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Nicky Watson Nicky Watson
Updated on March 25, 2025

How DOGE Puts Personal Data Privacy at Risk

The Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to troves of personal data carries significant data privacy risks and could have far-reaching consequences. Learn more. 

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Paul Barba Paul Barba
Updated on March 25, 2025

6 Ways to Combat Bias in Machine Learning

Data often reflects the biases that pervade the larger world. To make machine learning processes more equitable, we need to employ a variety of methods to eliminate bias.

6 Ways to Combat Bias in Machine Learning
Jeff Catlin Jeff Catlin
Updated on March 25, 2025

When Will AI Revolutionize Your Industry?

Domain-specific AI isn’t here quite yet, but deep language learning models like BERT and GPT-3 suggest it’s just a matter of time before your niche sees its own transformative AI innovations.

When Will AI Revolutionize Your Industry?
Mrinal Tyagi Mrinal Tyagi
Updated on March 24, 2025

Image Segmentation Explained

Image segmentation separates an image into groups of pixels based on variables like proximity to one another, color and brightness for faster processing. Here’s a deep dive into different image segmentation techniques and how each works.

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Afroz Chakure Afroz Chakure
Updated on March 20, 2025

What Is Decision Tree Classification?

A classification tree is a type of decision tree used to predict categorical or qualitative outcomes from a set of data observations.

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Przemek Chojecki Przemek Chojecki
Updated on March 20, 2025

How to Develop a Clear Data Science Strategy for Your Business

Acquiring data is easy nowadays. To make it useful, though, you need to develop a coherent plan for data usage.

How to Develop a Clear Data Science Strategy for Your Business
Stephen Gossett Stephen Gossett
Updated on March 20, 2025

Hadoop Ruled the Early Big Data Era. Can It Rise Again?

Cloud competition has humbled the onetime watershed. Cloudera’s new distribution aims to restore former glory.

Hadoop Ruled the Early Big Data Era. Can It Rise Again?
Neil Daswani and Moudy Elbayadi Neil Daswani and Moudy Elbayadi
Updated on March 20, 2025

3 Pragmatic Root Causes of Data Breaches

At the highest level, cybersecurity breaches are the result of one of three problems: lack or prioritization, lack of investment or poor execution of security procedures.

3 Pragmatic Root Causes of Data Breaches
Jeff Link Jeff Link
Updated on March 20, 2025

Smart Thermometer Data Suggests Social Distancing Is Working

Kinsa’s online “Health Weather” map shows U.S. fever incidence declining, likely due to widespread social distancing.

Smart Thermometer Data Suggests Social Distancing Is Working
Rushikesh Pupale Rushikesh Pupale
Updated on March 19, 2025

An Introduction to Support Vector Machine (SVM) in Python

A support vector machine is a supervised machine learning algorithm used for classification and regression tasks. Learn how it works and how to implement it in Python.

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