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Make Apache Cassandra great again: DataStax going cloud, Kubernetes, open source, and multi-model
Actions and words, code and advocacy. DataStax is changing strategy, re-engaging with the Apache Cassandra…
Machine learning vs payment fraud: Transparency and humans in the loop to minimize customer insults
What are customer insults, and what does machine learning have to do with it? False…
Universal Code Search gets a boost: Sourcegraph secures $23 million Series B Round funding
Sourcegraph wants to be the Google of code, even though code search is harder than…
Amazon and commercial open source in the cloud: It’s complicated
What do the data tell us about the relationship between cloud vendors — specifically, Amazon…
5 technology trends for the roaring 20s, part 2: AI, Knowledge Graphs, infinity and beyond
You don’t have to be a fortune teller to identify AI as the key trend…
Semantics and virtualization, data integration and data governance on the way to the cloud
It’s official – data analytics is swiftly moving to the cloud. AtScale is facilitating this,…
Technical
OtterTune sets out to auto tune all the databases
Tuning databases is key to application performance and stability, but it’s a hard job. Auto-tuning…
AI chip startup NeuReality introduces its NR1-P object-oriented hardware architecture
NeuReality targets deep learning inference workloads on the edge, aiming to reduce CAPEX and OPEX…
Graph-based data science, machine learning and AI. The Year of the Graph Newsletter Vol. 23, Spring 2021
What does graph have to do with machine learning, and data science? A lot, actually,…
Open source AI stack is ready for its moment
Open source stacks enabled software to eat the world. Now several innovative companies are working…
Chainlink 2.0 brings off-chain compute to blockchain oracles, promotes adoption of hybrid smart contracts
A new whitepaper just released by leading blockchain oracle service Chainlink lays the foundation for…
Weaviate is an open-source search engine powered by ML, vectors, graphs, and GraphQL
Google uses machine learning and graphs to deliver search results. Most search engines do not.…
Socio-Technical
Twitter doesn’t like me, but it’s nothing personal: stock plunges, engagement, and walled gardens
I’m a very late joiner on Twitter. Even though as an analyst being active on…
World Wide Web Conference 2012: From technical to socio-technical
Extending the reach and scope of the Web I just returned from this year’s edition…
Tim Berners Lee Keynote in World Wide Web Conference 2012
Distributed, Collaborative Decision Making? Music to my ears – we should be doing more of that…