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IBM Wants to Make AI Fair, Transparent with AI OpenScale (Forbes)

When it comes to adopting AI for business use, there are multiple concerns among enterprise customers. Lack of visibility of the model, unwanted bias, interoperability among tools ... More

Smart Speakers Lead Consumer Trends in Audio (Radio World)

Consumer demand for smart speakers like Amazon Echo and Google Home and the convenience that comes with them continues to push traditional radio further into the digital world, acc... More

Fox Nation Sets Launch Date (Variety)

Fox News said it would launch its new Fox Nation subscription-based video outlet on Nov. 27, and charge $5.99 a month for the service, or $64.99 per year.... More

Christie’s to Auction Art Created by AI (PCMag)

Christie's New York will be the first major auction house to sell a piece of art generated by artificial intelligence. The algorithm is made up of two components: the Generator, wh... More

Evolution of a Channel: Gaming Retail (Twice)

Few consumer tech categories change quite as rapidly as video games. New gaming consoles hit store shelves every five to eight years, while other ways to play emerge at an even fas... More

Featured Jobs: SAP; Walt Disney; ESPN

Senior Network Architect — Palo Alto, CA — SAP Manager, Information Security — Glendale, CA — Walt Disney Senior Analyst, Data Platform Product — Bristol, CT — ESPN ... More

IBM Open-Sources Mac Sysadmin Software (ZDNet)

BM, yes IBM, has been giving its workers the choice of moving to Macs and they've been moving to them quickly. This, in turn, has led IBM to create, and now open source, a Mac syst... More

5 Insights from Adobe’s CEO About the Digital Economy (CMO)

The Mission To Master Content Continues- Unsurprisingly, content and its place in the digital economy was a key element of the conversation. Harking back to an early piece of messa... More

A&M Appoints Dupont, Taufflieb in France (Consultancy)

Alvarez & Marsal has announced the appointment of two senior professionals to its ranks. Philippe Dupont and Nicolas Taufflieb have been appointed following A&M’s broadening of i... More

Qumulo Spotlighted as Leader for Distributed File Systems, Object Storage (MESA)

Qumulo has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage.” The evaluation was based on Qumulo’s ab... More

How AI is Blurring the Lines Between Martech, Adtech (MTA)

Artificial Intelligence has multiple applications in MarTech. It has also revolutionized the world of digital advertising. Although AdTech is believed by some to be different than ... More

Spotify, Warner Bros. Created a Spot With 3D Sound to Promote ‘A Star Is Born’ (Adweek)

In an effort to highlight the music, Warner Brothers worked with Spotify to produce a video ad with 3D sound. The ad, which mimics the surround-sound effect of being in the theater... More

Is Broadcast TV’s Future OTT? (Media Post)

For most of the 20th century, broadcast television was the king of media. Families would gather in their living rooms to turn on their cathode-ray sets (and later plasma TVs and LE... More

AT&T’s Mobile 5G is Coming ‘In the Next Few Weeks’ (FierceWireless)

AT&T is weeks away from its launch of mobile 5G, said the company’s top wireless executive. “AT&T is on track to be the first wireless carrier to introduce mobile 5G services i... More

NBC News Unveils ‘Signal’ Streaming Video Service (Variety)

NBC News is joining the parade of traditional news outlets trying to capture the interest of a rising generation of news junkies who get their fix with mobile devices and streaming... More

Featured Jobs: PwC; Rightsline; Dolby

UX Designer Senior Associate — NYC — PwC Sr. Database Developer — LA — Rightsline Sr. Product Manager, Mobile — San Francisco — Dolby Click here to view all availab... More

Ooyala Scores Again with EPL’s Arsenal Football Club (MESA)

Ooyala is expanding its array of services to longtime client, Arsenal Football Club, with its Ooyala Flex Media Platform, Ooyala’s flexible and configurable content supply chain ... More

49ers, SAP Debut First Real-Time Venue Management System for Levi’s Stadium (Forbes)

To create the system, using SAP Leonardo, SAP Cloud Platform, HANA Database and SAP Analytics Cloud for flexibility, SAP relied on the robust data warehouse from the 49ers. SAP sol... More

Tata Teams with European Tour to Prove 360-Degree Video in 8K UHD is Possible for Sports Broadcasters (SVG)

Tata Communications and golf’s European Tour have completed what is believed to be the world’s first test of live 360-degree video in 8K UHD. The trial, which was carried out a... More

Clarion Backs Premiere Digital Services (MESA)

Clarion Capital Partners today announced that it has completed an investment in Premiere Digital Services. Premiere’s management team, Mark Lazar, Erik Anderson, AJ Sauer, and St... More

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