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For the past few years, IT leaders at a US financial services company have been struggling to hire data scientists to harness the increasing flood of incoming data that, if used properly, could improve customer experience and drive new products. They might not be able to build algorithms or analyze data, but they do understand what kinds of questions can be answered by data and what kind of data would be used to find those answers. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that telecommunications firm Verizon, which recently acquired technology company Yahoo, plans to place AOL and Yahoo under the umbrella of a new company, called Oath.

The article discusses the fourth annual Global Cloud Index released by Cisco which indicated the expected growth of data center traffic by 2018 due to the growing cloud computing industry. Topics covered include the increase in cloud's share in the global data center traffic from 2013 to 2018, the access to residential internet, and the likely growth of public cloud market. Also cited are the initiatives of cloud rivals Google, Amazon.com Inc., and International Business Machines Corp. (IBM).

The article focuses on the initiatives of technology company Google to boost its share in the public cloud platform market. Topics covered include the company's offerings and price cuts to help enterprises easily set up cloud services, the views of Google vice president of cloud platforms Brian Stevens, and the competition posed by Amazon.com Inc., International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), and Microsoft Corp.

The article reports the 10% price adjustment for Google Compute Engine resulting from enhanced efficiency and a decline in hardware expenditure. Topics covered include the significance of security, reliability, and quality of service for businesses migrating to cloud, the price cuts implemented by the technology firm Microsoft for its Azure cloud platform, and pricing as a marketing strategy according to independent analyst Jeff Kagan. Also mentioned is the adherence of Google to Moore's Law.

The article offers information on timesaving techniques of using the web browser Safari 6 on Mac OS X Mountain Lion. It mentions that while using Safari, time can be saved by creating and managing bookmarks for a webpage, sharing the webpages through emails and by entering a password for webpage. It also mentions that Mountain Lion also offers a feature of navigating from one tab to another by the means of tab.

The article discusses the efforts by software programmers, librarians and other volunteers to keep important scientific data being lost from government websites. DataRefuge, which is a joint project between the Penn Libraries and the Penn Program for Environmental Humanities, has held about 30 such data archiving events. There is more concern since U.S. President Donald Trump took office and references to climate change were removed from the Whitehouse.gov website on Inauguration Day.

The article offers information on the two-legged, wheeled robot Handle from Robotics company Boston Dynamics Inc.

The article reports on the outage experienced with Amazon Web Services Inc. on February 28, 2017, affecting websites and apps including Reddit Inc., Associated Press and Netflix Inc.

The article focuses on the software glitch which caused the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to terminate its rendezvous with the International Space Station.

The article discusses that the unmanned SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was halted due to a software problem caused with the NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Topics discussed include how the spacecrafts onboard computers triggered the halt; how the spacecraft had trouble in the resupply mission of carrying its commercial satellites in September 2016; and how astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Shane Kimbrough will capture Dragon when it arrives at the station.

The article informs about the abortion of rendezvous with the International Space Station caused in aerospace company SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft because of software glitch. Topics discussed include explosion of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on its launch pad while carrying commercial payload of satellites, use of space station's robotic arm by astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Shane Kimbrough, and cargo was filled with research equipment, cargo and supplies for the space station and the astronauts.

The article focuses on the statement of information technology (IT) leaders regarding the difficulty of keeping their applications and data safe in the cloud.

The article offers information on the Google Maps mobile application from American technology company Google Inc.

The article offers brief information on the Google Maps app from Google.

The article discusses the order delivery by autonomous robots in Washington, D.C and Silicon Valley, California as per the deal signed by the Starship Technologies featuring the small self-driving robotic delivery vehicles.

The article reports a revolution brought by technological advancement which includes writing of an article by a robot in China.

The article focuses on the man vs. machine poker tournament of Heads-Up No-Limit Texas Hold'em variant between the poker player’s pros Jason Les, Dong Kim, and Libratus, the artificial intelligence computer program citing on the defeating of Libratus in all the seven days’ tournament.

The article talks about a Chinese robot who has written and published its first newspaper article. Topics discussed include views of Zeus Kerravala, an analyst with ZK Research, on how people should be worried about their jobs due to Artificial Intelligence (AI) takeovers, need for people to change their skills, and machines having stronger data analysis capacity.

The article talks about using autonomous robots to deliver food in Washington D.C. and Silicon Valley. Topics discussed include signing of deal among Great Britain-based technology company, Starship and U.S.-based meal delivery companies Postmates and DoorDash, weight of the robotic devices being 40 pounds and speed of about 4 mph, and use of an app to place an order and tracking the robot's progress on a map.

The article focuses on the Brains vs. Artificial Intelligence (A.I.): Upping the Ante poker tournament in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It discusses the how the Libratus system of A.I. is ahead of the poker pros like Jason Les, Dong Kim and Daniel McAulay. It talks about the efficiency of A.I. in playing poker by using the learned information and data as stated by strategic consulting firm ZK research analyst Zeus Kerravala.

The article discusses the Secure Handhelds on Assured Resilient networks at the tactical Edge (SHARE) project of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the research arm of the Department of Defense to enable the U.S. troops working in remote areas to securely send and receive sensitive information on their devices. It include comments from Joe Evans of DARPA, on development of software with security management function. It presents views of Zeus Kerravala of ZK Research, on same.

The article reports on the business partnership between Google self-driving car project Waymo and automobile company Fiat Chrysler Automobile NV (FCA) to launch a driverless car for road testing.

