nanotech Revolution
From The Eponymous Pickle

Nanotech Revolution

 Some aspects of Metalenz and microchip fabrication of nanoscale deices.The Nanotechnology Revolution Is Here—We Just Haven't Noticed YetThe Wall Street Journal...

Microsoft Acquires Nuance for AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft Acquires Nuance for AI

 New, more specifically context and outcome based service. Likely results of more direct value.   Often in healthcare.Microsoft completes acquisition of Nuance,...

65 Competencies
From The Eponymous Pickle

65 Competencies

Not all should be needed for all contexts, but the list is useful for breadth of consideration. Considerable article summarizes their application and evolution65...

Global Chip Shortage from Ukraine War
From The Eponymous Pickle

Global Chip Shortage from Ukraine War

New element of our supply chainto consider.Russia's War in Ukraine Could Spur Another Global Chip Shortage  By Wired, March 2, 2022Ukraine is just one of a series...

Homomorphic  Data Issues
From The Eponymous Pickle

Homomorphic Data Issues

Less than total security?   Researchers Can Steal Data During Homomorphic EncryptionBy NC State University News, March 4, 2022Researchers at North Carolina State...

Value of Digital Infrastructure
From The Eponymous Pickle

Value of Digital Infrastructure

Good overviewHow Do Digital Infrastructures Increase a Firm’s Value?  by Irving Wladawsky-Berger“In the information age, the value of a firm rests fundamentally...

On Vannevar Bush
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Vannevar Bush

 Good piece on essential Bush, his work was influential to me. The Essential Vannevar Bush Quotes by G. PASCAL ZACHARYVannevar Bush was the first trained electrical...

Ukraine Fighting Cyber War too
From The Eponymous Pickle

Ukraine Fighting Cyber War too

 Not unexpected, now and in the future. Ukraine says it is fighting first 'hybrid war'  in the BBCBy Joe Tidy, Cyber reporterUkraine's cyber-security authorityThe...

Validating Non-Fungible Tokens
From The Eponymous Pickle

Validating Non-Fungible Tokens

Considerable detailed piece.   Obviously key to their usage. Validating NFTs, By Keith Kirkpatrick, Commissioned by CACM Staff, March 3, 2022The market for non-fungible...

Joystick Immersion for VR
From The Eponymous Pickle

Joystick Immersion for VR

Better immersion in VR. For Better Immersion in VR: Flying JoysticksVia Informations dienst WissenschaftFebruary 22, 2022At Germany's University of Duisburg-Essen...
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