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Europe Moves Forward with AI Regulation
European lawmakers today voted overwhelmingly in favor of the landmark AI regulation known as the EU AI Act. While the act does not yet have the force of law, the lopsided vote indicates it soon will in the European Unio Read more…
Like ChatGPT? You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet
ChatGPT is taking the world by storm, thanks to its uncanny capability to generate useful text. But as the large language models (LLMs) at the heart of services like ChatGPT get bigger, so too do the odds of seeing even Read more…
10 Big Data Statistics That Will Blow Your Mind
They call it “big data” for a reason--it's really, really big. But getting your head wrapped around the growth of information digitization is not easy. That’s why we carefully curated these 10 mind-blowing facts ab Read more…
How Facebook Accelerates SQL at Extreme Scale
Serving SQL queries on a petabyte of data is one thing, but delivering it at Facebook’s scale is something else entirely. Earlier this year, the social media giant implemented the Alluxio distributed file system into i Read more…
The New Tech Hotspot Is…Tupelo, Mississippi?
Forced to work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tech workers are fleeing pricey tech hubs like Silicon Valley taking up residence in more affordable abodes. According to one new survey, places like Sioux Falls, So Read more…
Big Tech CEOs Avoid the Big Question
Members of Congress grilled four big tech CEOs yesterday. While there were some verbal fireworks and accusations of political bias, the hearing largely failed to address the elephant in the room: the significant competit Read more…
Sisu Seeks to Answer Why
In a typical business, analysts are tasked with using data to finding answers to questions. They’ll often use a BI tool to explore and query data stored in analytical database to figure out why something happened. Desp Read more…
This Just In
REDLANDS, Calif., July 14, 2020—Esri announced a partnership with Facebook to release new OpenStreetMap (OSM)-ready datasets for use in building the map. Esri’s ArcGIS Hub, already a valuable source of geodata, and ArcGIS Online now include these datasets from the Esri user community that are OSM tagged, compatibility licensed, and ready for use. Read more…
HSINCHU, Taiwan, May 20, 2020 — National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) has recently begun to collaborate with Facebook and Harvard University in using big data to study the potential spread of coronavirus in Taiwan. Read more…
ADELPHI, Md., May 5, 2020 — Threat detection and prevention are essential to ensuring the safety and security of warfighters. Researchers have developed a way to speed up the processing of extremely large graphs and data, making the most efficient use of modern Army computational resources before and during Soldier deployment. Read more…