Big Data

"People tend to think that the crazy amount of personal data gathering happening on the Internet is 'because companies otherwise wouldn't know who to target where with what product and at what price," writes Slashdot reader dryriver. "But there are two proble…

Migrating big data workloads to Azure HDInsight

Final Analysis  Business analysis software includes the data visualization and business intelligence tools that everyone from statisticians, to market analysts, to every-day information workers, use to derive insight and value from ever-growing volumes of bi…

One of the hallmarks of existentialism is its particular emphasis on the concept of anguish, understood as the feeling we experience when we grasp our radical responsibility in defining who we are individually and as a species. If human beings have no predete…

Its not a wild notion for Facebook adoption to dramatically slow down over time. And while a certain board member may be hellbent on cheating death, our own mortality is even more inevitable than Facebooks decline. Researchers are now looking at the intersect…

Image credit: Huawei Huawei unveiled a new chip, called Kunpeng 920, aimed at the data center market. The chip is expected to help reduce Chinas reliance on exports of chips from American companies amidst the ongoing trade dispute between China and the Unite…

But just like with Facebook or Airbnb, people who click around enough can find friends, neighbors and co-workers. I already have. I looked up a neighbor and discovered that the person is a party member. I learned that two co-workers are not in any party. …

8 Top Big Data Analytics Tools

Happy Friday, readers. By this point, you might have been reminded just how long the week can be in the wrong job. If you like the idea of being a Google Data Engineer or even a Cloud Architect instead, todays deal might interest you. The Google Cloud Platfo…

Walmart this morning unveiled a new “store of the future” and test grounds for emerging technologies, including A.I.-enabled cameras and interactive displays. The store, a working concept called the Intelligent Retail Lab — or “IRL” for short — operates out o…