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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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Erin Hamm Erin Hamm
Updated on March 17, 2025

The Crawl-Walk-Run Approach to Generative AI Security

Rushing to adopt the latest generative AI security tools can create larger problems in the future. Here’s why a slower, simpler approach is better. 

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Aria Voron Aria Voron
Updated on March 17, 2025

How to Supercharge Your Data Visualization and Reporting With AI

Too many companies create a huge stack of reports that nobody ever uses. Here’s how to change that.

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Stephen Gossett Stephen Gossett
Updated on March 14, 2025

19 Natural Language Processing Examples to Know

The ability of computers to quickly process and analyze human language is transforming everything from translation services to human health.

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Anmol Tomar Anmol Tomar
Updated on March 14, 2025

Elbow Method in K-Means Clustering: Definition, Drawbacks, vs. Silhouette Score

The elbow method is a technique used to find the optimal number of clusters (K) in k-means clustering, by identifying the “elbow” point on a graph of k-values and their corresponding within-cluster sum of squares (WCSS) values.

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Stephen Gossett Stephen Gossett
Updated on March 13, 2025

Dscout Discusses How to Collect User Data on Gender Identity — and When Not to

Gender data can be valuable for a variety of reasons. But before you ask, consider why you’re asking, and how you frame the question.

Valentina Alto Valentina Alto
Updated on March 13, 2025

Understanding Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) Regression

Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression is a technique used in linear regression to minimize the sum of squared differences between observed and predicted values, and obtain a straight line as close as possible to your data points.

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Sadrach Pierre Sadrach Pierre
Updated on March 12, 2025

How to Heapify a Tree in C++

A step-by-step tutorial on how to heapify data in a tree data structure, including visuals and example code.

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