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Artificial Intelligence: Learning to Speak the Language of the Brain

By Dick Weisinger

Researchers in Artificial Intelligence are striving to emulate the computational power and energy efficiency of the human brain. The brain consumes only small amounts of power and is able to process data that may take computers hours or days. The…

Enterprise Software: Avoiding Buyer’s Remorse

By Dick Weisinger

Buying enterprise software is a little like buying a new car. Most people ultimately end up liking what they buy but the experience related to the purchase and delivery is often difficult, if not painful. Hank Barnes, Gartner analyst, told…

Ethics in Social Media: Can Algorithms Maximize User Best Interest Instead of Company Profitability?

By Dick Weisinger

Social media increasingly comes under fire because of issues related to privacy and ethics. It has been criticized for spreading misinformation and encouraging addictive and anti-social behaviors. Some have pointed to the weak privacy controls on these sites as enablers…

Semiconductors: A Silicon-Alternative with 10x Better Thermal Conductivity

By Dick Weisinger

Cubic Boron Arsenide has been identified as a material which has far superior semiconducting properties compared to the currently ubiquitously used silicon, according to research from work done at MIT, the University of Houston, and other institutions. Silicon is used…

Sky Computing: Making Multicloud a Piece of Cake

By Dick Weisinger

More than 94 percent of businesses are using at least one cloud service, according to Right Scale. And Statista estimates than more than 50 percent of corporate data is in the cloud. With businesses finally becoming comfortable with using the…