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Signal vs. Noise: Balancing On-Call Hygiene for Data-Driven Teams

Dataversity

In 2018, Amazon’s Prime Day event experienced a 13-minute outage that, according to some estimates, may have cost the company up to $99 million in lost sales. In the real-time software world, 24×7 uptime is critical for core software where millions of transactions occur every second.

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20 expert opinions on UI design trends for 2018

Userzoom

From invisible UI to emotional personalisation to biometric authentication, which UI trends will be rocking our experts’ socks off in 2018? Trends posts are an easy win for any blog operating in the tech/marketing/digital industry. “I hope that 2018 brings a renewed focus on what it truly means to DESIGN something.

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Queen of Charts: Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Breaking Records in the Streaming Era

Domo

First, the context around the “Tortured Poets” release For months, Taylor Swift appeared to be dropping hints about releasing “Reputation (Taylor’s Version),” her re-recording of the 2018 album. The post Queen of Charts: Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Breaking Records in the Streaming Era first appeared on Blog.

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Oscars by the Numbers: Quantifying Hollywood’s Biggest Night

Domo

There’s “A Star Is Born,” which was made in 2018 with Lady Gaga, of course, but also versions released in 1976, 1954, and 1937. The post Oscars by the Numbers: Quantifying Hollywood’s Biggest Night first appeared on Blog. Different films, same name and story, over and over. But that movie was made at four different times.

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AI Ethics in Action: Making the Black Box Transparent

Dataversity

Amazon caused a stir in late 2018 with media reports that it had abandoned an AI-powered recruitment tool because it was biased against women. In my third article about the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), I look at operationalizing AI ethics. Human intelligence remains a key factor – to keep a watchful eye on potential biases.

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Leveraging AI for Ecommerce Marketing

BizAcuity

In our previous blog, we discussed the advantages of implementing AI for businesses. According to SalesForce , 84% percent of marketers today are reported to be using AI, a 186% increase in adoption since 2018. According to SalesForce , 84% percent of marketers today are reported to be using AI, a 186% increase in adoption since 2018.

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Developments in AI and IMF Positions Can Make Bitcoin Legally Tender

Smart Data Collective

In a blog post on the IMF website, the organization’s head of payments and market infrastructure, Alfred Schipke, said that the IMF is ” supportive of attempts to improve the efficiency of the existing financial system by harnessing the benefits of new technologies.”

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