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GOVERNANCE
View AllTime is Gold: Save It With Intelligent Customer Flow Management
22 Mar 2021The world around us is changing and demanding new skills and approaches
Read moreReport: Pandemic Is Driving Govtech Investment Surge
28 Jan 2021The COVID-19 pandemic has driven greater investment into the govtech sector, causing a surge in development, deployment, and investment in tech-based innovations
Read moreLIVING
View AllSophia the Robot's Artwork is Going Up For Auction
22 Mar 2021Digital artwork by the Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics humanoid, in the form of a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), is to be auctioned in the first sale of such pieces created jointly with artificial intelligence (AI).
Read moreAI-Based System Brings Folk Singer’s Voice Back to Life
02 Feb 2021Fans of the late South Korean folk-rock singer Kim Kwang-seok will be able to hear him perform a new song cover, thank to an AI-based voice system that learns to capture voices and mimic them to recreate new songs.
Read moreECONOMY
View AllEl Salvador Becomes First Country to Make Bitcoin a Legal Tender
10 Jun 2021It will bring financial inclusion, investment, tourism, innovation, and economic development to the country
Read moreSo, what is “Green” Crypto?
18 May 2021In a sudden U-turn, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has recently denounced bitcoin, saying the cryptocurrencies use an “insane” amount of energy in production
Read moreENVIRONMENT
View AllAmsterdam Pilots e-Waste Boats to Clean the City
19 Apr 2021Amsterdam is testing electric waste collection boats to reduce the number of garbage trucks in the congested city center and limit the damage from heavy vehicles to weakened bridges and canal walls.
Read moreLondon Expands Air Sensor Network
25 Dec 2020London plans to install 100 air quality sensors at hospitals, schools, and other priority locations over the next four years
Read moreMOBILITY
View AllThree AWS Data Centers to Open in the UAE by 2022
26 May 2021Amazon’s Cloud Service Unit is preparing to launch three Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the UAE by the first half of 2022, its second Middle East infrastructure region.
Read moreDubai to Operate 4000 Self-Driving Cruise Vehicles by 2030
13 Apr 2021Dubai is set to become the first city outside the US to operate driverless vehicles
Read moreSOCIAL
View AllPanasonic to Test Robot Delivery in Fujisawa Smart Town
30 Dec 2020Panasonic is conducting a field test of an autonomous delivery robot in Japan’s Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town, the smart city initiative in Fujisawa City
Read moreWhatsApp is Bringing Voice and Video Calls to Desktop in 2021
24 Dec 2020WhatsApp will introduce voice and video calling features to the messaging app’s desktop version next year
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