Week in Review: Sound Absorption, Data Diversity, Robot Racism, etc.
This week, August 19th – 23rd, 2019: My TD Podcast with Mehdi Daoudi, used Cisco hardware becoming harder to use, where your office needs sound absorption, and more.
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The Top 5 Cyber Threat Misunderstandings of SMB Decision Makers
Keeper Security has released their findings after surveying 500 senior decision makers at SMBs surrounding cyber threats. Their findings suggest many businesses are under-prepared for cyber attacks — and that many SMB decision makers have severe cyber threat misunderstandings. Here are some cyber threat misunderstandings, according to their findings: 1 – Cybersecurity isn’t a priority 60% […]
The Cerebras Wafer is the ‘Largest Graphics Processing Chip Ever Built,’ Says Cerebras Systems
Cerebras Systems, a startup dedicated to accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) computing, recently unveiled what they call “the largest chip ever built.” Optimized for AI work, the Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine (WSE) is a single chip that contains more than 1.2 trillion transistors and is 46,225 square millimeters, the company says. The WSE is 56.7 times […]
Robot Racism is a Real Thing and It Doesn’t Reflect Well on Us
Let’s pull back the curtain for a moment on our office here at My TechDecisions: hi, I’m Adam, and I sit near a colleague named Craig. Craig writes for our sister publication, Commercial Integrator, and recently published a blog about robot racism. What you need to know about Craig: he purposefully uses a tone of slight alarmism to […]
Japan Sets Aside $1 Billion to Fund Automation Projects
Researchers can submit proposals that demonstrate ideas to advance automation technology in a variety of fields.
Singularity University: Virtual Reality Training Program and On-Demand Classes at 2019 Global Summit
Singularity University (SU), a global community with a mission to educate leaders to apply exponential technologies to address humanity’s challenges, announces its two newest products: On-Demand Classes, the company calls these “affordable” and “bite-sized” learning opportunities on topics like security and hacking, artificial intelligence, and human healing Uncommon Learning, a “personally adaptive virtual reality (VR) training system” with […]
Where Your Office Needs Sound Absorption (and Where Other Techniques Work Better!)
Let’s face it, a lot of modern buildings and facilities face one potentially big design flaw: bad sound. With flat hard-surface walls and ceilings now all the craze, people are coming to realize that these high-fidelity spaces are feeling a little, well, echo-y. The solution to this, of course, is to incorporate acoustical treatments and […]
Does Your Org Have Any Used Cisco Hardware? The Company Is Making It More Difficult to Use It
According to this report from iFixit, owners of used Cisco hardware may find it more difficult to use it. When their Smart Licensing System became mandatory to use Cisco’s Catalyst 3650, 3850, and 9000 series switches, the company claimed it would make make fore more flexible management of hardware licenses. But, according the iFixit report, it also […]
Google Vows to Introduce Recycled Materials into Manufacturing Process
The tech company is working on making its products with more recycled materials, and aims to be carbon neutral in the next couple of years.
Bloom Energy AlwaysON Microgrid Solution Provides Resiliency During Grid Outages
Bloom Energy, a microgrid company, announces a new AlwaysON Microgrid solution with designed to make it easier and convenient for companies to protect themselves from extended grid power outages and escalating grid electricity rates, the company says. Hundreds of thousands of electric utility customers have been left without power for days at a time this summer as […]
