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Donating money isn’t the only way you can help people. You can also give your blood.Of the approximately 62 percent of Americans eligible to donate blood, only 3 percent do so each year. But someone needs blood every few seconds in the US. While the average red blood cell transfusion is about three units, a single car accident victim can need up to 100 units of blood.Very few people eligible to donate blood do so each year. The need for blood is even greater around the holiday season. Blood has a limited shelf life and is used for many medical…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is shifting from tools that predict to agents that act. That change doesn’t simply add new software to the stack; it rewires how decisions get made, how work flows across teams, and how value is created.   In that world, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) is not a buyer of platforms or a keeper of uptime, instead the CIO – the Chief Intelligence Orchestrator, designs how human expertise and autonomous agents learn from each other, supervise each other, and compound value together.  Yes, business units are more involved than ever in technology buying, especially in AI. That’s healthy, demand is closest to the problem. But the center of gravity still sits with the CIO, because only the CIO…

× Predicting Ego-centric Video from human Actions (PEVA). Given past video frames and an action specifying a desired change in 3D pose, PEVA predicts the next video frame. Our results show that, given the first frame and a sequence of actions, our model can generate videos of atomic actions (a), simulate counterfactuals (b), and support long video generation (c). Recent years have brought significant advances in world models that learn to simulate future outcomes for planning and control. From intuitive physics to multi-step video prediction, these models have grown increasingly powerful and expressive. But few are designed for truly embodied…

One of the things that we have talked a lot about at Smart Data Collective is how advanced degrees still matter in a world filled with automated tools and predictive systems. You can find many examples of professionals who feel uncertain about the future of their careers as AI moves into core functions, and it is common to see people question whether higher education still offers an advantage.A study by Anthony Cardillo at Exploding Topics reports that 78% of global companies are using AI in their daily operations, and you can see how this rapid spread raises questions about long-term…

Today, we’re announcing Amazon Route 53 Accelerated recovery for managing public DNS records, a new Domain Name Service (DNS) business continuity feature that is designed to provide a 60-minute recovery time objective (RTO) during service disruptions in the US East (N. Virginia) AWS Region. This enhancement ensures that customers can continue making DNS changes and provisioning infrastructure even during regional outages, providing greater predictability and resilience for mission-critical applications. Customers running applications that require business continuity have told us they need additional DNS resilience capabilities to meet their business continuity requirements and regulatory compliance obligations. While AWS maintains exceptional availability…

Co-authored by Alice Sanchez, Co-Lead, Native American Network (NAN); Josh Hammonds, Co-Lead, Native American Network (NAN) We are living in a pivotal moment for Tribal Nations. The scale of federal investment—driven by landmark legislation and new policy priorities—is the largest seen in modern history. This moment brings extraordinary progress and promise, but also a deeper need: trusted partners who show up with respect, expertise, and a spirit of service. This is more than a policy shift; it’s a relationship opportunity. At Cisco, we’re called to demonstrate, in our actions and our approach, exactly who we say we are—by leading with…

Cleantech San Diego Wins Wells Fargo IN2 Strategic Award to Pilot Voucher Program for Startups On April 8, 2025, the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), an energy technology program funded by Wells Fargo and co-administered by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), announced that Cleantech San Diego is among its 2025 Channel Partner Strategic Award winners. With $1 million in funding, this year’s awards support seven national projects, focusing on commercialization and pilot opportunities to drive advanced energy innovation.   The selection committee evaluated applications based on the potential for capacity building, regional collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and action-oriented initiatives…

My next hobby project – dare I say called it a “vibe project”? – will be a tool to help me split color-assorted piles of LEGO parts into their constituting sets. Before I get started there are some philosophical considerations to make.Update Nov 28th: Guided Video Tour of the App First lets look at the problem. I bought 2 used LEGO collections in the past and enjoyed the detective process of finding out which sets these parts came from. I developed a strategy to first wash the parts and then split them by color. From stickers, minifigures or unique parts…

Introduction In today’s highly connected modern world, Internet of Things (IoT) devices are transforming how we interact with our homes, offices, and industries. Smart technology now extends from homes to cars and industrial equipment. Controlling these devices remotely is essential and offers improved productivity, user experience, and risk management. This blog explores how to send remote commands to AWS IoT devices securely and effectively. Sending remote actions to IoT devices is a key requirement in building smart solutions. Remote commands enable users, operators, and technicians to control, monitor, and manage devices from distant locations. Users can initiate near real-time actions,…

Joe Maring / Android AuthorityI usually like to stick to brand-agnostic Android apps since I switch between manufacturers pretty often. I chase the best hardware at the best price, which has made me particularly frustrated about software-focused launches in recent years.However, over the past year I’ve gained more of an appreciation of good software. This is partly due to my experience with a phone that forces split notifications, as well as how impressed I was with my experience of Samsung’s One UI 8.In fact, three pre-installed Samsung apps have impressed me so much that I honestly wish more brands would…