ThoughSpot, an enterprise search and analytics startup is already making waves in the enterprise. Former Nutanix leader Sunil Mahale joined Thoughtspot as the VP of APJ on November 12, 2018, and the company has set its eyes on the India market. Amit Prakash, Co-founder and CTO at ThoughtSpot, mentioned, "Right now everyone is jumping on the machine learning bandwagon and that is the competitive edge. If one does not have that, the competition will kill you. We knew how to build this technology and wanted to bring it to enterprises. We certainly expect to do well in India. And we have started making the right investments to build the business here."

There are at least two clear trends that show a demand-supply mismatch in tech jobs in cutting-edge IT fields such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. One is via industry predictions that estimate growth in the AI market from USD 21.46 billion to USD 190.61 billion between 2018 and 2025. Year on year growth is projected to be an impressive 36.62% during the same period. The second trend is more subtle. Big Indian IT firms in the US are reportedly'hoarding' employees in these 2 fields as they foresee a shortage in skilled experts.

PlayStation games can now be played on your iPhone, with the release of Sony's latest app. It allows your iOS device – either an iPhone or an iPad – to talk to your PlayStation and show what would normally be on the screen. That means you can play PlayStation games wherever you are, connecting to the console over WiFi. Then, players can control the game either by pressing virtual buttons on the screen or by hooking up a controller, which will be able to talk back to the PlayStation over the internet. We'll tell you what's true.

The government said Thursday it plans to ask horse race and pachinko parlor operators to consider using facial recognition systems to restrict admission of gambling addicts. The use of facial recognition systems is part of a basic plan to combat gambling addiction that the government drafted to pave the way for opening casinos in Japan. Facial recognition systems can help efficiently identify gambling addicts after restrictions on their entry into racetracks and pachinko parlors are requested by themselves or family members, officials said. The government's plan also includes the removal of automated teller machines from these gambling sites. After seeking opinions from the public, the government aims to adopt the plan next month.

Samsung is developing two new foldable phones as successors to its recently unveiled Galaxy Fold smartphone, a new report claims. Both devices will be significantly different from their predecessor in terms of their folding mechanics. Unlike the Galaxy Fold, which features a small screen on one side and a larger screen that unfolds from the inside like a book, Samsung plans to borrow a design used by its rival Huawei for one of the new phones. We'll tell you what's true. You can form your own view.

From Skynet to The culture, science fiction is littered with utopian and dystopian views on what AI will bring. But there is a more fundamental question when it comes to AI, is it there to solve problems or exploit information? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created two competing personalities that characterize this challenge. Sherlock – the problem solver, the analytical mind (accompanied by an often-startling lack of social skills), and Moriarty the criminal genius who exploited information to get power. These two distinct personalities sum up two different mentalities when we look at how to use AI, namely the use of data to solve a known problem, or the use of data to create new markets and rise above the competition.

To the editor: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants to explore congestion pricing. We cannot tax our way out of traffic any more than we can reduce the number of residents in and around Los Angeles, nor can most people change where they live or where they must travel to work. Encouraging housing development along the various Metro routes is an option, but ultimately, we will never be able to overcome the challenges presented by the spread-out geography of greater Los Angeles. If Los Angeles and other nearby cities really want to see traffic move more quickly, they should put significantly more effort and money into repairing our streets, which are in a shameful and dare I say dangerous state of disrepair. To the editor: A single word appearing in the article explains everything. The word is "choice," and it implies that working people will make an informed decision about whether or not to pay an additional tax to get to work.

Amazon has extended a grant valued at $2 million to Harvard Medical School so researchers can experiment with machine learning and AI to streamline clinical workflow, Bloomberg reported March 4. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center started purchasing Amazon's cloud services in 2016 in an effort to ensure the hospital's data remained safe and accessible in the case of an emergency, according to Bloomberg. Three years later, Amazon's Web Services unit is working with Beth Israel to make day-to-day tasks like patient scheduling and finding paperwork more cost-effective and efficient. It's well-known that scientists hope to leverage AI and machine learning for better-quality care and quicker, more accurate diagnoses, but Taha Kass-Hout, the senior leader for healthcare and AI at Amazon, said Beth Israel will first focus on alleviating time-consuming manual work so physicians and their staff can better focus on quality.

Nintendo has launched a virtual reality kit for the Switch – and it is made out of cardboard. The new Labo releases is part of a series of cardboard kits, which include other products such as a cardboard kit that turns its wearer into a robot. Nintendo was one of the pioneers of VR in gaming: its Virtual Boy, launched in 1995, was pioneering but roundly derided by critics and shut down four years later amid commercial failure. It has not entered the market again in the 20 years since, but rumours have spread since before the Switch was even released that it could be perfect for virtual reality, if its display was slotted into a headset. We'll tell you what's true.

One agency's innovative big data program has sparked a revolution in thinking at another federal agency and helped launch life-saving applications from unlikely sources. Since March 2016, The Opportunity Project, or TOP, housed within the Census Bureau, has been connecting innovators from around the globe with public data and resources to help them make a difference in the world. "We believe that data matters. Not just because it is interesting but because it solves problems for people in their everyday lives," TOP Director and Cofounder Drew Zachary said during the annual Demo Day, held Friday at Census headquarters in Maryland to showcase accomplishments from the latest cohort. "The Opportunity Project is really a process we use to put data to work for people and solve some of the biggest challenges that we're facing in the country and around the world."