Emerging Edge

While I’ve always believed not everyone is built to be a coder (at least a good one), this study shows that having an aptitude for language is a better predictor of learning how to code than having an aptitute for math (which is what I thought). Leading psychologist at Wharton, Adam Grant says: “Coding is […]

Via the 21 Hats Morning Report, two thirds of 1300 global security professionals surveyed reported their company suffered financial losses due to ransomeware attacks. One third of enterprise ransomeware victims ended up paying the ransom to the hackers. But… …80% of those who paid the ransom reported suffering subsequent rasomware attacks despite paying the initial

I came across this free guide to building enterprise applications with artificial intelligence (A.I.) by IBM. There’s no opt-in required, the link below goes directly to the guide. Get the free guide here.

Facial recognition has been a point of discussion in terms of implementing  A.I. in the real world. However, banks are seeing the benefits of A.I. in real world use-cases. For example, some banks are already testing out camera software leveraging A.I. to monitor staff, recognize and authenticate client identities, spot people sleeping near ATM’s (as

I’m a big believer in the development of autonomous vehicles (AV). It won’t be a matter of “if” but “when”. There’s a lot of misconceptions about the industry though. How do you separate the facts from fiction? Emerging Tech Brew has published their guide to autonomous vehicles which gives a nice A-Z lowdown on the

Coding has been a trending skill from kids to adults in established professions. I have a programming background as well, but I know not everyone is built to be a coder/programmer. Neuroscientists have been studying what is the best way to treat teaching coding to students.  Treat it as a language or a logic-based topic,

The rapid roll-out of COVD-19 vaccines is thanks to new technologies like mRNA. Expect to see exponential advanced in many areas of our lives with the development of these new technologies. Technology Review has published their annual 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2021. Just to summarize the 2021 list: mRNA GPT-3 Data Trusts Lithium-metal batteries Digital

Blockchain. Bitcoin. Cryptocurrencies. Fintech. These are all terms you’re hearing and seeing thrown around. A lot of people are talking about these topics, but how many really understand what they all mean? MIT has published a nice (free) article explaining all the basics you need to know about Fintech. Head on over to to read

Drones (those flying quadracopters you see everywhere these days) have made it easier to film sweeping panoramas, are being tested to make autonomous deliveries and more. If you wanted to learn about what all the fuss is about with drones, Emerging Tech Brew (a Morning Brew newsletter) has published (for free) their Guide to the

Bitcoin has been getting a lot of attention lately (more than usual). Not to mention Canada has just approved North America’s first Bitcoin ETF (via our sister newsletter, Finance & Money Edge). But there’s still a lot of people who may have heard of Bitcoin, but don’t really know or understand what it really is.

Many app developers use a freemium model to grow their user-base. But outside of that, many don’t really think about how they’ll monetize their app in the future. Usually, the single goal of the founder(s) is to try to exit by being acquired by a larger company. But what if that isn’t an option? How

Elon Musk’s Boring Company isn’t the only one building out hyperloop transportation. Virgin Hyperloop is also another player in the futuristic transportation mode. They recently released a video showing what the experience of travelling on their hyperloop would be like. It’s like something out of a futuristic book I used to read as a school

A lot of talk has been about Apple’s plans for an autonomous car, but looks like Microsoft and GM are teaming up to launch their own version of an autonomous car. Microsoft brings its Azure cloud computing platform to the table to help accelerate the development of autonomous cars by GM’s driverless technology entity, named

A smoking good dashboard is the key outcome when it comes to data analysis. While there’s a lot of popular (and free) data apps (e.g. Power BI), Google Data Studio is popular among marketers. As Google Data Studio keeps adding new features and capabilities, I’m sure more data analysts will give GDS a go. Here’s a

Starbucks has been a great business case study for many reasons. They’ve managed to be a market leader and charge premium prices for a commoditized product. To spur on more growth, Starbucks is leveraging the use of AI to grow their drive-thru business. How it work: The AI takes into account variables such as weather,

Netflix is currently valued at around $194 Billion. Investors love recurring income business models and Netflix is the current darling of recurring revenue (or subscription revenue) business models. That means retaining subscribers for as long as possible is a key element in achieving this. That’s why they make use of AI to recommend the RIGHT

The common theme we write about is how automation & robots will take over many jobs traditionally performed by humans. But, it looks like Walmart is doing an about face… …they have recently ended their contract with robotics firm, Bossa Nova Robotics, a firm Walmart had contracted for the last five years to provide robots

…the pandemic has hit specific industries hard such as transportation, tourism, food & beverage but jobs aren’t just facing the pandemic risk, even before the pandemic there’s the robot & automation revolution that was already on its way. The pandemic has only accelerated this wave. I’m not trying to promote fearmongering, but it’s simple fact

Math (rather Calculus) was a weak spot for me. But I do have a fascination with nearal networks and machine learning, so when I came across this article, it showed, I’m not the only one who is not so mathematically-inclined with an interest in neural networks. If you were curious or ever wanted know some

Superconduction benefits technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRIs), communications, magnetic levitation (Maglev) and more. The major caveat with superconductors is the requirement of keeping materials used in superconduction at extremely cold temperatures (-273.15°C)…which makes it a little difficult to implement in day-to-day scenarios. However, engineers at the University of Rochester have published a recent

The oil & gas industry has been suffering a global decline before the pandemic hit, now with many industries reliant on oil & gas hit hard, the demand has dried up with it. So, it makes sense for oil giant, Total, to acquire London’s largest EV charging network. As combustible engine vehicle manufacturers make the

Other than the COVID-19 pandemic dominating the news in 2020, there’s been this whole issue with Huawei powering 5G networks around the world. So, being 2020, South Korea already has a solution to foregoing all this 5G network hoopla… …by planning to test 6G by 2026. Problem solved.

I watched The Social Dilemma on Netflix last night. While, social media use is something I keep up – not much surprised me, but it was still just as disturbing. My wife who doesn’t follow it as much was just shocked at how the big platforms like Facebook and Google are similar to being addicted

Two of my favourite topics today, this is a great example of how the future will involve humans  working along side artifical intelligence (AI). Astronomy researchers developed a machine learning algorithm to determine “real” planets from “fake” planets. By using this algorithm, it helped confirm the discovery of fifty new planets by analysing old data from

Data analytics can help you find pockets of profit opportunities, areas to resource waste, especially these days where businesses are looking for ways to find missed opportunities. If you want to harness data analytics for your business, here’s three pillars of data analytics you should know about.