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Telcos Shifting Towards A Digital-Native Model

In times where technology titans are capturing the market, telcos are forced to reimagine their business and embrace a future-back approach to transformation in order to survive and thrive in such a competitive environment. In fact, taking the digital leap is no longer an option especially that following the pandemic, customer behaviors leap-frogged five to […]

Facebook's Growth Woes in India: Too Much Nudity, Not Enough Women

On Feb. 2, when Meta Platforms reported Facebook’s first-ever quarterly drop in daily users, its finance chief identified higher mobile data costs as a unique obstacle slowing growth in India, its biggest market. On the same day, the U.S. tech group posted the findings of its own research into Facebook’s business in India on an […]

Exclusive-U.S. Probes China's Huawei over Equipment Near Missile Silos

The Biden administration is investigating Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei over concerns that U.S. cell towers fitted with its gear could capture sensitive information from military bases and missile silos that the company could then transmit to China, two people familiar with the matter said. Authorities are concerned Huawei could obtain sensitive data on military […]

What Are the Ethical Issues in Biometrics?

What is biometric identification? It is the process through which unique biological characteristics are used in biometric identification to recognize and validate a person. These characteristics can be found in facial traits, eye structures, DNA, fingerprint patterns, and even handwriting. All this data that can be gathered on an individual inevitably brings up the ethical […]

House Panel's Bill Would Block U.S. Buyers of Foreign Spyware

American spymasters would be able to yank business away from U.S. companies that purchase or market foreign espionage software, under a bill the House Intelligence Committee advanced on Wednesday. The bill must be approved by the full House and reconciled with its Senate counterpart before it becomes law. It follows media reports that Israeli spyware […]

5 Best Solana NFT Marketplaces of 2022

Since the beginnings of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, one of the most unexpected developments has been the advent of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Today, people are jumping at any opportunity to cash in on this expanding sector by creating, buying, and flipping NFTs, with Solana NFT marketplaces being among the most popular platforms for doing so. Solana […]

Apple Watch Fingerprint Sensor Could be on the Way

An Apple Watch fingerprint sensor may be in the works as the Cupertino corporation has been granted a patent that proposes the creation of a smartwatch-like gadget containing a biometric sensor Since the Apple Watch’s release in 2015, Apple has added a number of fitness-tracking capabilities to entice iPhone customers to purchase the free gadget. […]

The Execution of Blockchain in Trade Finance

One of the digital age’s most relentless discussions circulates around the connection of blockchain in trade finance. Blockchain has the power to reshape trade finance as it has the utmost capacity to decrease unnecessary frictions and inefficiencies taking over the trade finance value chain. This cryptographic ledger is a vital apparatus that would optimize any […]

How Technology is Steering us Towards Digital Totalitarianism

Social media, the internet, and other digital tools, which were once hailed as great forces for human empowerment, connectivity, and liberation, have quickly come to be seen as a serious threat to democratic stability and human freedom. Social media platforms are demonstrating the potential to exacerbate risks such as authoritarian privacy violations, partisan echo chambers, […]