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10 Dec
How disinformation hijacked the ‘Leeds Hospital’ narrative
There is a very popular senior nursing sister at Leeds General Infirmary.
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10 Dec
Could infrastructure sharing by telcos be the silver bullet to the failures of anti-trust?
US talk show host John Oliver didn’t hold back when he ripped into his “business daddy” AT&T, the new parent company of HBO, which airs his late-night show ‘Last Week Tonight’.
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10 Dec
Twitter round-up: Blockchain trends in November 2019
Verdict lists ten of the most popular tweets on blockchain in November 2019, based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform.
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10 Dec
Twitter round-up: Big Data trends in November2019
Verdict lists ten of the most popular tweets in big data in November 2019, based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform.
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10 Dec
Russia sporting ban could lead to a rise in “cyber assaults”
Yesterday, it was announced that Russia has been banned from competing in international sporting events for the next four years by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
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10 Dec
Perlego: The subscription e-reader aiming to democratise education
Perlego is novel e-reader technology available through a subscription app for student and business users who would otherwise be paying eye-watering sums for books they may only read once.
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10 Dec
Sanna Marin to become youngest world leader / Which? raises the alarm over smart toy security / Human Rights Day sees focus on Gen Z
3 THINGS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD TODAY Good morning, here’s your Tuesday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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9 Dec
Twitter round-up: AI trends in November 2019
Verdict lists ten of the most popular tweets on artificial intelligence (AI) in November 2019, based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform.
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9 Dec
Disruptive technology trends: AI leads twitter mentions in November 2019
Verdict lists the top five terms discussed in disruptive technology in November 2019, based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform.
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9 Dec
Toronto’s smart city project shows public trust in Big Tech is in trouble
Public trust in Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple (GAFA) has never been lower and evidence suggests a wave of regulation will soon be unleashed against tech companies.
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9 Dec
Studio Graphene becomes latest company to ‘Brexit-proof’ with Lisbon office launch
App and software developer Studio Graphene has become the latest company to Brexit-proof itself by launching a strategic office in mainland Europe.
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9 Dec
ICO AI guidelines: Ensuring transparency may be a difficult task
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has opened consultation on its first draft of artificial intelligence (AI) guidance, urging organisations deploying the technology to be transparent and accountable.
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9 Dec
Conservatives harness Facebook ads to take Ed Miliband’s Labour safe seat
In the last few days before the UK general election, the Conservatives have launched a string of highly targeted Facebook ads focused on key constituencies, with former Labour leader Ed Miliband’s Doncaster North constituency among the key targets.
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9 Dec
Cryptocurrency may replace cash within a decade, says Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank, one of the world’s leading financial services companies has predicted that cryptocurrency could replace cash entirely by 2030 due to the fragility of the current system.
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9 Dec
T-Mobile, Sprint merger anti-trust trial begins / NASA displays rocket returning humans to Moon / Pelosi and Kushner speak at WSJ CEO Council
3 THINGS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD TODAY Good morning, here’s your Monday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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6 Dec
The broadband battleground: What the main parties’ broadband policies say about them
With broadband still a relatively new and-evolving proposition in general election terms, and having been more recently upgraded to the status of household utility in public perception, it is striking how quickly the main parties’ policies on broadband have become about much more than the speed it takes to load a web page.
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6 Dec
IoT revenue in Europe to reach US$96bn by 2023 on the back of the software and services growth
To remain competitive and find new revenue opportunities in the field of IoT, telecom operators are shifting towards services, software and devices to ramp up their IoT portfolio and ascend the IoT value chain.
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6 Dec
European telcos are playing an increasingly important role in Europe’s cloud market
Many European players have expanded their cloud portfolio offerings to cater for large enterprises and SMEs.
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6 Dec
Conservative general election victory best for UK tech, Verdict survey finds
Victory for the Conservative Party in the general election would be the best outcome for the UK’s technology industry, according to a poll of Verdict readers.
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6 Dec
How Animal Dynamics is looking to the natural world for drone inspiration
When you picture an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or a drone, most would imagine a small, helicopter-like structure with a series of propellers.
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6 Dec
Uber sexual assault report shows ridesharing “can be a dangerous way to travel”
A report into safety during Uber rides in the US has revealed that there were over 3,000 sexual assault incidents in 2018 alone.
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6 Dec
Nobel Prize winners call space station / Corbyn and Johnson face off in BBC debate / Deadline for Trump to respond to impeachment proceedings
3 THINGS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD TODAY Good morning, here’s your Friday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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5 Dec
2020 prediction: ‘digital shaming’ to become a thing
Back in the Stone Age of the internet, folks used to talk about how the World Wide Web would save the planet.
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5 Dec
China facial recognition: enhancing protection or privacy invasion?
It was recently reported that mobile phone users in China must now have their faces scanned when registering for new mobile phone services.
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5 Dec
AI playing larger role in preventing communications fraud – but slowly
A new survey by the Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA) shows both good news and bad news in network operators’ efforts to control communications fraud.
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5 Dec
Drowning in data? It’s time to sink or swim
Have you heard the phrase “data is the new oil”?
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5 Dec
Kubernetes presents new opportunities for infrastructure vendors
In November 2019, California hosted the world’s largest Kubernetes conference, KubeCon.
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5 Dec
Paying with your face means never having to open your wallet
The business of retail is about separating people from their money, and recently the industry has also seen how advances in payment systems technology could soon separate innovators in the financial sector from laggards. At Telia, the Nordic telco’s engineers are putting its brand new 5G network to use in combining these two innovation tracks
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5 Dec
AWS and Verizon announce 5G edge cloud computing collaboration
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and telecoms giant Verizon have announced they are partnering to deliver 5G edge cloud computing.
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5 Dec
Half of finance workers have no idea what blockchain is, survey finds
Do you know what blockchain is?