IBM Watson CTO Rob High on bias and other challenges in machine learning

 For IBM Watson CTO Rob High, the biggest technological challenge in machine learning right now is figuring out how to train models with less data. “It’s a challenge, it’s a goal and there’s certainly reason to believe that… Continue reading IBM Watson CTO Rob High on bias and other challenges in machine learning

Stride, Atlassian’s Slack competitor, opens its API to all developers

 The arrival of Stride, Atlassian’s Slack competitor, was probably the company’s biggest launch of 2017. While the company generally allows developers to easily integrate with its products, Stride’s API remained in closed beta fo… Continue reading Stride, Atlassian’s Slack competitor, opens its API to all developers

Bynder acquires digital asset management service Webdam from Shutterstock for $49.1M

 Bynder, one of the leading companies in the digital asset management space, today announced that it has acquired Shutterstock‘s Webdam. The Amsterdam-based company tells us that it paid $49.1 million for Webdam, which Shutterstock itself ac… Continue reading Bynder acquires digital asset management service Webdam from Shutterstock for $49.1M

Google Drive now lets you easily comment on Microsoft Office files, PDFs and images

 Google is launching an update to Google Drive today that will make it easier for teams and agencies to use a mix of G Suite and Microsoft Office while working with their colleagues and customers.
With this update, Google Drive users can now easil… Continue reading Google Drive now lets you easily comment on Microsoft Office files, PDFs and images

Microsoft’s Azure Event Grid hits general availability

 With Event Grid, Microsoft introduced a new Azure service last year that it hopes will become the glue that holds together modern event-driven and distributed applications. Starting today, Event Grid is generally available, with all the SLAs and … Continue reading Microsoft’s Azure Event Grid hits general availability

Strix Leviathan wants to build a better enterprise platform for crypto trading

 We are still in the early days of cryptocurrency — or at least that’s what all of the startups that are jumping into this space NOW hope. And when there’s a gold rush, there’s plenty of money to be made by selling shovels … Continue reading Strix Leviathan wants to build a better enterprise platform for crypto trading