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‘Google CEO Sundar Pichai said Target “is migrating key areas of its business to the Google Cloud platform”’ Original source: Google CEO confirms Target as big cloud customer, continuing retail moves toward AWS competitors

Machine learning is turning out to be more practical than apocalyptic. Original source: Amazon launches Part Finder, built by technology it acquired from Partpic in 2016

Machine learning is turning out to be more practical than apocalyptic. Original source: Amazon launches Part Finder, built by technology it acquired from Partpic in 2016

“Early signs of Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia would mean the end of a political career, perhaps rightly so. But with all the taboos still surrounding mental health, signs of less dramatic conditions could be used as political leverage. A prescription for an anti-psychotic medication, say, or even just a series of appointments with a psychiatrist known to specialise in these disorders. The timing of medical treatment can also reveal politically problematic patterns of activity.

“Early signs of Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia would mean the end of a political career, perhaps rightly so. But with all the taboos still surrounding mental health, signs of less dramatic conditions could be used as political leverage. A prescription for an anti-psychotic medication, say, or even just a series of appointments with a psychiatrist known to specialise in these disorders. The timing of medical treatment can also reveal politically problematic patterns of activity.

“Savvides is charged with advancing Bossa Nova’s product recognition capabilities at scale and identifying out-of-stock and misplaced products. Bossa Nova’s robots rove stores scanning shelves and alerting managers to any issues with inventory, including misplaced or low-stock items. As I’ve written, the robots are also Big Data mining machines writ small, able to track product performance practically in real-time.” Original source: Store scanning robots will get AI, object recognition boost with recent acquisition

“Savvides is charged with advancing Bossa Nova’s product recognition capabilities at scale and identifying out-of-stock and misplaced products. Bossa Nova’s robots rove stores scanning shelves and alerting managers to any issues with inventory, including misplaced or low-stock items. As I’ve written, the robots are also Big Data mining machines writ small, able to track product performance practically in real-time.” Original source: Store scanning robots will get AI, object recognition boost with recent acquisition

Putting 3rd party middleware into Google Cloud: “Among the commercial applications included in the marketplace are big data, database and machine learning applications along with developer tools. Meanwhile, open source applications range from WordPress and the Apache Cassandra NoSQL database to Apache Spark cluster computing.” Original source: Google Banks on Kubernetes in Cloud Wars

Putting 3rd party middleware into Google Cloud: “Among the commercial applications included in the marketplace are big data, database and machine learning applications along with developer tools. Meanwhile, open source applications range from WordPress and the Apache Cassandra NoSQL database to Apache Spark cluster computing.” Original source: Google Banks on Kubernetes in Cloud Wars

Original source: Ctrl Alt Delete: How Politics and the Media Crashed Our Democracy