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29 September, 2017
Nvidia’s CEO Declares Moore’s Law Dead. I’ve argued in the past Moore’s Law isn’t dead so much as its transformed. Rather than focusing strictly on increasing transistor counts and clock speeds, companies now focus on power efficiency and component integration. The explosion of specialized processors for handling AI and deep learning workloads is partly a reaction to the fact that CPUs don’t scale the way they used to.
26 September, 2017
25 September, 2017
Following a unanimous vote by the Chicago Public School Board of Education, computer science will become a graduation requirement for all high school students in what is the nation’s third largest school district. Starting with next school year’s class of freshmen (class of 2020), students in Chicago Public Schools will be required to complete curriculum around computer science before graduating.
Labels:
Education,
ICT Capability,
Women in IT
Today, we’re on the verge of another revolution, as artificial intelligence and machine learning turn the graphic design field on its head again. The vision is, to quote one project’s slogan, “websites that just make themselves.” Software will evaluate your text content, line of business, and imagery, and spit out finished pages without your having to lift a finger. These kinds of automated tools will arrive on the web first, but print design will change, too, as design-software makers inject machine learning into their layout tools and apps.
SHARES in MGM Wireless surged almost 70 per cent today after the Adelaide software company announced the largest deal in its history. The agreement will see the West Australian Education Department roll out two MGM products — School Star and Outreach+ — across its 800-plus public schools from the beginning of term four this year. School Star, a Facebook-like app that allows access to only registered parents and carers, provides messaging technology for the purpose of announcements, absenteeism alerts, and other functions. It is integrated with Outreach+, a service that automatically switches to SMS if a parent hasn’t installed the app.
Labels:
Education,
ICT Capability
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