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Better Data For Better AI: New Speech Datasets And Benchmarks For Data
AI researchers and engineers need better data to enable better AI solutions. The quality of an AI solution is determined by both the learning algorithm (such as a deep-neural network model) and the datasets used to train and evaluate that algorithm. Historically, AI research has focused much more on algorithms than datasets, despite their vital …

Thailand Launches ASEAN’s First 5G Smart Hospital
Office of The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Siriraj Hospital, and Huawei Technologies (Thailand) Co., Ltd. jointly launched the “Siriraj World Class 5G Smart Hospital”. This is the first and largest 5G smart hospital project in the ASEAN region. It will deliver a more efficient and convenient experience to patients by introducing technologies such …

Verizon And Google Cloud To Collaborate To Deliver 5G Mobile Edge Computing
Verizon and Google Cloud are working together to bring the power of the cloud closer to mobile and connected devices at the edge of Verizon’s network. With Verizon 5G Edge with Google Distributed Cloud Edge, Verizon plans to bring Google’s compute and storage services to the edge of the local network enabling the bandwidth and …

Forrester Names Google Cloud A Leader In AI Infrastructure
Forrester Research has named Google Cloud a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: AI Infrastructure, Q4 2021 report authored by Mike Gualtieri and Tracy Woo. In the report, Forrester evaluated dimensions of AI architecture, training, inference and management against a set of pre-defined criteria. Forrester’s analysis and recognition gives customers the confidence they need to make …

Find Anything Blazingly Fast With Google’s Vector Search Technology
Recently, Google Cloud partner Groovenauts, Inc. published a live demo of MatchIt Fast. As the demo shows, you can find images and text similar to a selected sample from a collection of millions in a matter of milliseconds: Image similarity search with MatchIt Fast Give it a try — and either select a preset …

Google Cloud Recommendations For Investigating And Responding To The Apache “Log4j 2” Vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228)
Editor’s note: This post was updated on 12/22/21 at 6:23pm PST. In this post, we provide recommendations from the Google Cybersecurity Action Team and discuss Google Cloud and Chronicle solutions to help security teams to manage the risk of the Apache “Log4j 2” vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046). For the latest updates on our assessment of …

Kyndryl And Google Cloud Announce Strategic Partnership To Accelerate Digital Business Transformations
Kyndryl to leverage Google Cloud’s data, analytics, and AI solutions to enable strategic digital transformation for enterprise customers Kyndryl to rapidly scale Google Cloud certifications and drive industry solutions NEW YORK and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 9, 2021 – Kyndryl (NYSE: KD) and Google Cloud today announced a global, strategic partnership focused on accelerating customers’ digital transformations and …

Ericsson, Telstra And Qualcomm Set Uplink Speed Record Of Close To 1Gbps Using 5G Dual Connectivity And Carrier Aggregation
Ericsson, Telstra, and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. have achieved the highest uplink peak rate ever recorded on a commercial network during a live demo in Queensland, Australia. Together, they reached an uplink data speed of close to 1Gbps, paving the way for more seamless experiences in use cases such as live video streaming and social media content sharing. …

Rightmove Sets Up Home With Google Cloud
LONDON – Dec. 8, 2021 – Rightmove is migrating a number of its systems to Google Cloud to help continue its market-leading tech innovations, reduce the time to release updates, and help in its net-zero carbon journey. The UK’s biggest property website, has a multi-data centre infrastructure, and this year saw visits from home-movers jump to …