The Flemish Scrollers is a tool that detects politicians who are distracted from their phones and tablets during a debate or a discussion over a proposed law. The tool also posts results on Twitter and tags politicians that it finds them distracted due to phones and other gadgets.
Heifer International and IBM announced that the blockchain-basedIBM Food Trust is being used by smallholder coffee and cocoa farmers in Honduras to enable them to earn more money. A study conducted by Heifer claims that small-scale coffee farmers operate at an average of 46-59% loss.
South Korea is becoming a hotbed of big technology startups, with new businesses emerging in areas such as biotechnology, ride-hailing and online payments, making it the third-largest hub for such companies in the Asia-Pacific region after the far more populous China and India. The rise of stand-alone businesses is notable in an economy long dominated by sprawling family-owned conglomerates.
In South Korea, almost every household owns smartphones or mobile phones, creating large potential online markets, and consumers have proved open to change. E-commerce’s share of total retail in the nation is the highest in the world, and more than 60% of people bank online, higher than in some other Asian markets.
A coalition of state attorneys general launched a new antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the search giant of abusing its control of the Android app store, challenging Google’s policy forcing Google Play app developers to pay a 30 percent commission fee on sales made through the app. The lawsuit comes amid mounting federal pressure on Google, which is already facing three federal antitrust lawsuits.
Former President Donald Trump filed lawsuits against Google, Facebook, Twitter and their CEOs for First Amendment violations for alleged censorship. The three lawsuits specifically name Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
Bogus cryptomining apps for Android available for download on Google Play are estimated to have scammed more than 93,400 victims to date, stealing at least $350,000. The apps advertise themselves as providing cryptocurrency mining services for a fee, claiming to perform cloud mining.
Cloud computing can answer many challenges facing oil and gas companies by ensuring ideal data sets and visualization tools are fully accessible to relevant team members, helping to transition from a traditional (monolithic) IT infrastructure where the organization controls management and security of all hardware, software, databases and applications.
BMW's CE 04 electric scooter concept was unveiled last year and is now the final consumer version of the CE 04, which features a 10.25-inch LCD screen, up to 81 miles of range, and a top speed of 75mph, and will be available in 2022 for around $16,000.
Microsoft is adding support for smaller gatherings to its Together Mode feature, which uses AI to place all of the participants in a meeting into virtual environments. The feature's availability seems to be limited to people using the Teams Developer Preview. The change to allow smaller crowds is somewhat the opposite of that and currently in beta.
The Pentagon terminated the JEDI cloud-computing contract with Microsoft Corp. and said they would start fresh with a new project, capping a yearslong initiative that had become mired in litigation from Amazon.com and a barrage of objections from Congress.
Apple caused a stir among marketers and their advertising agencies with a preview of a software update that will give its customers more control over their personal data, forcing marketers to develop alternative ways to find potential customers and engage with existing ones. A key strategy will be to position themselves as direct-to-consumer brands that gather first-party data from consenting customers.
The data industry has emerged as one of the most diverse and influential industries on our planet, poised to become the most valuable assets, converging finance and technology seamlessly when tokenized. According to a Wall Street Journal report, global IT spending is expected to rise by 8.4%, therefore further emphasizing a digital trend with continuously increasing data usage.