The Attention Economy with Walter Flaat, Chief Data Officer, Dentsu Canada and Bookstores Come Back with James Daunt, CEO of Barnes & Noble
Two great interview shows for you this weekend: The Attention Economy – A study by Dentsu Canada and interview with Walter Flaat, Chief Data Officer In 2015 Time Magazine published a story with the headline “You Now Have A Shorter Attention Span Than A Goldfish.” Supposedly this was based on
Read Morenth root of n!
Last week the function came up in a blog post. as the solution to the equation n! = bn. After writing that post I stumbled upon an article [1] that begins by saying, in my notation, The function b(x) … has many applications in pure and applied mathematics. The article mentions a
Read MoreActivation functions and Iverson brackets
Neural network activation functions transform the output of one layer of the neural net into the input for another layer. These functions are nonlinear because the universal approximation theorem, the theorem that basically says a two-layer neural net can approximate any function, requires these functions to be nonlinear. Activation functions
Read MoreThe entire story of Twitter under Elon Musk
Image: Laura Normand / The Verge Forget Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company — Elon Musk is now the owner of Twitter. Elon Musk owns Twitter, and his new big idea is charging people to read more than a few hundred tweets per day. Verified Twitter Blue subscribers can
Read MoreNetflix axes its basic plan in Canada, IRL shuts down and Shein’s influencer stunt backfires
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Read MoreElon Musk blames data scraping by AI startups for his new paywalls on reading tweets
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Twitter CEO Elon Musk continues to blame the social media site’s new limitations on “data scrapers & system manipulation” as he announced new “temporary” limits on how many posts people can read. Musk tweeted late Friday that the “drastic & immediate
Read More5G: Catalyst for Economic Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Over the past two decades, mobile telecommunications has revolutionized Sub-Saharan Africa, integrating hundreds of millions of people into the digital economy and creating a thriving industry worth billions of dollars annually. According to the GSM Association, mobile technology has achieved 1.2 billion connections and attracted over 650 million unique mobile
Read MoreEverything you need to know about QR code payments
If there’s one essential item people rarely leave home without, it’s their mobile phone. We’ve all experienced the panic of forgetting keys or wallets, leaving us stranded at the shops. But now, all you need is your cell phone—no purse, wallet, or bank card required. The world of payments has
Read MoreMilestone Systems Launches Innovative Video Solution for Healthcare Professionals
Hospitals worldwide are facing the challenge of staff shortages, prompting video software company Milestone Systems to introduce a solution: remote patient monitoring technology. This innovative technology aims to support healthcare workers and enhance overall patient care. Projections indicate that by 2030, there will be a shortage of approximately 15 million
Read More7 valuable tips to safeguard against Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks
Highly skilled and motivated threat actors carry out APT attacks, also known as Advanced Persistent Threat attacks, which are sophisticated and targeted cyber attacks. Unlike traditional cyber attacks, APT attacks are characterized by their persistence, stealthiness, and long-term objectives. These attacks are meticulously planned and executed, with the goal of
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