Page 4474 – SiliconANGLE

UK court says Uber drivers are employees, not contractors

By Eric David Oct 28, 2016

A London employment tribunal has ruled that Uber Technologies Inc. must reclassify two of its drivers as employees rather than freelancers, in a landmark ruling that could put the ride hailing service’s future in the United…

The power of Watson: The evolving IBM and Cisco partnership | #ibmwow

By Bev Bellile Oct 28, 2016

For the past 17 years, IBM Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. have worked together on technology development, cooperative engineering, channel marketing and other key initiatives. With the evolving cognitive power of Watson, the partnership…

Google Brain researchers teach AI to make its own encryption

By Kyt Dotson Oct 28, 2016

Researchers at Google Brain, Google’s deep learning project, have worked out a way to teach artificial intelligence neural networks how to create their own encryption formulas. In a research paper published by Martín Abadi and David Andersen,…

Tap, tap, tap: Is interactive television around the corner? | #ibmwow

By Brittany Greaner Oct 28, 2016

Television has long struggled to get viewers feeling like they’re interacting with the show. Perhaps the most successful example is “American Idol,” where each week the votes of the audience determines which performing contestants…

IBM’s push to deliver faster, more agile business analytics | #ibmwow

By Bev Bellile Oct 28, 2016

While IBM Corp. has been in involved in Business Intelligence for many years, the recent advent of IBM Watson’s cognitive power and cloud capabilities have taken BI into an entirely new, more open and…

Thought Leadership

Malcolm Gladwell calls robot takeover a ‘complicated mix’ of personal interactions | #GuestOfTheWeek

By Marlene Den Bleyker Oct 28, 2016

Five-time New York Times best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell (@Gladwell) recently published a book titled “David and Goliath,” in which where he examines how the weak can overpower the strong. Gladwell, a popular author, journalist and global thinker,…