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Seeking an analytics edge, Google picks up big-data startup Cask Data

By Maria Deutscher May 15, 2018

In a bid to expand the capabilities of its cloud platform, Google Inc. has acquired Cask Data Inc., a startup that builds tools for the Hadoop open-source analytics framework. Cask founders Jonathan Gray and Nitin…

Big Data

Biomedical research institute TGen is curing diseases with data

By Kylie Anderson May 15, 2018

The proliferation of data via streamlined processing and optimized storage has allowed genetic analysis services like 23andMe to soar in popularity over the last year, creating mass accessibility around otherwise complex scientific procedures. From…

Cloud

Accenture leverages own platform to integrate public and private cloud services

By Mark Albertson May 15, 2018

As one of the world’s leading global professional services companies, Accenture has a ringside seat to the changes taking place in today’s information technology industry. Clients ranging from small businesses to the largest multinationals…

Big Data

Periscope Data’s new ‘drag-and-drop’ interface makes it easier to visualize data

By Mike Wheatley May 15, 2018

Data analytics software provider Periscope Data Inc. today updated its flagship Unified Data Platform with new visualization capabilities that make it possible for those without technical skills to navigate and make use of company data…

Cloud

Verizon hops aboard the Amazon Web Services cloud train

By Mike Wheatley May 15, 2018

Wireless network operator Verizon Communications Inc. has become the latest big enterprise to move a large chunk of its business applications to Amazon Web Services Inc., choosing the company as its “preferred public cloud…

Apps

Facebook suspends 200 apps as data privacy investigation continues

By Duncan Riley May 15, 2018

Facebook Inc. has suspended about 200 apps over data privacy concerns as part of the post-Cambridge Analytica scandal investigation announced by Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg March 21. The 200 unnamed apps, part of thousands…

AI

Google employees leave company over supplying Pentagon with AI

By James Farrell May 15, 2018

Close to a dozen employees at Google Inc. have apparently quit their jobs in protest over a project in which the company is providing the U.S. Department of Defense with artificial intelligence. In March,…

Emerging Tech

Uber tinkers with minor app feature as Lyft steals more market share

By Duncan Riley May 14, 2018

In a tale of two companies, one with perpetual issues and the other a rising star, Uber Technologies Inc. today announced a new rating feature in its app while archrival Lyft Inc. announced it has…

Emerging Tech

As Tesla’s safety woes mount, Didi Chuxing obtains permission for testing

By Duncan Riley May 14, 2018

Tesla Inc.’s safety woes continued to mount Monday as the Chinese ride-hailing giant and growing autonomous vehicle competitor Didi Chuxing Technology Co. was reported to have been given permission to test its self-driving cars on…

Emerging Tech

To speed up machine learning, Google’s DeepMind simulates the effect of dopamine on the human brain

By Mike Wheatley May 14, 2018

Artificial intelligence systems based on deep learning algorithms have shown their ability to outperform real people in all manner of tasks, including classifying images and playing classic board games such as chess and Go.…

all stories

Seeking an analytics edge, Google picks up big-data startup Cask Data

Biomedical research institute TGen is curing diseases with data

Periscope Data’s new ‘drag-and-drop’ interface makes it easier to visualize data

Verizon hops aboard the Amazon Web Services cloud train

Facebook suspends 200 apps as data privacy investigation continues

Google employees leave company over supplying Pentagon with AI

Uber tinkers with minor app feature as Lyft steals more market share

As Tesla’s safety woes mount, Didi Chuxing obtains permission for testing

To speed up machine learning, Google’s DeepMind simulates the effect of dopamine on the human brain

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