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To combat COVID-19 ‘infodemic’ on Twitter with machine learning, Novetta taps AWS
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads globally, misinformation about the virus spreads online through word of mouth on Twitter. Today, Novetta, an advanced analytics and technical solutions company, announced it used Amazon Web Services to understand better how to curtail these harmful narratives. Decision-makers and activists combatting misinformation about COVID-19, which Novetta calls the “infodemic,” need better ...
GitHub archives open-source ‘greatest hits’ in four locations around the world
GitHub Inc., an open-source code repository and subsidiary of Microsoft Corp., today announced an expansion of the GitHub Archive Program by which the company sought to preserve open-source software for future generations in the GitHub Arctic Code Vault in Svalbard, Norway. This new expansion will see the “Greatest Hits” of GitHub, a collection of the most ...
Oppo reveals new mobile tethered smartglasses with gesture control
Chinese consumer electronics company Oppo revealed sleek new futuristic augmented reality glasses at its Inno Day conference Tuesday that can be tethered to a mobile device. The smartglasses, which are slated to arrive next year, will feature time-of-flight sensors that can measure distances and will use simultaneous localization and mapping or SLAM algorithms to gauge the ...
Spatial VR introduces new auditorium environment and remote work updates
Spatial Systems Inc., a holographic collaboration platform for augmented and virtual reality, today announced the addition of a new auditorium environment and other features and updates. Spatial told SiliconANGLE that the company continues to expand in this era of continuing remote work, with a 10-fold increase in usage since the launch of the Oculus Quest 2 ...
GE launches blockchain-based ‘Wellness Trace’ app to protect airport visitors from COVID-19
General Electric Co. and the Albany International Airport announced the launch of the first blockchain-based airport-focused technology today to make air travel safer in the post-COVID-19 pandemic world by tracking cleaning in the public areas as well as passenger and employee screening. The app will also feature the ability to rate nearby amenities, restaurants, hotels and ...
Fetch.ai and Datarella launch blockchain-based smart city parking space management trial in Germany
Cambridge-based artificial intelligence lab Fetch.ai and industrial distributed ledger blockchain solutions company Datarella GmbH today announced the launch of their smart city trial for parking spaces in Munich, Germany. The smart city trial will launch in Connex Buildings and will use multi-agent blockchain-based AI services to provide smart mobility solutions in its commercial real estate properties ...
Mattermost looks to boost DevOps collaboration with cloud platform
Mattermost Inc., provider of an open-source collaboration platform, today announced the launch of Mattermost Cloud, a new software-as-a-service collaboration system designed for DevOps teams and privacy-conscious enterprises. Using Mattermost Cloud, DevOps teams and developers will be able to orchestrate cross-team workflows with pre-built playbooks and integrations with top-tier developer tools. The service also offers privacy-conscious ...
Apple unveils new MacBooks and mini powered by its M1 chip, along with macOS Big Sur
Apple Inc. finally announced its long-awaited M1 chips that will power the next generation of computers, including a new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini that debuted today. Alongside the hardware advances, Apple also revealed software upgrades that will take advantage of the new silicon with updates to macOS Big Sur and its ...
Infosys launches cloud-integrated applied AI offering for enterprises
Digital services and consulting firm Infosys Ltd. today launched an applied artificial intelligence solution to help enterprises adopt a comprehensive approach to scaling up AI for their businesses. The Infosys applied AI solution converges the power of machine learning with cloud capabilities to deliver new business analytics, with an aim to scale up business logic ...
Decentralized finance blockchain startup Razor Network raises $3.7M in seed funding
Decentralized finance blockchain platform Razor Network announced today that the company has raised $3.7 million in a seed funding round. The financing came from NGC Ventures, Alameda Research, Spark Digital Capital and private investors, including Mariano Conti, a former executive at MakerDAO. Traditionally, networks require access to external data to operate and decentralized ledger blockchain ...