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18 Jul
Walmart’s move to Microsoft Azure is more about AI dominance than cloud reach
At first blush, Walmart’s announcement that it would use Microsoft’s cloud platform and desktop apps across its entire business looks to be a direct shot across the bow of Amazon the retailer and Amazon the provider of public cloud services with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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16 Jul
The boom in medical cannabis research is set to continue
Cannabis has been receiving some serious media attention in 2018, and a rise in medical cannabis research is following.
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16 Jul
Airport facial recognition technology is on the rise, but is privacy at stake?
In the tourism industry, image recognition technology can mostly be observed in the air travel sector in the form of airport facial recognition, which is being tested in pilot programs in airports worldwide.
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13 Jul
Harmful algal blooms: the US is facing a growing epidemic
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) have been reported in every US coastal state and their occurrence is likely on the rise, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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13 Jul
Plastic recycling is in crisis: forget recyclable, it’s time to abandon plastic altogether
In January, China initiated the biggest change in plastic recycling in history by effectively banned the importation of over 20 kinds of foreign waste – including plastic – as part of an initiative to focus on its own domestically produced waste.
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12 Jul
Cryptocurrencies are game-changing but they shouldn’t replace traditional currency
Cryptocurrencies have captured the interest of investors the world over.
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12 Jul
Pet insurance: How Google Photos could be used to keep pets healthy
The pet insurance market has long faced a challenging claims landscape, forcing insurers to increase average premiums annually.
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11 Jul
French tourists are flocking to Portugal: Here’s why
Portugal is one of the fastest growing destinations in terms of departures from France, as French tourists visit the country in ever greater numbers.
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11 Jul
A deep neural network is being harnessed to analyse nuclear events
A deep neural network running on a standard desktop computer is being used to interpret and make sense of highly technical data relating to nuclear events.
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11 Jul
2018 will be remembered as the year we woke up to the data privacy disaster
2018 will be remembered in history as the year the digital revolution hit its first real speed-bump.
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10 Jul
Move over 5G: WiFi is set for its own major upgrade
The recent hype around 5G has clearly carried over from cellular networks into the world of WiFi. Like cellular, WiFi is poised for its own 5G-like upgrade, with the introduction of a new technology standard called 802.11ax.
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10 Jul
How autonomous robots are transforming the energy industry
The energy sector is frequently involved in carrying out industrial operations, regularly tasking maintenance and repair crews with challenging and potentially dangerous jobs.
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9 Jul
IoT market poised for battle as cable and satellite take on mobile
US cable operators and satellite TV providers have been entering the IoT market over the past two years, selling smart home and wearable solutions to consumers, as well as B2B offerings to businesses.
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6 Jul
A partial crackdown on ticket touting in the UK won’t work. Here’s why
The event industry in the UK faces significant problems because of secondary ticketing but the controversial practice is unlikely to be put to rest even as the new bot ban comes into force.
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6 Jul
Store closures do not signify retail extinction, but retail evolution
There has been a lot of coverage in the media regarding store closures and the death of the high street recently, but what is happening is not a sign of retail extinction but a retail transformation.
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4 Jul
Uganda’s social media tax has caused outrage, but the telco industry may see it differently
Last Sunday morning, millions of Ugandans woke up and did what the rest of us did: they reached for their smartphones to check out the world’s digital resonance on Uruguay’s spectacular 2:1 World Cup win against Portugal.
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3 Jul
The AI startup looking to disrupt sales and its $57m investment backing: all you need to know
Salesforce, Amazon, Comcast and Microsoft have all backed and invested in Tact.ai, a startup building a human-friendly conversational AI sales platform.
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2 Jul
Tesco mounts the pressure on suppliers with Carrefour partnership
Tesco’s ruthless pursuit of higher group operating margin continues, with the announcement of a long-term strategic alliance with French multinational grocery titan Carrefour.
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2 Jul
New Wi-Fi security protocol is out and ready for the IoT world
Fourteen years is a long time in Wi-Fi technology.
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29 Jun
Consolidation, variation and innovation: three insights from the diverse Africa and Middle East telecoms market
The Africa and Middle East telecoms market is united by disruption.
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29 Jun
PayTM, WeChat, and iZettle – digital payment solutions transforming small businesses
Smaller retailers, street traders, corner cafes, and cabbies have relied on the cash economy for decades as digital payments small businesses needed have only been available for a short time.
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29 Jun
Saudi Arabia family travel on the up, but is the tourism industry ready
Family travel is dominating international travel from Saudi Arabia, one of the largest source markets in the Middle East and the largest market of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), presenting lucrative business opportunities for tourism players willing to target this cohort.
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29 Jun
Airline industry blockchain adoption begins: how will it help
The airlines industry is set to witness a dramatic improvement in data transmission between players as blockchain technology adoption begins.
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28 Jun
Merck turns to blockchain to tackle counterfeit drugs
Pharma giant Merck is seeking a patent for a blockchain-based system to track objects as they navigate through the supply chain.
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28 Jun
Polarisation in the department stores market as luxury players invest in making stores a destination
Boom in UK tourism and lower value of the pound following the Brexit vote are the key drivers behind the luxury department store increase in the country.
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26 Jun
If you think 5G will solve the bad 4G signal in your office, we need to talk
If you’ve ever been on your mobile phone at work and had to move near the window to get a connection strong enough to hear what the person on the other end was saying, you’re not alone.
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25 Jun
US carriers struggle to regain poise after geolocation data scandal
Last week, all four of the largest US wireless carriers – Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile – said they will stop providing information and end commercial relationships with unscrupulous data brokers.
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22 Jun
Graphene will change the world: this is how it can be used
Graphene, a material isolated at the University of Manchester in 2004 is now the subject of a worldwide research effort.
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22 Jun
China’s OPPO Find X will cost €999 as it launches globally
China’s OPPO Find X price has been set at €999 as China’s giant expands to Europe and the US later in the summer.
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22 Jun
The US telecommunications and media industry are converging: this is why
The expansion of US wireless carriers in media content, and the recent entry of cable TV operators in the wireless telecommunications market, shows the inevitable convergence of telecommunications and media industry.