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Alphabet and Amazon are among the companies best positioned to take advantage of future artificial intelligence disruption in the technology industry, our analysis shows. The assessment comes from GlobalData’s Thematic Research ecosystem, which ranks companies on a scale of one to five based on their likelihood to tackle challenges like artificial intelligence and emerge as long-term winners of the technology sector. According to our analysis, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Alibaba, Baidu, ByteDance, Nvidia, Z Holdings, Airbnb, Inspur Electronic, ASML, ABB, Tesla, Siemens, GE, Darktrace, Expedia, Mythic, Alibaba Pictures, Groq, Cerebras, TSMC, Horizon Robotics, UiPath, Automation Anywhere, ...

LightningCast is being evaluated by the National Weather Service to predict threats of strikes. (NOAA)For decades children and adults have learned the motto "when thunder roars, go indoors." It is a low-tech approach to staying safe when lightning could be in the immediate area, but thanks to advancements in forecast products, meteorologists are getting more advanced warning when these sudden dangers could be on the horizon.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says several forecast offices around the country are using an experimental LightningCast product to determine who has the greatest chance of seeing lightning upwards of an hour before a strike.The data comes from the GOES-16 and GOES-17 satellites that are constantly monitoring the skies over North America.Forecas...

Close up of a senior man consulting with a doctor on his phone Living in a high-tech world means the healthcare industry needs to keep pace—and so do consumers. Think about it: Where would you be without your smartphone? The trend toward telehealth—the use of video for healthcare consultations for diagnoses and treatment—is a main component of the digital health market surge (26% growth per year expected through 2024). These days, when you need care, you need it right now. No time to make an appointment, play phone tag with a doctor’s office or wait for hours in an emergency room. Technology now allows doctors and patients to connect quickly and safely using secured channels such as apps and patient portals so diagnoses can be made quickly while also being...

BROOKSTON, Ind. − One local teacher has transformed not just her own curriculum, but her school's learning methods with two little robots.Mindy Brennan, the computer lab teacher at Frontier Elementary School, has been utilizing the Cozmo and Vector robots from Digital Dream Labs (DDL) to supplement the school's programming studies.DDL is an "edtechtainment" company that develops consumer robots for people and students of all ages."Digital Dream Labs started off as an ed-tech company," Jacob Hanchar, CEO at DDL said, "so we taught coding to kindergarten through 5th grade. And now we are a robotics/AI-companion company. So we make robots for all ages that not only teach coding but also keep you company, count medicine for you, reminds you to take your medicine; go with you on trips, take pic...

Credit: Survivex “The global energy sector is extremely buoyant,” says Emma Howorth, the manager of a new AIS Survivex centre for well control training in Newcastle, England. The company is a training and skills provider, and part of the 3T Energy Group, and its work has left Howorth in an optimistic mood, who says that “all of our centres are very, very busy”.  This uptick in activity must be a relief, given that during the first year of the pandemic, it’s estimated that almost 34,000 fewer direct and indirect jobs were supported by the oil and gas sector than before it.   Conversely, today, Howorth says headcount in the industry is expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels ...

Credit: Nguyen MinhOn design that lastsI used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!— Grandpa SimpsonWhenever I stumble upon old technology, I feel a mixture of curiosity (look at that!) and a ping of sadness (things change fast!). Source link