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Google Cloud secures U.S. military AI cancer research contract Google

Google Cloud secures U.S. military AI cancer research contract

Google Cloud announced today that it landed a contract to supply Veterans Affairs hospitals and Defense Health Agency treatment facilities with AI for predictive cancer and disease diagnosis. The contract comes from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), a Pentagon organization that brings consumer technology into the military. “The initial rollout…
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September 2, 2020
Ontario school boards lose 20% of education directors as daunting pandemic year looms Pandemic

Ontario school boards lose 20% of education directors as daunting pandemic year looms

As school boards head into a challenging year, a significant amount will coincidentally have new leaders to guide them through it. Here's the full list of departing directors.As school boards head into a challenging year, a significant amount will coincidentally have new leaders to guide them through it, in boards…
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September 2, 2020
POWER PLAYERS: Meet the alt-data leaders at big-name investors like Point72, Bridgewater, and Man Group Big Data

POWER PLAYERS: Meet the alt-data leaders at big-name investors like Point72, Bridgewater, and Man Group

Premium Here's what gatekeepers at banks, hedge funds, and other financial firms look for when they're buying alt data sets. Shayanne Gal/Business Insider This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. The alternative data industry, which sells the unique datasets used by…
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September 2, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak has triggered unprecedented mass layoffs and furloughs. Here are the major companies that have announced they are downsizing their workforces. Electric Scooter

The coronavirus outbreak has triggered unprecedented mass layoffs and furloughs. Here are the major companies that have announced they are downsizing their workforces.

People gather at the entrance for the New York State Department of Labor offices on March 20, which closed to the public due to the coronavirus outbreak in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Andrew Kelly/Reuters The spread of the coronavirus is projected to impact millions of jobs worldwide.In…
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September 2, 2020
The NFL is shifting social justice off itself and onto players, and the outcome will be unfair Colin Kaepernick

The NFL is shifting social justice off itself and onto players, and the outcome will be unfair

On Tuesday the NFL announced what it would be doing to raise awareness for police violence and social justice, and unsurprisingly it has no teeth. The phrases “It Takes All Of Us” and “End Racism” will be visible in end zones, and outside of that everything is on the players.…
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September 2, 2020