(Bloomberg) -- Big Blue is betting big on blockchain. Working with Japan Exchange Group Inc., International Business Machines Corp. next month will start testing the distributed ledger technology that underpins bitcoin. Blockchain simplifies global finance by creating a transparent and permanent record of transactions. The joint venture with the Japanese bourse operator could help IBM position itself as a force...Go To Article
Databricks, the commercial company created from the open source Apache Spark project, announced the release of a free Community Edition today aimed at teaching people how to use Spark — and as an adjunct to the free online courses (MOOCs) it created last year. The free version is a limited edition without all of the advanced features you would find...Go To Article
Gideon Mann is Head of Data Science at Bloomberg, guiding the strategic direction for machine learning, natural language processing and search on the core terminal for the past two years. He’s part of the leadership team for the Office of the CTO, as well. He joined Bloomberg after a notable role with Google Research. In addition to academic research, his...Go To Article
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