The remote taps machine learning to help customers decide what to watch and when to watch it, providing users with a tailored at-home video …

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. With the rise of on-demand TV shows and movies, viewers have a dizzying array of entertainment options to explore. Cable provider Comcast has been helping customers navigate this expansive content landscape using AI via its Xfinity voice remote. The remote taps machine learning to help customers decide what to watch and when to watch it, providing users with a tailored at-home video experience, Comcast CTO Matthew Zelesko explained at VentureBeat's virtual Transform 2021 conference. "The content landscape has grown dramatically. And we realized that it was much harder for customers to determine even simple questions, like what to watch and where to watch it," Zelesko said.

Gartner's Magic Quadrant report on data science and machine learning (DSLM) platform companies assesses what it says are the top 20 vendors in this fast-growing industry segment. Data scientists and other technical users rely on these platforms to source data, build models, and use machine learning at a time when building machine learning applications is increasingly becoming a way for companies to differentiate themselves. Gartner says AI is still "overhyped" but notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has made investments in DSLM more practical. Companies should focus on developing new use cases and applications for DSML -- the ones that are visible and deliver business value, Gartner said in the report released last week. Smart companies should build on successful early projects and scale them.

Steam is overflowing with too much content and not enough quality control. Once upon a time, I really loved loading up Steam on my desktop and browsing through the games. You had to go to the store and by them in boxes, much like many people still do for console titles. To make matters worse, we always had a Mac when I was a kid. So when I went to the store there would be maybe one game for Mac, probably an educational game or the occasional RPG (thank god for Might & Magic) but the pickings were slim.