Author: Hunter

Plotly Dash is a Python-based data visualization tool that’s widely used by data scientists who prefer a code-first experience. To help lower the barrier to entry, the company behind Plotly Dash today released a major update that lets users generate visualizations and explore data through a natural language interface powered by generative AI. If you’re… Read more

If you’re prediabetic, this continuous blood glucose monitor slaps right onto your arm and tells you how to eat all day. Read more

The move means that people who don’t want to use Apple’s AI tech will need to manually disable it. Read more

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. OpenAI has upped its lobbying efforts nearly sevenfold OpenAI spent $1.76 million on government lobbying in 2024 and $510,000 in the last three months of the year alone, according to a new disclosure… Read more

Many organizations have experimented with AI, but they haven’t always gotten the full value from their investments. A host of issues standing in the way center on the accuracy, fairness, and security of AI systems. In response, organizations are actively exploring the principles of responsible AI: the idea that AI systems must be fair, transparent, and… Read more

Berkeley SkyDeck, the global hub for entrepreneurship and accelerator, along with UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS), announced a partnership with Mayfield. The aims is to support AI-focused, student entrepreneurs with unparalleled access to venture capital and world-class mentorship. Part of the Mayfield AI Garage i…Read More Read more

Need to send some money without getting scammed or robbed? Follow this advice. Read more

At the SC24 supercomputing conference held in November in Atlanta, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (the actor who played The Mountain in Game of Thrones), deadlifted a custom barbell weighed down by 453 kilograms (1000 pounds) of solid state drives. The data stored in those drives totaled just over 280 petabytes. “Without question, this is the most… Read more

When they announced my name on stage at CIO Summit and Awards 2024 as the winner for Emerging ICT Leader of the Year award, my profound disbelief and shock flared up my impostor syndrome one more time as I walked up the stage. While walking up the stairs of that prestigious stage, I realized the… Read more

Businesses have always struggled with IT skills shortages, but the “accelerating arrival of new technologies” such as AI has widened the shortage gap even further, resulting in business delays, lower customer satisfaction, and loss of revenue, according to a recent report from research firm IDC.   “The arrival of emerging technologies like AI puts organizations… Read more