Category: Technology Consultant

Top Ten Technology Books Of 2020

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There were many great technology books published in 2020, but when polling technology and digital executives for some of the best reads of the year, here are some that rose to the top. If you have a new year’s resolution to read more, here is a list of books to start with.

The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives

By Peter Diamandis, Steven Kotler

Technology is accelerating at an unprecedented rate and will reshape every industry over the next decade. In The Future is Faster Than

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Is Micron Technology Stock a Buy?

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Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), one of the world’s leading producers of DRAM and NAND memory chips, recently posted strong first-quarter numbers that easily beat Wall Street’s expectations.

Its revenue rose 12% year over year to $5.77 billion, beating estimates by $110 million and marking its third consecutive quarter of growth. Its adjusted net income rose 64% to $897 million, or $0.78 per share, which cleared expectations by nine cents.

Those numbers indicate Micron’s core DRAM and NAND businesses, which struggled with a supply glut and declining prices throughout 2019 and 2020, have finally stabilized. But is its stock still worth

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Illinois Democrat calls for new committee focused exclusively on information technology

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Congress needs a new committee that focuses exclusively on information technology, Rep. Bill FosterGeorge (Bill) William FosterWorking together to effectively address patient identification during COVID-19 Britain to infect healthy individuals with coronavirus for vaccine trials Pelosi, Mnuchin continue COVID-19 talks amid dwindling odds for deal MORE (D-Ill.) said Thursday at an event hosted by The Hill.

Foster, a member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, told The Hill’s Steve Clemons that the growing IT sector means Congress needs more resources so that it can be nimble in its responses to issues facing the industry.

“Information technology has

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Huawei, AI firms filed to patent tech that could identify Uighurs, report says

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Surveillance cameras are mounted on a post at Tiananmen Square as snow falls in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019.

Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images

GUANGZHOU, China — A new report reveals patent applications belonging to Huawei and a group of China-based artificial intelligence companies for systems that can detect people who are part of a Muslim minority group.

The ethnic Uighurs, who live mostly in China’s west, have been identified by the United Nations, United States, United Kingdom and others as a repressed group. Authorities allegedly use widespread surveillance technology to monitor the region’s Uighur population.

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CES panel explores new space technology and research

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The next generation of space exploration is coming, and with it the next generation of space research and technology.

Space represents an out-of-this-world opportunity for research and development, and the International Space Station continues to play a significant role in how microgravity conditions can help humans better understand space and their own world.

CNN space reporter Rachel Crane hosted a CES panel on Wednesday that probed these topics.

Astronauts at the station conduct experiments around the clock at the station, ranging from cellular, physical and material science, said Serena Auñón-Chancellor, a NASA astronaut and physician who spent nearly 200 days

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