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Bitcoin Aiding Ransomware
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Bitcoin Aiding Ransomware

 Fairly obvious.   Had a discussion with a government employee early on about bitcoin, who asked "How will we track criminal activity'?Bitcoin Is Aiding the Ransomware...

Microsoft Plans a Re-Skilling with Linkedin
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Microsoft Plans a Re-Skilling with Linkedin

An interesting approach of Microsoft to use their data and marketing capabilities via Linkedin to target jobsand job markets.    Makes the assumption that Microsoft...

Honda Launches Level 3 Driverless Cars in Japan
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Honda Launches Level 3 Driverless Cars in Japan

 Still saying a Level 4 car, requiring no driver, is still far off.  I think there will pockets of use where regulation is less stringent, which creates large amounts...

Apple Doing Mixed Reality
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Apple Doing Mixed Reality

 A bit of a surprise, not much in the space as yet, but certainly, a place where their AI will be quite useful. Business oriented or consumer? Apple mixed-reality...

Google Privacy with FLoC
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Google Privacy with FLoC

Here is how Google is thinking the demise of cookie tracking and how it will handle tracking and maintain privacy. Privacy, sustainability and the importance of...

Map Your Customer Journey
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Map Your Customer Journey

Always found the idea useful, even if not formally done.  And especially if you are including technological links.     Or perhaps a form of 'Digital-Customer-Twin'...

Learning from Big Mistakes
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Learning from Big Mistakes

How about linking it to after action reviews?   Move closer to the process and the results.How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make  by Kristen SenzA brush...

Is Reinforcement Learning the Next Big Thing?
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Is Reinforcement Learning the Next Big Thing?

Moving forward but not there yet.  What specifically will it take? Reinforcement learning: The next great AI tech moving from the lab to the real worldM M Hassan...

FLoC vs SWAN Tests Cookies for Browse Tracking
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FLoC vs SWAN Tests Cookies for Browse Tracking

 Which have the higher potential for misuse? Online advertisers take on Google with their own third-party cookie alternativeGoogle has "FLoC"; these advertisers...

Changed but Sticky Grocery Habits
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Changed but Sticky Grocery Habits

 Grocer habits changed for good?  COVID Buyer Habit Index Quantifies Stickiness of New Consumer BehaviorsData and tech company finds fresh seafood, wine and baking...

Mixed Integer Programming
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Mixed Integer Programming

In our enterprise, Mixed integer Programming (MIP) was one of the most widely used and powerful techniques, long before AI.   But there are lots of tricks to make...

AI and IOT Use Cases
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AI and IOT Use Cases

 Via link from O'Reilly.   Obvious perhaps but work thinking through the reasons why again.  As noted security is a particular concern for IOT.AI and IoT – 5 use...

Facebook Wants Watch like Controllers for AR Glasses
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Facebook Wants Watch like Controllers for AR Glasses

 Is Facebook aiming to take us long and deep with augmented reality controlled from our watches?    I still think there is something missing to make the idea universal...

Quantum Developer Certification
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Quantum Developer Certification

More seriousness in this space.IBM launches its first quantum developer certification in TechCrunchWhile quantum computing may still be in its infancy, most pundits...

Online Art
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Online Art

For those of you interested in online art collections, I am a follower, here is a newly established free, online displayed collection from the Louvre:   Below link...

Machines Writing for Us
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Machines Writing for Us

Will such robotic systems do all our writing for us?  A lot of words being spewed.OpenAI’s text-generating system GPT-3 is now spewing out 4.5 billion words a day...

Stretch Robot Works the Warehouse
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Stretch Robot Works the Warehouse

Say hello to Boston Dynamics’ newest robot: Stretch  By Trevor Mogg in DigitaltrendsBoston Dynamics has just unveiled its latest robot, but don’t expect the kind...

Answers for the Bullwhip Effect
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Answers for the Bullwhip Effect

A classic problem with supply chain predictability.  Often covered here.  Oracle and Retailwire provide a survey and means to  approach to address it.Reverse the...

Virtual Reality at a Touch
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Virtual Reality at a Touch

A new kind of interaction with your reality.     Perhaps easier and more productive. Virtual Reality at Your FingertipsETH Zurich (Switzerland), Leo Herrmann, March...

A Look inside Boston Dynamics Workshop
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A Look inside Boston Dynamics Workshop

Impressed by some of the videos from inside Boston Dynamics,  and some of their agile and assistive designs that have obviously broad applications.  Here is some...
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