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Heather Watson got the ball rolling for the Brits with a stunning 6-0 6-4 win over Anastasija Sevastova – the 18th seed – in just 61 brutal minutes. It proved to be the first sign that a dream day was on the cards. Aljaz Bedene, the British number four, beat his good mate Damir Dzumhur […]
Sevastova, 27, is ranked 19 in the world – some 83 places above the Guernsey girl. But Watson tore up the copybook by blitzing through in one of her best displays ever in 1hr 1min. Watson nearly shocked Serena Williams in 2015 only to come up short in a Centre Court epic. And on this […]
It’s set to be a scorcher at Wimbledon for day three – both on and off the court. On Centre we have the mouthwatering prospect of Johanna Konta, Andy Murray and Rafa Nadal all in action. Konta takes on Donna Vekic, Murray meets the flamboyant, brilliant, dreadlocked Jamaican-German Dustin Brown and Nadal faces fellow leftie […]
Williams poleaxed the defenceless Watson with a juddering shoulder charge that should mean he never again wears the famous black jersey for the proudest rugby nation on Earth. But I doubt that there will be many tears shed over here – or even in New Zealand – for Williams, who could have caused serious damage […]
IBM’s Watson can apparently do everything. From manufacturing and medical treatment planning to portrait drawing and filing your taxes, there seems to be no limit to what the Jeopardy-winning AI can do. And next week, Watson will be offering its services to the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Those attending the event will be able to access […]
YouTube/IBM IBM is unleashing Watson, the tech company’s artificial intelligence platform, on financial regulations. On Wednesday, the New York-based technology firm rolled out a suite of software solutions that will help financial institutions manage their regulatory responsibilities. “Essentially, we’re embedding our deep regulatory experience into Watson so that a broader group of professionals can benefit from […]
Canada’s Sage Watson won the women’s 400-metre hurdles event on Saturday afternoon to claim her first NCAA Division I championship. #NCAATF 400m Hurdles: @SageWats claims 🥇 in convincing fashion pic.twitter.com/6AB5mWs1GM — @AthleticsCanada The Medicine Hat, Alta., native posted a personal best time of 54.52 seconds, nearly a full second ahead of her closest competitor. #NCAATF 400-metre hurdles: Personal […]
Sesame Workshop and IBM Watson today announced that it is creating a vocabulary app and the Sesame Workshop Intelligent Play and Learning Platform. The new platform will be used by Sesame Workshop and IBM to create a series of cognitive apps, games, and toys to help kids learn. News today is the first public action announced from the partnership first […]
1. Millie Bobby Brown – aka Eleven from Stranger Things – has spent a lot of time hobnobbing with A-list celebrities since she took the world by storm last summer. 2. But one person she’s never met is Emma Watson, which is a shame, because she’s basically Emma’s mini-me. View this image › 3. SERIOUSLY, […]
As House Republicans rushed through a bill designed to partially repeal and replace the law known as Obamacare this week, the arguments against them sounded awfully familiar — because Republicans had used them before, when Obamacare was first passed. Witness a prime example featuring OZY Editor-in-Chief Carlos Watson, who interviewed Paul Ryan on MSNBC in […]
