Last year, IBM demonstrated how AI can perform the tedious job of software maintenance through the updating of legacy code. Now Big Blue has introduced AI-based methods for re-coding old applications so that they can operate on today’s computing platforms. The latest IBM initiatives, dubbed Mono2Micro and Application Modernization Accelerator (AMA), give app architects new tools for
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Quantum computers are gaining traction across fields from logistics to finance. But as most users know, they remain research experiments, limited by imperfections in hardware. Today’s machines tend to suffer hardware failures—errors in the underlying quantum information carriers called qubits—in times much shorter than a second. Compare that with the
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A connected home is networked to enable the interconnection and interoperability of multiple devices, services and apps, ranging from communications and entertainment to healthcare, security and home automation. These services and apps are delivered over multiple interlinked and integrated devices, sensors, tools and platforms. Connected, real-time, smart and contextual experiences
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"Wood is style." This quote from Matthias Horx, one of Germany's best-known future and trend researchers, shows that wood has changed its image: from the unloved building material of the 20th century to the high-tech building material of the new millennium. Find out more about the innovative possible applications of
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Connecting to cell networks is an increasingly viable option—here’s how it works. Wifi Router FOR MANY OF us, especially in rural areas, broadband speeds over cable or DSL (or heaven forbid, satellite) aren't as reliable or as fast as we would like—if they're even available at all. But the increase in speed
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BrainChip ‘s AI processor is powering NaNose (Nano Artificial Nose) which tests exhaled breath samples for COVID-19. Using the NaNose Medical sensor array to collect the data, and Akida to perform the diagnosis, can have a higher rate of reliability than current testing methods and poses less risk to medical professionals
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Most organizations when faced with cybersecurity threats, would have a plan in place to deal with them. Then there are learning lessons from what just happened to keep the security lifecycle rolling along. However, this approach may not work for this day and age, given that cyber-attacks are happening at
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Heartwarming, it was for me, to read reports of the press conference addressed on Tuesday by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, on the country’s Digital Switchover (DSO) process, which seemed to have been interred under the rubble of poor conception, mismanagement and corruption. The cheer brought by the
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