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Hiro Capital puts $2.3M into team sports tracking platform PlayerData — as does Sir Terry Leahy

TechCrunch

Hiro Capital has gradually been making a name for itself as an investor in the area know as “Digital Sports” or DSports for short. based PlayerData uses wearable technology and software tracking to give grass-roots and professional sports teams feedback on their training. It’s now led a $2.3 Edinburgh, U.K.-based

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Smart contact lens startup Mojo Vision partners with Adidas and other sports brands

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The big news at this year’s show is a number of partnerships with brands across the sports spectrum, including: Adidas Running, Trailforks (cycling/hiking), Wearable X (yoga), Slopes (skiing) and 18Birdies (golf). The company also announced today a $45 million Series B-1, following last April’s $51 million raise.

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What is your data strategy for an AI future?

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The application of AI to many business processes will only accelerate the need to ensure the veracity and timeliness of the data used, whether generated internally or sourced externally. Sports Illustrated and its CEO found this out recently when it was revealed the magazine published articles written by fake authors with AI-generated images.

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With generative AI, IT must deliver knowledge…not just technology

CIO

The case for GenAI education as part of IT’s remit At first blush, training and educating users on how to use generative AI may seem outside the typical scope of IT, but GenAI is not a typical tech transformation. Who better to train the workforce of the future than practitioners fluent in GenAI—both in how to build it and how to use it?

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The use cases for a private wireless networks are many and increasing

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Some of the use cases he sees gaining momentum include those where virtual reality is used to enhance employee training and support in-field maintenance, wearable devices that track and share health and environmental safety information, and retail and crowd analytics.

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NEX raises $25M, launches Active Arcade to get people moving

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It also previously raised a $4 million seed round from Charmides Capital, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment Ventures and Mandra Capital, Steve Nash, Jeremy Lin and Mark Cuban in 2018. Many other leaders in sports, media and technology have also baked NEX. This latest round comes after NEX raised an $8.5

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Amazon Personalize launches new recipes supporting larger item catalogs with lower latency

AWS Machine Learning - AI

In this post, we summarize the new enhancements, and guide you through the process of training a model and providing recommendations for your users. Lower latency – The lower inference latency and faster training times for large datasets of these new recipes can reduce the delay for your end-users. Now you’re ready to train your model.