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AWS announces quantum computing service a month after Microsoft’s Azure Quantum

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Today AWS announces its quantum computing service, Amazon Braket, just one month after Microsoft introduced Azure Quantum for the cloud. "We believe...

Technology

Microsoft introduces Azure Quantum 10 days after winning JEDI cloud contract

Tim Hinchliffe3 months ago

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Today Microsoft introduces Azure Quantum, a "full-stack, open cloud ecosystem," to make quantum computing benefits more accessible to organizations worldwide....

Business Technology

Socially-conscious initiatives take center stage at Microsoft Build 2018

Patrick Quinn2 years ago

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This week, Microsoft hosted the eighth annual Build conference in Seattle, Washington, bringing together hundreds of the top developers from...

Business

Microsoft Technical Communications Director Joins The Sociable Advisory Board

Tim Hinchliffe2 years ago

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We at The Sociable have experienced a lot of growth over the past two years, and now we are proud...

Mobile

Microsoft Seeing AI app not just for the visually impaired, broad range of tools

Lisa Shipley2 years ago

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The Seeing AI free app from Microsoft was originally made to help people in the low-vision community. For people outside...

Technology

Indian entrepreneur creates virtual rehab through physical therapy gamification

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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After enduring a life-altering accident on a motorcycle, an entrepreneur in India set about to fix a broken industry where...

Technology

How Microsoft developers use ‘real life code’ to help UN monitor humanitarian crises

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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Microsoft developers are aiding in the mission set forth by the United Nations to monitor humanitarian crises around the world...

Brains Byte Back

(Previously The Sociable Podcast) The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

Suicide impacts us all. Whether it is from someone we know personally, to a well-loved celebrity, losing someone to suicide is never easy. According to Save.org, Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US for all ages, with one death occurring every 12 minutes.

In our society, we want to do all we can to help those suffering from suicidal thoughts to get the help they need, however, identifying symptoms before an attempt is made can be difficult. In this episode, we will look at how predictive AI us being used to stop suicide before it happens.

To discuss this topic I am joined by two guests. My first guest is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Medicine, and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Dr.Colin Walsh. In addition to Dr.Walsh, I am also joined by the CEO of Behavioral Signals, a pioneer in emotion AI for speech recognition technology, Rana Gujral.

And for our Neuron to something piece, we will look at a recent study that analyzing emotions triggered by events such as losing a phone or someone else holding it.