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The Five Major Tech Trends of 2016

Xconomy

As we draw closer to the end of 2016, it is important that we take a moment to look back and reflect on all of the ways technology has inspired us, and transformed the way we live and do work. To augment and overcome physical distance, we are starting to use drones, virtual reality, and driverless cars.

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Taiwanese reassurances that water shortages won’t hit chipmaking show climate change’s direct threat to tech

TechCrunch LA

As reported by Bloomberg, Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen took to Facebook on Sunday to post about the nation’s capacity to provide water to its citizens and businesses in the face of the worst drought the nation has faced in 56 years. They were even flagged in a 2016 Harvard Business School case study analysis. ”

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As Facebook Fights Fake News, LeCun Sees Bigger Role for A.I.

Xconomy

As top lawyers from Facebook, Google, and Twitter testify on Capitol Hill this week about Russians using their platforms to interfere in the 2016 U.S. That’s according to Yann LeCun , a machine learning expert and Facebook’s director of A.I. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Xconomy Special Report: 12 San Diego Tech Startup to Watch in 2017

Xconomy

View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. The results were so encouraging, we’re doing it again. Webroot withheld terms of the deal.).

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Cybersecurity Firm Illumio’s Alan Cohen on the Tech Backlash of 2017

Xconomy

One of the largest and most consequential data breaches in 2017 afflicted credit reporting agency Equifax, and it was hardly the only victim.

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Xconomy’s Top Innovation Stories of the Half Year

Xconomy

Here we are at the midpoint of 2016 already. Frank Vinluan reports from North Carolina on a new effort to boost agtech startups and university research. San Antonio Entrepreneur Center Opens Using Dallas Nonprofit as Model. Austin’s Lucid Aims to Make Artificial Intelligence More Human.

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Connected Classroom Technology and Essentials for K-12 School Districts

Southern California Edison Blog

For K-12 school districts to keep up with technology and enable a fully modern, effective environment, they need to augment the fundamentals with key technology advancements and essentials including Artificial Intelligence, updated communication tools, and high-speed networks tailored for educational institutions.