Serial Studio: Easily Visualise And Log Serial Data

Outputting data from a microcontroller over a serial port is convenient and easy, but formatting, visualizing, and analyzing the data can be tedious and frustrating. [Alex Spataru] knows this all too well, having spent too many hours building and debugging …read more

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Researchers develop tool that ensures secure sensitive data sharing

A data privacy tool has been developed to help ensure key datasets – such as those tracking COVID-19 – can be publicly shared with an extra layer of security for sensitive personal information. Developed as a collaboration between CSIRO’s Data61, the d… Continue reading Researchers develop tool that ensures secure sensitive data sharing

Adding Space Music To The Astronomy Toolbox

Astronomy fans were recently treated to the Great Conjunction, where Jupiter and Saturn appear close together from the perspective of our planet Earth. Astronomy has given us this and many other magnificent sights, but we can get other senses involved. Science News tells of explorations into adapting our sense of …read more

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Databricks launches SQL Analytics

AI and data analytics company Databricks today announced the launch of SQL Analytics, a new service that makes it easier for data analysts to run their standard SQL queries directly on data lakes. And with that, enterprises can now easily connect their business intelligence tools like Tableau and Microsoft’s Power BI to these data repositories […] Continue reading Databricks launches SQL Analytics

Which cybersecurity failures cost companies the most and which defenses have the highest ROI?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists have created a cryptographic platform that allows companies to securely share data on cyber attacks they suffered and the monetary cost of their cybersecurity failures without worrying about reveal… Continue reading Which cybersecurity failures cost companies the most and which defenses have the highest ROI?

A new project enables data to be read directly from compressed IoT data

The Network Computing, Communications and Storage research group at Aarhus University has developed a completely new way to compress data. The new technique provides possibility to analyze data directly on compressed files, and it may have a major impa… Continue reading A new project enables data to be read directly from compressed IoT data

How data science delivers value in a post-pandemic world

With businesses from various industries tightening their belt due to pandemic-induced economic challenges, investing in data science applications and building out their teams may be taking a backseat. While the primary focus must be on preserving cash … Continue reading How data science delivers value in a post-pandemic world

New data analysis approach could strengthen the security of IoT devices

A multi-pronged data analysis approach that can strengthen the security of IoT devices, such as smart TVs, home video cameras and baby monitors, against current risks and threats has been created by a team of Penn State World Campus students. Explosion… Continue reading New data analysis approach could strengthen the security of IoT devices

Google’s differential privacy library can now be used by anyone

Google has open-sourced a differential privacy library that helps power some of its core products. What it differential privacy? Differential privacy is a method for analyzing data contained in a database and providing helpful insight from it, without … Continue reading Google’s differential privacy library can now be used by anyone

ThoughtSpot hauls in $248M Series E on $1.95B valuation

ThoughtSpot was started by a bunch of ex-Googlers looking to bring the power of search to data. Seven years later the company is growing fast, sporting a fat valuation of almost $2 billion and looking ahead to a possible IPO. Today it announced a hefty $248 million Series E round as it continues on its […] Continue reading ThoughtSpot hauls in $248M Series E on $1.95B valuation