by Rosemarie Withee, Ken Withee, Jennifer Reed Millions of people access Microsoft Teams every day to get work done. That number continues to grow thanks to the countless communication tools for working with associates inside and outside your organization you can find in Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams For Dummies will […]
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Chengdu: US leaves consulate amid row with China
by eCommunicator China’s decision to close the US mission came after the US shut China’s consulate in Houston. The move is seen as a retaliation for China’s removal from its consulate in Houston, Texas. American diplomatic staff have left their consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu, after a 72-hour […]
Read MoreUnderstanding China’s 2025 Ambitions
by eCommunicator China is on a multi-year mission to reduce its reliance on foreign technology and as a result, Beijing is investing heavily in its own technological developments. Premier Li Keqiang announced the Made in China 2025 (MIC 2025) initiative in 2015 as a bid to significantly advance the country’s […]
Read MoreIs the Brain a Quantum Computer?
by Manuel Brenner After the mildly clickbaity title, I have to start out with some honesty: we don’t really know if the brain is a quantum computer or not. But as with many a question we don’t know the answer to, thinking about them can still be worthwhile in their […]
Read MoreCreative Ways to Work With Your Kids in the Age of Coronavirus
by eCommunicator As the new coronavirus, COVID-19, spreads throughout the world, kids are home now for a while. It’s your job as parents/guardians to keep your kids priorities and their daily activities as busy and fun as possible with or without their devices. During the weekday, it’s best to stick […]
Read MoreElon Musk: Happy Totalitarian
by Benjamin Wiker You may have caught wind of the latest attempt by Elon Musk to improve upon our human lot, this time by wiring our brains into computers through implanted chips connected to ultrathin threads lacing our brain (hence, the name “neuralace”). If you can’t decipher his white paper, […]
Read MoreHow to Build a Career in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
by Prajakta Patil, Anirudh V K “Artificial intelligence will reach human levels by around 2029. Follow that out further to, say, 2045, we will have multiplied the intelligence, the human biological machine intelligence of our civilization a billion-fold.” –Ray Kurzweil, American Inventor and Futurist Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence […]
Read MoreNature’s Witness to Intelligent Design
by Donald DeMarco I was finishing my morning coffee and nothing in particular was occupying my mind. A black-capped chickadee suddenly appeared before my eyes, walking alongside our front yard maple tree. It was busy, no doubt looking for food. At that moment it seemed to be operating with more […]
Read MoreUnderstanding Artificial Intelligence
by Rowland Adeniyi The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is so broad that we cannot scratch the surface in this blog. What we can do however is to give you a broad view of what AI is and it’s application today. AI controls the backbone of several websites and robots, […]
Read MoreT-Mobile Launches 600MHz 5G Across the US
by eCommunicator T-Mobile has the first, largest, and only nationwide 5G network, covering more people and places than anyone else. No 5G signal goes farther or is more reliable. It’s worth mentioning that T-Mobile’s 5G mmWave, super fast, but short-range coverage went live since June in six cities across the […]
Read MoreLife by Algorithms: How Roboprocesses Are Remaking Our World
by eCommunicator About the Author Catherine Besteman is the Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology at Colby College. Hugh Gusterson is professor of international affairs and anthropology at the George Washington University. Product details Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: University of Chicago Press; First edition (May 23, […]
Read MoreAre We Getting to A Time When You Can’t Trust What You See, Hear or Read?
by Ayodeji Awosika Throughout the day, your mind is getting input from thousands of different sources. I talk about reinventing yourself quite a bit. Part of that process involves changing the way you think. To change the way you think, you can begin to think of your mind as a […]
Read MoreHow to Control Things Using Your Brain
by eCommunicator How to Control Things Using Your Brain (and Open-Source Hardware) | Cyborg Nation | Nov 4, 2015 OpenBCI is an open-source hardware that allows a D.I.Y. community of artists, designers, and engineers to innovate, while serving as a tool for research and innovation back in 2015. From using […]
Read MoreMars 2020 Mission
by eCommunicator The Mars 2020 rover mission is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The Mars 2020 mission addresses high-priority science goals for Mars exploration, including key questions about the potential for life on Mars. The mission takes the next […]
Read MoreAdvancing Technology for the Benefit of Humanity
by eCommunicator There are so many ways technological advancements have helped humanity save time and cost of production. Our personal life is now heavily dependent on technology and technology has advanced with years and changed the way we communicate, educate our children, travel, socialize, live, and buy products. As people’s […]
Read MoreHow to Prepare for the Rise of Robots and Artificial Intelligence
by Trade Schools, Colleges and Universities The jobs replaced by technology probably won’t ever come back, at least not in any major way. Given the huge momentum behind AI and robotics development, we should assume that many, if not most, jobs will be affected, even if they aren’t eliminated. Although […]
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