UK-based fintechWiserfunding is set to make its entry into India launching its Artificial Intelligence (AI) backed cloud-based credit risk assessment tool to help banks provide loans to small businesses. The company is set to invest $3-5 million in India over the next three years to tailor credit risk models specifically towards Indian SMEs to reach […]
Archives for July 2020
ETtech Top 5: Big Tech firms rack up profits amid the pandemic-hit quarter
Big Tech firms are raking in significant profits due to the surge in demand for their products and services amid the Covid-19 pandemic. This comes just a day after chief executives of these companies faced intense questioning in the nearly six-hour-long US Congressional antitrust hearing over their business practices and market dominance. Amazon‘s record profit […]
Google aims to make ads more transparent, launches several tools
Google will offer new tools to provide users with more information about the ads that they see, continuing with recent efforts to become more transparent and increase privacy choices. The additional controls are meant to increase transparency around how digital advertising works, the Mountain View-headquartered search and internet leader said. Along with its existing feature […]
IBM announces blockchain contest to crowdsource COVID-19 solutions
<!– –> Share this post: As the world struggles to halt the spread of COVID-19 and deliver relief to the millions of people who’ve been impacted, the technology sector is stepping up in a big way to provide innovative solutions to some truly daunting problems. From promoting supply chain resilience to attesting outbreak data, one […]
Computational Storage is Bringing Processing Closer to the Data
The amount of data being generated is exploding: According to IDC, the volume of data created, captured, or replicated is expected to increase from 33 zettabytes1 in 2018 to 175 zettabytes in 20252. To realize value from this data, we need to process it into meaningful insights. We are storing – on storage drives – and […]
Endpoint AI – the Road to a Trillion Intelligent Endpoints
The world around us is becoming a whole lot smarter. We hear lots of predictions about how the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and other exciting technologies will change our lives in the next decades. IoT is enriching and transforming applications throughout our daily lives in industries from home and healthcare to smart cities, retail, and industrial. The application […]
The ABCs of Data Science Algorithms
Data science algorithms are never a one-size-fits-all solution. Do you know what makes sense for your business? Today, big and small companies around the world are racing to adopt the latest tools in artificial intelligence and machine learning. While data is often positioned as the blanket cure for every business malady, those who work in […]
Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news content
The Australian government said on Friday it plans to give Google and Facebook three months to negotiate with Australian media businesses fair pay for news content. In releasing a draft of a mandatory code of conduct, the government aims to succeed where other countries have failed in making the global digital giants pay for news […]
Security Issues with Working Remotely (And How to Fix Them)
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Keeping employees, data secure as everyone works from home
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