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Big Data

Google’s Diane Greene: Machine learning will cost jobs, so skills training is essential

By Robert Hof Feb 3, 2017

Machine learning will cost us jobs, a prominent technology executive acknowledged today, but she said job disruption isn’t the insurmountable problem that many observers fear. Diane Greene, senior vice president in charge of Google…

Big Data

Where data science meets commerce: Walmart’s out to create retail psychics | #WiDS2017

By Gabriel Pesek Feb 3, 2017

With data science growing in sophistication and applications every day, it may be surprising to learn that some of the market’s biggest boosts are coming from companies with a primary focus on standard retail,…

Cloud

Report: Amazon keeps massive cloud lead despite disappointing earnings

By Maria Deutscher Feb 3, 2017

Investors were disappointed Thursday after Amazon.com Inc.’s fourth-quarter earnings report revealed that its cloud business grew less than what analysts had expected. But according to Synergy Research Group Inc., Amazon Web Services is still…

Emerging Tech

Workers at city hall in Recife, Brazil get an AI assistant

By Kyt Dotson Feb 3, 2017

Information technology workers who want to get help at city hall in Recife, Brazil, soon may get it, fittingly enough, from a machine rather than a human. Global IT outsourcing company Stefanini is providing…

Big Data

Conversica further blurs line between human and robotic sales prospecting

By Paul Gillin Feb 3, 2017

Just six weeks after raising $34 million in funding, Conversica Inc. is enhancing its artificial intelligence-powered business conversation engine to enhance its natural language processing capabilities and add time-recognition intelligence and automated FAQ response…

Cloud

MapAnything raises $33.1M to become the Waze of field operations

By Maria Deutscher Feb 3, 2017

For consumers, planning a travel route is as easy as inputting a few commands into the Google Inc. traffic app Waze. But field personnel often don’t have the same luxury thanks to the complexity…

Cube Event Coverage

Watch live: Stanford’s Women in Data Science conference on theCUBE | #WiDS2017

By Collen Kriel Feb 3, 2017

Within the widespread effort to bring more women into the field of tech is the very particular goal of connecting women with the world of data science. Kicking off today at Stanford University, the…

Emerging Tech

Oculus CTO John Carmack slams ZeniMax’s ‘ridiculous’ expert testimony

By Eric David Feb 3, 2017

The long legal battle between game publisher ZeniMax Media Inc. and Facebook Inc.’s Oculus VR Inc. ended this week in a $500 million judgment in ZeniMax’s favor, and Oculus Chief Technology Officer John Carmack…

Apps

Microsoft’s Outlook app for iOS gets support for add-ins: Here’s how to get started

By Collen Kriel Feb 3, 2017

Microsoft Corp. has launched various add-ins for its Outlook iOS app, including Evernote, GIPHY, Trello, Dynamics 365, Translate, Nimble and Smartsheet. The iOS Outlook app add-ins are in addition to the add-ins already…

Infra

Newly discovered malware targets wide range of cryptocurrency wallets

By Duncan Riley Feb 3, 2017

A new form of malware that steals bitcoin and other forms of cryptocurrency has been discovered by security firm Cyren Ltd. The as-yet unnamed malware is delivered via emails pretending to be notifications of online…

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Google’s Diane Greene: Machine learning will cost jobs, so skills training is essential

Where data science meets commerce: Walmart’s out to create retail psychics | #WiDS2017

Report: Amazon keeps massive cloud lead despite disappointing earnings

Workers at city hall in Recife, Brazil get an AI assistant

Conversica further blurs line between human and robotic sales prospecting

MapAnything raises $33.1M to become the Waze of field operations

Watch live: Stanford’s Women in Data Science conference on theCUBE | #WiDS2017

Oculus CTO John Carmack slams ZeniMax’s ‘ridiculous’ expert testimony

Microsoft’s Outlook app for iOS gets support for add-ins: Here’s how to get started

Newly discovered malware targets wide range of cryptocurrency wallets

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