Can data storytelling help save local journalism?
Jake Whittenberg gazed across the vast tundra of data in his Excel spreadsheet – a fairly lifeless accounting of the rousing retail market now fueled by legal marijuana in Washington state. (more…)
Category Archives: Technology
Thought Machine Names IBM Services as Global Implementation Partner
Duo to transform banking industry backbone, Lloyds Banking Group as first client
LONDON and ARMONK, N.Y., Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Thought Machine, a UK based software company, today announced that IBM Services will be the global preferred implementation partner for Thought Machine’s cloud-native core banking platform called Vault. (more…)
IBM and Columbia University Launch Two Accelerator Programs for Blockchain Startups
Programs combine research and enterprise network expertise to help early-stage and later-stage companies build and scale blockchain businesses
New York City: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Columbia University today announced two new accelerator programs to build and scale the next generation of blockchain innovation. As key components of the Columbia-IBM Center for Blockchain and Data Transparency, the accelerators will offer entrepreneurs and blockchain network founders around the world access to the expertise and resources they need to establish blockchain networks. (more…)
Verantwortliche Künstliche Intelligenz
Start des Forschungsschwerpunkts 2018/19 am Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
Ob selbstfahrende Autos, medizinische Geräte oder andere Anwendungen: Intelligente Systeme, die autonom handeln und selbstständig lernen, gelten als Schlüsseltechnologie für die nächste Welle industrieller Innovationen. Doch was bedeutet dies für die Gesellschaft? (more…)
IBM and VMware Advance Partnership to Accelerate Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Adoption and Digital Transformation
More than 1,700 global businesses, including Banca Carige and CNH Industrial adopt IBM Cloud and Services for VMware solutions
BARCELONA, Spain – November 6, 2018: Today at VMworld® Europe 2018, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) announced new offerings to help accelerate enterprise hybrid cloud adoption. This includes a new IBM Services offering to help migrate and extend mission-critical VMware workloads to the IBM Cloud, and new integrations to help enterprises to modernize applications with Kubernetes and containers. (more…)
Smart Dubai and IBM to Offer the First Government-Endorsed Blockchain Platform in the Middle East
– New service to be delivered through an IBM Cloud environment built in the UAE
– Organizations to benefit from keeping their data in-country and conducting transactions locally (more…)
Global garden: How one man’s vision to feed his family blossomed into an international effort
Nine years ago, Dennis McClung had a rundown swimming pool and an ambitious goal — to plant a garden that would provide a self-sustaining food system for his family. (more…)
The Darker Side of Digitalization
UA researchers are calling for a collective approach to a host of emerging ethical issues in the rapidly changing technological world, where today there are more questions than answers. (more…)