All posts by Chris Tribbey

Apple’s Wozniak to Discuss the Smart Machine Age at ‘Industry 4.0’ Event

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, will close out the day April 2 at the “Industry 4.0: The Future of Humanity in the Smart Machine Age” event in Los Angeles with a t... More

Smart Hollywood Summit: How AI Makes Data Smarter

LOS ANGELES — For Tom Ohanian, global sales executive for IBM Watson Media and Weather, artificial intelligence (AI) applications are only as good as how well they’re able to a... More

EIDR Launches Universities, Archives, Museums Initiative

The Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) has launched its new Universities, Archives, Museums Initiative (UAM) initiative, a no-cost program that will aid cultural institutions... More

Smart Hollywood Keynoter: AI is Neither Utopian nor Dystopian

LOS ANGELES — When President Obama wanted his administration to have a serious conversation about robotics and artificial intelligence, it was Dr. Eric Daimler he turned to for g... More

2019 edgescan Report Finds Old Vulnerability Problems Remain Cybersecurity Challenges

With all the progress made in confronting cybersecurity challenges in today’s constantly-connected environment, you’d think vulnerabilities introduced two decades ago would no ... More

Paths to Leadership on the Docket at Feb. 27 Smart Hollywood Summit

To close out the program Feb. 27 at the Smart Hollywood Summit in Los Angeles, the minds behind Women in Technology: Hollywood (WiTH) will bring a collection of industry executives... More

Hammerspace: Data Beyond Storage

Los Altos, Calif.-based Hammerspace has a simple mission: allow for the delivery of unstructured data across the hybrid cloud, without that data tied to storage. By removing the li... More

KlarisIP, Testronic, ISE to Share Perspectives at Feb. 27 Smart Hollywood Summit

Among the highlights of the Feb. 27 Smart Hollywood Summit — a day-long conference looking at the transformative effect AI, blockchain, metadata, OTT and automated processes are ... More

Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Marks 50th with ‘Industry 4.0’ Event

The Pepperdine Graziadio Business School will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a full-day academic conference April 2 in Los Angeles, exploring the “Fourth Industrial Revoluti... More

Hammerspace CEO to Spotlight Metadata at Feb. 27 Smart Hollywood Summit

Among the highlights of the Feb. 27 Smart Hollywood Summit — a day-long conference looking at the transformative effect AI, blockchain, metadata, OTT and automated processes are ... More

Eurofins Digital Testing Unveils New GDPR Service

End-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services firm Eurofins Digital Testing has unveiled a new service that tests the overall level and device readiness for companies to c... More

Wikidata Founder, Google Ontologist: Data Doesn’t Equal Truth

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. — Wikidata founder and current Google ontologist Denny Vrandečić knows the power of information better than most. He also knows that you need to tread ca... More

Light Point Security Releases Clientless Version of Browser Isolation Platform

Anti-browser-based attack firm Light Point Security Feb. 19 announced a clientless version included of its browser isolation platform, Light Point Web, marking the first browser is... More

IBM Watson Exec to Share AI Content Creation Update at Smart Hollywood Event

Sophisticated AI and ML algorithms are already able to mimic the work of artists, pen songs, make informed filmmaking decisions, and enrich metadata to boost the value of content. ... More

Convergent Risks: Linking Security with Understanding Process, Workflows

For nearly two decades now Convergent Risks — a specialist consultancy focused on security, risk and compliance services — has been working with media and entertainment compani... More

HPA Tech Retreat Panelists: AI in M&E is in its Infancy

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Don Eklund, CTO for Sony Pictures Entertainment, sees a pretty simple explanation for why artificial intelligence has become such a prevalent technology tod... More

Entertainment Identifier Registry Association Adds BeBanjo (MESA)

The Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) global unique identifier system Feb. 13 added another member to its ranks, bringing Spanish data and analytics start-up BeBanjo into th... More

HPA Tech Retreat: Trusted Partner Network Gains Steam

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Today’s advanced methods of film and TV production is fueled by an ever-growing ecosystem of third-party vendors, offering content creators innovative way... More

CreativeFuture: New European Anti-Piracy Initiative Learns From U.S. Model

Nonprofit copyright protection group CreativeFuture is offering up praise for a new anti-piracy initiative in Europe, one geared toward stopping legitimate ads from appearing on pi... More