The Healthcare Supply Chain Is in Dire Need of a Tech Disruption
Supply chains in every industry across the world are transforming as the Internet of Things develops. But healthcare, a known lagger in upgrading technology, already has much room for improvement in its supply chain. In Dire Need of an Upgrade Many devices still used in hospitals and clinics use technology that’s more than 20 years […]
Your IoT Appliances Can Now Order Supplies from Amazon
Amazon’s vision for its products in a smart home have been expanding ever since their rollout of physical Dash buttons a few years ago. Alexa has been a huge hit with consumers, taking over some aspects of the Dash buttons, while Dash buttons have all but faded from consumer memory. The Seattle tech giant’s newest […]
Nvidia Uses Machine Learning to Magically Fix Flaws in Photos
New technology from Nvidia can help professional photo retouchers save some time and studio equipment. But it may also upset photographers who painstakingly put watermarks on their photos to stop the theft of their work. AI-Powered Picture Cleaning The company developed machine learning algorithms using over 50,000 before-and-after photos to remove graininess, text, watermarks, and […]
IoT Security Solutions Set to Hit $6 Billion by 2023
The Internet of Things (IoT) is gearing up to explode in the next five years. According to a new report from Juniper Research, an analytics firm based an hour outside of London, spending in developing IoT security will reach $6 billion by 2023. Rise in Risks = Rise in Spending The company says the 300% […]
mHealth Games Are Helping Post-ICU Patients Recover Cognitive Skills
Some of the coolest mHealth developments aren’t coming out of San Francisco or New York; for example, one’s being produced in Nashville, Tennessee. Researchers at Vanderbilt University built a mobile health platform for patients being released from the intensive care unit (ICU). This platform helps patients “exercise” their mind within the comfort and privacy of their own […]
‘Human Third Parties’ May Be Reading Your Gmail Messages
Well, it didn’t take long after Facebook’s data scandal for Google to get some data privacy flack. This privacy issue affects 1.4 billion users, many who use Gmail for daily email activities. Similar to the Facebook scandal, this involves the permissions that the product’s company gave to third-party app developers. The Power in Permissions Google says […]
Microsoft’s Azure IoT Edge Is Now Ready for Enterprise-Scale Deployment
Microsoft is in a stiff competition with Amazon for a greater share of enterprise IoT and cloud computing customers. Both of the Seattle-based tech giants are major players in the market. And Microsoft’s newest technology, Microsoft Azure IoT Edge, just might push them ahead of Amazon. When Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, spoke onstage at the Microsoft […]
AI Is Already Having a Huge Impact on Jobs in the U.S. Heartland
Across the United States, disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are already having profound effects on the economies of towns and cities. Nowhere is this more evident than in the U.S. heartland. Once stimulated by older industries, many of these communities are now turning their attention and hope of reinvigorating their economies with disruptive tech. […]
Google Invests In Another Mobile OS Besides Android
Google’s been making moves, because, as we all know, it only takes a few months of inactivity for your competitors to make great strides against your progress. It’s what caused Microsoft’s late entry into the mobile game to create minimal waves against Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS mobile operating systems. Google’s been a heavyweight competitor […]
Docker Removes Malicious Containers from its Hub
If you’re a web, operating system, or mobile developer, you’re probably familiar with Docker already. If you’re a tech enthusiast, there’s a chance you’ve heard of this wildly popular platform used to deploy software to a sandbox for testing in a real-world environment. If you’re one of the many people who has never heard of […]