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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?
Judith Etugbo Judith Etugbo
Updated on March 25, 2025

Why Zero-Knowledge Proofs Are the Future of Blockchain Security

A zero-knowledge proof is a cryptographic method that allows one party to provide provable information to the other party without revealing that information. Here’s how it works. 

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Charles Miglietti Charles Miglietti
Updated on March 25, 2025

Startups Should Think Twice About Hiring Consultants

After leading his startup to a $13.2 million Series A and hiring 100 employees globally, this CEO believes that paying others to solve early problems is a lousy way to build a strong, scalable business.

Startups Should Think Twice About Hiring Consultants
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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Neeha Curtis Neeha Curtis
Updated on March 24, 2025

How to Protect Your Scarcest Innovation Resource: Engineering Focus

Digital transformation strategy stuck in the mud? It could be a sign that your engineering teams are juggling too many different priorities. Here’s what to do. 

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Ateet Dhawan Ateet Dhawan
Updated on March 24, 2025

How the Lab-as-a-Service (LaaS) Model Will Supercharge the Semiconductor Revolution

Lab-as-a-service allows smaller companies to access expensive, high-end equipment for semiconductor fabrication. Our expert explains its role in the industry.

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Chinh Pham Joshua Rudawitz Chinh Pham Joshua Rudawitz
Updated on March 24, 2025

How Startups Can Use a Patent Strategy as a Competitive Advantage

Our experts explain how emerging tech companies can employ IP strategies for growth, funding and market dominance.

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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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