TECH TALK: Algorithms are a key feature of data analytics, but the metrics don’t always make sense, says BILL MAGEE Those pesky artificially intelligent algorithms are at it again as bot-by-bot they stealthily take over our very human, but rather chaotic, business lives. Computerised automated analytic/predictive software programs have already been blamed for sending a […]
Big IT beasts facing up to an ID dilemma
TECH TALK: Some of the biggest tech companies are reviewing their investment in facial recognition, says BILL MAGEE Facial recognition technology has reached a tipping point. A growing array of tech big beasts is retreating from further development of live-capture faceprint signature systems. IBM, Amazon and Facebook/Meta have now been joined by Microsoft. The software […]
Don’t bet against a metaverse COP27
TECH TALK: COP26 is so old tech and Mark Zuckerberg could have his virtual eye on the next summit, says BILL MAGEE United Nations COP26 Glasgow. Overhead, private planes zooming all over the show, helicopters hover. On the ground chauffeur-driven limos, armoured no doubt, whisk their VIP occupants about within a strictly-secured city centre zone. […]
Hard lessons still beckon in tech skills
TECH TALK: Youngsters are still not prioritising a career in the digital sector, says BILL MAGEE Scottish policymakers would be perfectly within their rights, I guess, to skip a new digital report sharply criticising the UK’s performance in developing tech skills. But they shouldn’t. WorldSkills UK compares Britain to several other “major global economies” which, […]
Clipping the wings of soaring crypto
TECH TALK: Cryptocurrencies are on the rise, but regulation is creeping up the agenda, says BILL MAGEE Facebook may have grabbed the recent online headlines, following its worldwide outages, but another incident in the virtual world has gone almost unnoticed despite sending cryptocurrency devotees into a cyberspin. All because of a dodgy text. Ever since […]