The article reports that e-commerce company Amazon.com Inc. is testing a new brick-and-mortar store called Amazon Go in Seattle that lets customers using an app bypass the checkout line. The company is using a combination of machine learning, computer vision, sensors and deep learning and the smart store is designed to keep track of what users take off and return to shelves so it can track their purchases in a virtual cart.

The article reports that Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy has announced three artificial intelligence (A.I.) services that will be available to enterprise users in 2016, with more expected in 2017. More companies will be looking to use the technology to better compete with A.I. growing in interest and acceptance.

The article offers information on fake news that are posted on social media Facebook and web search engine Google. Topics discussed include unlimited number of fake news hit Facebook and Google during the election season, effects of fake news stories which are being shared with friends and family of users and presents views of Mark Zuckerberg, Chief executive of Facebook on the same.

The article focuses on the prevalence of fake news on social media Facebook and search engine Google, as of November 2016, citing fake news like endorsement of U.S. presidential candidate Donald J. Trump by Pope Francis, and mentions comments from Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.

The article reports on social media Twitter as political tool in the U.S. presidential campaigns according to Twitter Internal Data. Topics discussed include tweets posted by users about the election since the Republican debates began in August 2015, comments from Bridget Coyne of Twitter, regarding tweets and projections for increase in election-related tweets.

The article informs that Twitter Inc. has reported 1 billion election-related tweets since August 2015 on the U.S. presidential election.

The article reports on the civil rights allegations against social networking service provider Facebook from news site ProPublica to enabled advertisers to exclude users by race. It informs about an open letter from 73 civil rights organizations like the Center for Media Justice, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Sierra Club to company's chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg for censoring posts about possible human rights violations.

The article reports that social networking firm Facebook Inc. chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg has been given an open letter from 73 civil rights organizations showing concern about cases where Facebook allegedly censored posts about possible human rights violations.

The article informs that Schiaparelli, an experimental robotic module of European Space Agency designed to test the agency's technology and capabilities to have a craft enter the Marian atmosphere, was lost while it was about to touch down on the Martian surface.

The article informs that Facebook Inc. has been struggling to bring in younger users for several years now. According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has revealed that core Facebook usage declined by three basis points, which indicates Facebook is gradually becoming less relevant in comparison to Instagram and Snapchat. It is noted that survey of 10,000 U.S. teenagers showed that teen use of Facebook-owned Instagram has gone from 70% to 74% in the same time frame.

The article reports that the European Space Agency's robotic lander Schiaparelli has lost signal when it was about to land on the planet Mars.

The article reports on a survey of social media using teenagers by Piper Jaffray Cos., which found that Facebook is gradually becoming less relevant when compared to Instagram and Snapchat.

The article reports on the surge in online voter registrations due to the efforts of Facebook in getting hundreds of thousands of people to register to vote in fall 2016. Topics include the power of social media to engage more people to register to vote, the number of Californians who completed registrations or updates of their registration information, and similar efforts of Google and Instagram to encourage voter registration.

The article provides information on aspects related to role of social media in encouraging U.S. citizens to vote for Presidential elections. Topics discussed include views of California Secretary of State Alex Padilla on the same; Facebook's News Feed as the location for voter registration sites; and role of computer firm Google's app doodle.

The article reports that the U.S. government believes that artificial intelligence (AI) will play a critical role in the growth of the economy. Topics covered include the potential of AI to upgrade weapons of war, improve healthcare and fight cyberattacks, concerns that AI will reduce low-level jobs and create security and ethical issues and the government's plan to work with the private sector and academia to guide AI in a positive direction.

The article reports on the White House Frontiers Conference being held at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh in October 2016.

The article offers information on the importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the U.S. economy according to the report on "Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence" from the White House and concerns of the U.S. President Barack Obama related to ethical issues with AI.

The article reports that the U.S. president Barack Obama has set a goal of sending humans to Mars planet by the 2030s and getting them safely home again.

The article offers information on the Marketplace shopping and selling service announced by social networking service Facebook on October 4, 2016.

The article offers brief information on Marketplace, new online feature for shopping added to online social networking Facebook; from Facebook.

The article focuses on entrepreneur Elon Musk, chief executive officer (CEO) of SpaceX, and his vision of creating a self-sustaining civilization in Mars. Topics covered include how Musk is working on building the technology that can transport hundreds of people and the equipment needed to establish habitats, greenhouses, iron foundries, and propellant plant on Mars.

The article reports on the response of the September 27, 2016 U.S. presidential debate between Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump on microblogging site Twitter.

The article reports on building of technology by Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of aerospace maker SpaceX, and mentions transfer of people required for building habitats on the planet Mars, rise in life span of human civilization and creation of self-sustaining colonies on Mars.

The article focuses on social media such as Twitter and Facebook as winners in the 2016 presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at Hofstra University with many people posting comments about topics including fighting the Islamic State (ISIS), jobs and trade as well as energy, economy and environment.

The article reports that popular online social networks are getting ready to live stream the political action during the November 2016 U.S. presidential elections. Facebook, YouTube and Twitter will live stream the three debates between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. Anthony Noto, Twitter's chief financial officer (CFO), said live streaming the debates with Bloomberg Media, combined with the live commentary and conversation on Twitter, will create a one-screen experience.

The article reports on the plan by social media sites Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to offer live streaming of the three debates between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. Topics covered include a partnership between Twitter and Bloomberg Media to live stream Bloomberg Television's broadcast of the presidential and vice presidential debates on Twitter, and the plan by ABC News to deliver its live video programming of the debates on Facebook Live.

The article reports that U.S. presidential and vice-presidential debates in October 2016 will be able to watch on live streams on top social media sites Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.