The Tearfund International Learning Zone - 1 views
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"On this site you will find over 8000 pages of practical information, collected over the last 21 years. You can find anything from Gathering tree seeds to Gender and sanitation. Please tell us what you think of this site by emailing us. NEW: Quick off the blocks: UK adaptation finance and integrated planning report"
Bringing government data to life | Civil Service World - 0 views
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n today's digital era, governments across the globe are amassing larger amounts of data than ever before. Some of this is structured data such as census records, phone numbers, addresses, and any information that can easily be entered into a database or spreadsheet. And some of it is unstructured data, or harder-to-analyze information such as emails, documents, web pages, photos, and videos.
Top 10 Priorities for Big Data Management - 1 views
Big Data Loses Its Zing | Information Management Blogs - 0 views
Amazon to Sell Predictions in Cloud Race Against Google and Microsoft - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Amazon Web Services announced that it was selling to the public the same kind of software it uses to figure out what products Amazon puts in front of a shopper, when to stage a sale or who to target with an email offer. The techniques, called machine learning, are applicable for technology development, finance, bioscience or pretty much anything else that is getting counted and stored online these days. In other words, almost everything.
'KIN Bloggin' - 0 views
Prediction Markets | Google Groups - 0 views
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Prediction Markets Google Group. The Group comes compleat with some very opinionated characters. Can be useful to watch the ambient flow from a distance for nuggets like the Economist article. Suggest people subscribe with a non-work id that they can check at their leisure so any posts don't clutter work email on handhelds.
Cabinet Office automation project will introduce robots into the civil service | Civil ... - 0 views
This little gadget uses neural networks to help you take photos like a professional - T... - 0 views
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Ryan Stout, the creator of Arsenal, told The Verge over email that he thinks his product fills a gap in the market. Stout says camera companies have underinvested in auto modes as they're usually disdained by pro photographers (for good reason, he notes). This means, Stout says, they haven't kept up with the advances possible using AI and new hardware.
Microsoft Evolves Yammer From Stand-Alone Product to Key Part of Office 365 #MSIgnite - 1 views
Will robots actually take your job? - 2 views
The AI Threat Isn't Skynet. It's the End of the Middle Class | WIRED - 1 views
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In the US, the number of manufacturing jobs peaked in 1979 and has steadily decreased ever since. At the same time, manufacturing has steadily increased, with the US now producing more goods than any other country but China. Machines aren't just taking the place of humans on the assembly line. They're doing a better job.