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Often accused as the machine responsible for much of the fake news that is generated today, technology can also play a major role in counteracting the problem. The internet and social media have made it cheap and easy to perpetuate. That makes it a potential threat to democracy while denting trust in the mainstream media. Technologies like graph databases that …

Global warming is changing the world and conservationists all over the world are taking severe measures to save the earth. The fast-changing climate of the earth is making animals like polar bear struggle to adapt to these drastic changes. On top of it, terrains like 80° North, the front lines of climate change and the home of the polar bears …

Artificial Intelligence is the buzzword of 2018, and Intel realized its potential back in 2015 when it acquired Saffron Technology in 2015 for an undisclosed price. Intel is of the belief that complimentary learning (a combination of cutting-edge AI approaches), can help your company increase uptime, reduce risk, stop over-maintenance of assets, and fix defects sooner. Using associative memory learning …

2017 was all about Data-as-a-Service, Connected Living, the AI Personal Assistant Race, Cognitive is the New Smart, and the Industrial IoT Ecosystem play. This year is seeing a shift in trends and new technologies are making way. Let’s see what’s keeping 2018 buzzing technically. The Trillion-Dollar Sprint Some of the leading Fortune 500 companies are expected to cross the trillion …

Drones and satellites have the immense power to view things that human eyes cannot, and provide a bird’s eye view. In the recent years, these technological advancements have found various geological implementations. Joseph Cook, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Sheffield is using the drones to do just that. A Rolex Award Young Laureate, camps for months on …

Intel® Data Center Builders centre innovation through accelerated development and deployment of tools and documentation by bringing together a broad ecosystem of solution providers. Intel® VTune™ Amplifier Performance Analysis Cookbook is one such innovation which helps you analyze your code, identify ineffective algorithm and hardware usage, and provide performance tuning advice. It is basically a performance profiling tool. By using …

Voice-controlled devices have taken a huge upsurge in recent years. They have become increasingly popular at the domestic level, and are now making their presence felt at the organization levels. Alexa, Amazon’s runaway success, is now available for businesses. It can help you at your desk, simplify conference rooms, help around the office, and add voice to your products and …

We spend a ridiculous amount of time on our smartphones in this day and age. But the bent-neck trend is all set to reverse itself in 2018. Augmented Reality is all set to breakthrough the smartphone market. We saw the glimpses of it with the launch of the mobile game Pokémon Go. Major brands took notice of the billion-dollar demand …

Social and mobile payments have fundamentally changed the financial markets, and a major chunk of the credit goes to the huge upsurge in the bitcoin and blockchain mania that shot through the roof in 2017. The mobile payment volumes now exceed $5 trillion annually in China as per the reports. As blockchain speeds clearing house functions while smart contracts handle …

Internet of Things (IoT) is the latest technology doing the rounds of the IT market like a hotcake. There is an immense potential for fast growth in our hyper-connected world and prognosticators have finally woken up to its potential. IoT, which involves adding smart sensors to connected devices so that users can do things like asking Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant …