| TOP STORIES | 8 Smart Ways To Use Prescriptive Analytics Somewhere between blind faith and skepticism is the world of prescriptive analytics. Here, machine-generated action items and potential outcomes meet human decision-making. Finding the right balance between algorithms and common sense can be tricky, so consider these tips. Robots, AI Won't Destroy Jobs, Yet Cognitive systems will only eliminate a small portion of jobs in the near future, according to Forrester. But the impact will still be significant. Drivers Prefer Autonomous Cars That Don't Kill Them A new study shows that most people prefer that self-driving cars be programmed to save the most people in the event of an accident, even if it kills the driver. Unless they are the drivers. Hortonworks Commits To Microsoft's Azure Cloud Hadoop distributor Hortonworks announced a deeper partnership with cloud giant Microsoft, a new consortium to create an open source genomics project for precision medicine, and new enterprise features in its Hortonworks Data Platform update at this week's Hadoop Summit. MongoDB SaaS Version, Native Spark Connector Unveiled NoSQL database MongoDB is adding a new cloud-based elastic SaaS version to its delivery options. The company is also announcing a native connector to Apache Spark during its MongoDB World event. | |
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