Day: March 13, 2023

As healthcare providers emerge from the operational disruptions caused by the global pandemic, IT and business leaders are renewing their focus on “quality”– specifically, have digital investments provided quality and value for IT systems; is technology improving quality for caregivers inside facilities; and have digital transformation efforts enhanced the patient experience and the quality of care they’re receiving? Trent Sanders, director of U.S. Healthcare & Life Sciences at Kyndryl, says much has changed for healthcare providers over the past three years. “2020 was reaction mode,” he says…. Read More “Healthcare providers focus on quality for the next phase of digital transformation”

Organizations that are investing in analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and other data-driven initiatives have exposed a growing challenge: a lack of integration across data sources that is limiting their ability to extract true value from these investments. It’s imperative for IT and business leaders to eliminate these data silos – some of which are operational, and some of which are cultural – to enable better insights for the business. “The main challenge is how can companies extract data out of every silo and make it more meaningful,” says Manoj Palaniswamy, Principal Architect, Data … Read More “How to overcome the data silo challenge”

By Wirestock / Getty Images A new concept called organoid intelligence, with the aim of developing a new generation of biocomputers, has recently been detailed by a group of researchers. They want to harness advances in the reproduction of human brain cells in vitro to offer superior intelligence to the computers and smart devices of the future. This technology promises to be much more powerful and efficient than any form of artificial intelligence as we know it. A new concept called organoid intelligence, with the aim of developing a new generation of biocomputers, has recently been detailed … Read More “Forget AI, organoid intelligence could take computing to the next level”

NEW YORK — Islamic State-inspired terrorist Sayfullo Saipov on Monday was given the mercy he didn’t offer the eight victims he mowed down on a Manhattan bike path with a rented truck — being spared the death penalty. In a note sent out shortly after 2 p.m., jurors deliberating whether Saipov should be put to death for the massacre on a busy West Side bicycle lane on Oct. 31, 2017, said they had concluded they were unable to reach a unanimous decision. Manhattan Federal Court Judge Vernon Broderick took the note as the jury’s final answer. “There’s nothing in the note that indicates that they a… Read More “Manhattan bike path terrorist Sayfullo Saipov spared the death penalty”

For those of you who have been following my Chart of the Day column you know that I’m a big believer in looking at non-cap weighted indexes. I especially like the Value Line Arithmetic Index ($VLA) , an index of 1700 stocks covering about 95% of the entire US stock market capitalization and Barchart’s Market Performance Indicator which is also a non-cap weighted index but covers about 5,300 stocks. If you follow these you get a much bigger view of what is really going on in the overall Market. Lately just a few very large Black Swan events have had a ripple effect through out the entire market… Read More “Chart of the Day: CHECK ENGINE Light is On!”

Small-cap stocks, in general, are more domestic in nature, and this protects them from geopolitical and foreign exchange risks. Thus, small-cap stocks could offer relief to investors when there is uncertainty in the global market, like we are currently facing. Another point in favor of small-cap stocks is that they have historically outperformed their large-cap peers over a long-term horizon. So, if you are also planning to invest in small-cap stocks, then to help you select, detailed below are the five best and worst performing small-cap stocks in Feb 2023. Q4 2022 hedge fund letters, confere… Read More “Five Best and Worst Performing Small-Cap Stocks in Feb 2023”

Mark Zuckerberg faces “a tremendous amount of cognitive dissonance”, says an ex Microsoft engineer. David Auerbach a software engineer – who has has recently authored the new book ‘Meganets: How Digital Forms Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities’, which explores how the growing worries about artificial intelligence are with good cause, which is becoming more and more prevalent in the wider tech sector – believes the Meta founder’s actions do not line up with his supposed beliefs. He told the Observer newspaper: “I think it depends on their position. The rank and fi… Read More “Mark Zuckerberg faces ‘a tremendous amount of cognitive dissonance’, says ex Microsoft engineer”