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Archives for 2019
New capabilities in Stream Analytics reduce development time for big data apps
Azure Stream Analytics is a fully managed PaaS offering that enables real-time analytics and complex event processing on fast moving data streams. Thanks to zero-code integration with over 15 Azure services, developers and data engineers can easily build complex pipelines for hot-path analytics within a few minutes. Today, at Inspire, we are announcing various new […]
Using your face to train AI
Awesome, not awesome. #Awesome“A group of researchers have now used [unsupervised machine learning] to munch through 3.3 million scientific abstracts published between 1922 and 2018 in journals that would likely contain materials science research. The resulting word relationships captured fundamental knowledge within the field, including the structure of the periodic table and the way chemicals’ structures […]
Digital distribution centers—The future is here
The pace of change has never been as fast as it is now. Globally, the population is becoming more urban and income levels are rising. By 2050, nearly 70 percent of the global population will live in cities or urban areas—that’s six billion people. Consumer behavior has also materially changed over the last decade, and […]
Symantec, Broadcom cease deal negotiations: CNBC
Cybersecurity company Symantec Corp and chipmaker Broadcom Inc have ceased deal negotiations, CNBC reported on Monday, citing sources.
The Dangers of Demonizing AI
As more individuals, governments and companies see artificial intelligence as evil, it becomes clear that we need metrics to ensure that AI is a good citizen.
Sterling would rise under Labour government: Labour finance chief
Sterling would rise if the opposition Labour Party won an election, the party’s finance policy chief John McDonnell told the Sunday Times, playing down the idea that a socialist government could trigger capital flight.
Japan-South Korea feud deepens with disputed accounts of trade meeting
A row between Japan and South Korea escalated on Saturday, with contested accounts of a frosty meeting the day before that had failed to make progress on a dispute that could threaten global supplies of microchips and smartphone displays.
Podcast: Roth conversions and the proposed SECURE Act
Podomatic | iTunes In this episode, Bob Keebler, CPA/PFS discusses the SECURE Act and retirement planning strategies, including Roth conversions. He answers the questions: What are the relevant proposed provisions? Which clients would be impacted? What planning strategies and tactics will be effective? What is the advantage of Roth conversions under the proposed SECURE Act? […]
Oil prices firm on tropical storm and geopolitical tensions
Oil prices edged higher on Friday and were on track for a weekly gain as U.S. oil producers in the Gulf of Mexico cut more than half their output because of a tropical storm and as tensions continued to simmer in the Middle East.