Big Data

Safe, effective, and available vaccines are the best long-term solution to the coronavirus pandemic.1 So it’s welcome news that two vaccines are poised for distribution and others will soon be on their way. Preliminary clinical trial data from these two vaccines, made by Pfizer and Moderna, indicate the vaccines are…

HashData, a Chinese big data startup, announced that it has received two rounds of A+ and A++ financing of US$15 million. Among them, the A+ round of financing was led by GSR Ventures, and existing shareholder Matrix Partners China increased its investment. The A++ round of financing was led by…

Computer scientist Jelani Nelson with his daughter at their home in Berkeley, California.For Jelani Nelson, algorithms represent a wide-open playground. “The design space is just so broad that it’s fun to see what you can come up with,” he said. Yet the algorithms Nelson devises obey real-world constraints — chief…

KUALA LUMPUR: The younger generation needs to be encouraged to venture into technical fields, especially engineering which is often associated with the term ‘dirty, difficult dan dangerous’ or 3D, as these fields have brighter job market potential with higher returns. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pix) said graduates of…

(Variety) The last less-regulated corner of China’s highly censored internet is about to get a lot less interesting.Chinese authorities have issued new regulations to clamp down on live-streaming, one of the country’s most lucrative and fast-growing entertainment and e-commerce sectors, seeking to use AI and big data to promote only “positive”…

The Man Who Loved PhysicsBy Alan Lightman Several years ago, I attended a Buddhist retreat in which I was introduced to the idea of the “retinue,” a constellation of influential and supportive people whom one imagines in an enveloping cloud as one meditates. Mentors. I took the concept one step…

News Clint Chan Tack 9 Hrs AgoFaris Al-Rawi ATTORNEY General Faris Al-Rawi said the Cambridge Analytica (CA) scandal provides the perfect lesson as to how data can be misused for nefarious purposes. In making this point during the virtual UN Big Data Forum on Tuesday, Al-Rawi also disclosed that Government…

Alibaba Group's film business branch announced during the Golden Rooster Awards that it has established a new imprint to explore original film content in the industry. The announcement came during this weekend's Golden Rooster Awards held in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian province.Dubbed Surprise Works, a subsidiary label under Alibaba Pictures,…

Finding medicines that can kill cancer cells while leaving normal tissue unscathed is a Holy Grail of oncology research. In two new papers, scientists at UC San Francisco and Princeton University present complementary strategies to crack this problem with "smart" cell therapies--living medicines that remain inert unless triggered by combinations…

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for idol groups! The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of 100 idol groups, using big data collected from October 20 to November 20. BTS held onto…