Big Data

The Internet of Things (IoT) is fast evolving as a service and revenue generator in a hyper-connected universe. While IoT is already churning out an enormous volume of data every day, it is only a fraction of what is likely to come up in the next ten years. I…

By Admond Lee, Micron Technology / AI Time Journal / Tech in Asia One week ago, I asked this question on LinkedIn: What separates a good data scientist from a rockstar data scientist? Surprisingly, I got a huge response from many top data scientists from d…

Data is considered a businesss most valuable asset, so its understandable that organizations often strive to collect as much of it as they can. The more data you have, the more opportunity for insight, right? That mentality has spawned the era of big data whi…

Share to facebookShare to twitterShare to linkedin We live in a world ruled by data. One study predicts that by 2020, 1.7 MB of data will be created every second for every person on earth. In other words, its officially th…

In an effort to gain an elusive trading edge, some of the world's biggest hedge funds have been snapping up large swaths of alternative data from Fitbits, Rokus, Teslas and employment websites like Glassdoor. Bloomberg reports: Spotting trends and patterns in…

Facebook is set to pay $5 billion to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this week as fine for users' privacy violations in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal involving 87 million users. The FTC has also fined credit bureau Equifax $575-$700 million for …

Our most comprehensive set of recommendations ever.Introducing Engadget's 2019 Back-to-School Guide As editor-in-chief Dana Wollman explains: "In addition to top picks in 11 categories -- everything from laptops to smartphones to gaming and dorm gear -- we w…

Several brain circuits that identify emotions are solidified early in development and include diverse regions beyond the amygdala, according to new research in children, adolescents, and young adults published in JNeurosci.Previous studies of emotional develo…

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Three top executives at the Israeli start-up MDGo - Eli Zerah, Gilad Avrashi and Itay Bengad, pictured from left to right - are hoping to revolutionize how first responders dispatch to car crashes. Their technology applies artificial intelligence to car senso…