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GOVERNANCE
View AllMicrosoft’s Underwater Experiment: Subsea Data Center Proves “Reliable”
16 Sep 2020After spending two years in the deep waters of the North Sea, Microsoft’s subsea data center was retrieved to assess the feasibility of underwater data centers
Read moreMicrosoft Launches a “Deepfake” Detector
03 Sep 2020The AI-based technology to create fabricated digital content is becoming increasingly accessible to the masses
Read moreLIVING
View AllAmazon Sidewalk: Smart Homes to Smart Neighborhoods
01 Oct 2020E-Commerce giant Amazon revealed more information about its low-bandwidth Sidewalk network
Read moreSurvey: People Open for Human Augmentation Tech
21 Sep 2020Nearly two-thirds of people in Western European countries would consider augmenting the human body with technology to improve their lives.
Read moreECONOMY
View AllIDC: 5G Smartphones to Capture 50% of Global Market by 2023
31 Aug 2020Despite the COVID-19 pandemic challenges and the lack of consumer demand, the global smartphone market will return to a full recovery
Read moreCOVID-19 Accelerates Central Bank Digital Currency Exploration
30 Jun 2020As the pandemic is driving millions around the world to adopt cashless payments and eliminate the use of banknotes
Read moreENVIRONMENT
View AllUber Promises 100% EVs Switch by 2040
10 Sep 2020Ride-hailing giant Uber announced that every vehicle on its global platform will be electric by 2040
Read moreClimatetech Organizations Launch “Carbon-To-Value” Initiative
20 Jul 2020A “carbon-to-value” initiative was launched by leading climate tech innovation organizations, to build an innovation ecosystem to drive the commercialization of carbontech
Read moreMOBILITY
View AllFirst Commercial Lab for CAVs Launched in The UK
05 Oct 2020The first commercial lab to test driverless cars using 5G and satellite technologies was recently launched in the UK
Read moreTel Aviv Trials “Electric Road” to Charge Buses
28 Sep 2020In a world first, a pilot project using under-road electric infrastructure to charge public buses has been launched in Tel Aviv
Read moreSOCIAL
View AllTalent Discovery in the Age of Smart Cities
03 Sep 2020As we are more conscious of ourselves and our goals, the world is responding to our actions with more synchronicity
Read moreFacebook Open-Sources “SoundSpaces” to Advance AI Assistants
24 Aug 2020A new artificial intelligence development module was open-sourced by Facebook recently, to help researchers create robots that are capable of answering to tasks that require both visual and auditory sensing, like "Get my ringing phone"
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