By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tired of San Francisco streets being used as a testing ground for the latest delivery technology and transportation apps, city leaders are now requiring businesses to get permits before trying out new high-tech ideas in public. Supporters of the legislation, which the Board of Supervisors unanimously […]
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The first and most obvious guess for what people are using their smartphone’s for would be, to make a call or send a text. Well actually, the era of the smartphone has seen a significant decline in phone calls as a means of communication – people are becoming more dependent on messaging and voice note […]
One of the main limitations with medicine today and in the pharmaceutical industry is our understanding of the biology of disease. Here is where big data comes into play, aggregating more and more information around multiple scales for what constitutes a disease—from the DNA, proteins, and metabolites to cells, tissues, organs, organisms, and ecosystems. These […]
Imagine if you bought a service and only utilized 20% of it each month. For example, you bought $200 worth of groceries and only ate $50 of it. The rest of it expired and had to be thrown away. If you’re anything like me, you’re crying inside at the very thought of it. Imagine this […]
By TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese hackers with a history of state-sponsored espionage have intercepted the text messages of thousands of foreigners in a targeted campaign that planted eavesdropping software on a telecommunications provider’s servers, a cybersecurity firm said. FireEye said in a report issued on Thursday that the hackers belong to […]
5G One of the biggest tech trends not to miss out on next year, is the arrival of 5G. 5G will have a huge impact on the role of telecoms and see companies become service providers as well as distributors. A shift in sales approach will be required to enable customers to understand and utilise […]
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Google, the company that helped make it fun to just sit around surfing the web, is jumping into the fitness-tracker business with both feet, buying Fitbit for about $2.1 billion. The deal could put Google in direct competition with Apple and Samsung in the highly competitive market for smartwatches […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics said Thursday its operating profit for the last quarter fell by nearly 56%, with its robust sales of smartphones, displays and TVs offset by a continuously weak market for computer chips. The South Korean technology giant reported an operating profit of 7.78 trillion won ($6.7 billion) for the […]
Financial Technology or better known as Fintech is currently the description of a business that aims to provide financial services by making use of modern technology tools such as mobile payments. It is a multibillion-dollar industry changing every financial aspect of our life. Indeed, you can now open a bank account over the internet, without […]
The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing all aspects of our lives, how we live, how we work, how we get value from our belongings and assets, and even how governments and societies function. The connectivity layer for the IoT is usually provided by the telecommunications system, which means it will consequently become part of an ecosystem. […]