The global COVID-19 pandemic has generated a wide variety of responses from citizens, governments, charities, organizations, and the startup community worldwide. At the time of writing, the number of confirmed cases has now exceeded 1,000,000, affecting 204 countries and territories. From mandated lockdowns to applauding health workers from balconies, a

In just one day, the HackCorona initiative gathered over 1700 people and 300 selected hackers came up with 23 digital solutions to help the world fight the COVID-19 outbreak during the 48-hour long virtual hackathon by Data Natives and Hacking Health. Here are the results. HackCorona was created on March 17th

Our misguided perceptions of AI confuse the vital public debate about AI’s role in society by mitigating its severity and exaggerating its impact. Artificial Intelligence is sexy.  It’s been able to translate between languages, recommend us new TV shows to watch, and beat humans at everything from Go to Jeopardy. 

The models you create have real-world applications that affect how your colleagues do their jobs. That means they need to understand what you’ve created, how it works, and what its limitations are. They can’t do any of these things if it’s all one big mystery they don’t understand. “I’m afraid

Data professionals across industries recognize they must effectively harness data for their businesses to innovate and gain competitive advantage. High quality, reliable data forms the backbone for all successful data endeavors, from reporting and analytics to machine learning. Delta Lake is an open-source storage layer that solves many concerns around data

It’s not a lack of data that’s holding companies back from digital transformation. Data is pouring in from more sources than ever. It’s not that analytics aren’t available. Businesses have access to rich descriptive analytics to build profiles that answer the “who” questions and diagnostic analytics to answer the “why”

Will there be any data-transfer or migration complications post-Brexit? If yes, here is how you could avoid them.  Since 2016, the United Kingdom and the European Union have braced for the looming Brexit, or the British exit from the EU. Departure deadlines have been set and extensions have been made

Patient privacy and safety have always been cornerstones of the U.S. healthcare system. But in today’s digital era, there are apps tracking the most sensitive information such as the female menstrual cycle and fertility window. The collection of this data might be valuable for the future of healthcare – the

How are various organizations handling the accelerating transition of data to the cloud? What are the obstacles in data cleaning for analytics and the time constraints companies face when preparing data for analytics, AI and Machine Learning (ML) initiatives? Here is a look at some insights from a recent report

Organizations implementing AI have increased by 270 per cent over the last four years, according to a recent survey by Gartner. Even though the implementation of AI is a growing trend, 63 per cent of organizations haven’t deployed this technology. What is holding them back: cost, talent shortage? For many