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How the NHL is using AI to predict key moments in games

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Brant Berglund, senior director of coaching and GM applications at the NHL, demos new statistics the league is rolling out in partnership with Amazon Web Services. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The NHL brought its third annual Technology Showcase event to Seattle this week, a stone’s throw from the global headquarters of Amazon. It was fitting, given the growing connections between the tech giant and pro hockey.

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Microsoft's new DirectX 12 Agility SDK opens the door to direct CPU VRAM access

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The first of the new features, known as GPU upload heaps, decreases dynamic random access memory (DRAM) utilization by allowing the CPU to access the GPU's video RAM (VRAM). This access eliminates the need for data to be copied from VRAM to DRAM for CPU access and use. While the.

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GeekWire Podcast: Reclaiming our lives through more mindful use of technology

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Humans have become increasingly vulnerable to technology that grabs our attention, by design, often pulling us away from more meaningful and fulfilling moments in our lives. Can technology itself be part of the solution? Caroline Cadwell, CEO of Unpluq. Our guest this week on the GeekWire Podcast is leading a technology startup based on that premise: Caroline Cadwell , co-founder and CEO of Unpluq , a recent graduate of the Techstars Seattle accelerator program.

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Opus.ai is developing a new, text driven approach to 3D world development

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Today's onslaught of artificial intelligence-based tools have a similar goal: to streamline, automate, or simplify previously complex manual tasks. From the creative to the purely technical, currently available AI tools can do anything from generating written content and images to new application code based on specific algorithms, text inputs, and.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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How the relentless drive for optimization made baseball impossible to watch

Vox

Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Kyle Schwarber strikes out on a pitch from Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Raisel Iglesias during Game 2 of the NLDS between the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies on October 12, 2022, at Truist Park in Atlanta. | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The unlikely similarity between modern baseball and the AI boom.

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Someone got caught smuggling computer components into China, again

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This week, Hong Kong authorities reported having caught the biggest attempt to smuggle electronic hardware into China since 2018. The announcement comes only a few days after three other unsuccessful attempts to sneak chips into the country from Macau.