Integrating robots into warehouses is traditionally time-consuming and costly. A unit of global logistics giant Deutsche Post and one of its technology suppliers think they might have found a better way.
The surge in remote working and the rapid expansion of digital-business tools driven by the coronavirus pandemic are prompting employers to add a new qualification to enterprise-technology job postings: people skills.
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari said in a report made public Monday that “known IT deficiencies” at the agency’s law enforcement arm prevented it from accurately tracking family members detained during the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy in 2018.
Mall operators, faced with a sharp downturn in foot traffic, are looking into the viability of converting empty commercial space into mini-fulfillment centers for their remaining retail tenants, technology vendors and analysts say.
Beginning in March, multidisciplinary teams with skills in medical imaging analysis and machine learning were critical for sifting through large Covid-19 data sets, said Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer, scientific director at the Center for Clinical Data Science. The center is part of Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
L’Oréal is attracting new customers and making new sales through e-commerce initiatives it has recently spearheaded to mitigate the effects of bricks-and-mortar store closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The president-elect has proposed innovation funding of $300 billion over four years, in part to remain competitive with China.
Some technology experts say artificial intelligence could hold promise for predicting election outcomes.
Voting machines and other devices that tally and store votes are unlikely to be connected to the internet. But they might be connected to the so-called sneakernet, slang for the method of transmitting electronic information by physically carrying it from one place to another.
Officials face an immediate challenge after Election Day: Spread of disinformation that could become more damaging the longer it takes to declare a winner.
Sebastian Thrun shared insights from high-profile technology projects including online-learning platform Udacity and flying-car company Kitty Hawk.
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Business users in areas such as auto manufacturing are driving most of the applications, at least for now.
The big increase in speed and network capacity may be enough to attract customers.1