UK trade with Ireland faced significant growth between 1999 and 2018 registering £ 2.9 billion and £13.5 billion respectively, according to a briefing paper Statistics on UK trade with Ireland published on January 14, 2020, by the House of Commons Library. In 2018, Ireland was the UK’s 5th largest export market and the 10th largest […]
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Amid the current pandemic, the effects of COVID-19 on travel are significant. Very few industries have fallen as hard and as fast as the tourism industry. Trying to study the data of tourism losses is quite difficult as the information is as volatile as the virus. If the pandemic continues to spread for several more […]
LONDON (AP) — British regulators want new rules to foster competition in digital advertising markets and rein in the industry’s dominant players, Google and Facebook. The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at the U.S. tech giants in a report Wednesday that recommends the British government adopt a new regulatory approach to governing big digital […]
LONDON, 1 JULY, 2020 – Riverbed® today launched its expanded ‘Rethink Possible: Visibility and Network Performance – The Pillars of Business Success’’ Study, focused on the public sector. The study revealed that 89% of IT decision makers (ITDMs) and 82% of business decision makers (BDMs) in the public sector believe productivity is reliant on effective […]
LONDON (AP) — Britain gave the green light Tuesday for trials of electric scooter rental programs, as authorities look for ways to help people get moving while maintaining distance and easing pressure on public transit as pandemic lockdown restrictions ease. The Transport Department unveiled new regulations that take effect Saturday and pave the way for […]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook has banned an extremist anti-government network loosely associated with the broader “boogaloo” movement, a slang term supporters use to refer to a second Civil War or a collapse of civilization. But the platform didn’t try to name the group, underscoring the difficulty of grappling with an amorphous network linked to […]
The Internet of things (IoT) has been considered a key factor for Malaysia’s economic growth. In fact, the country has been looking at this system very seriously. Malaysian technopreneurs developed more than 100 IoT solutions applications. Moreover, 15 centers provide technical support to the public and private sectors in support of IoT development in the […]
AI can help make complex problems simple, and allow humans to do more meaningful and innovative work with the smart tools at their disposal across many industries While AI has been used in healthcare for a while now and the advancements continue, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced researchers, startups and stakeholders to push boundaries and […]
African countries long served by traditional banks are experiencing a huge digital financial transformation amid Covid-19. The move – initially used to control the spread of the virus – might position Africa as an international leader in digital banking which will boost the digital economy. According to the GSMA report entitled “State of the Industry […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Monday banned 59 apps with Chinese links, saying their activities endanger the country’s sovereignty, defense and security. India’s decision comes as its troops are involved in a tense standoff with Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh in the Himalayas that started last month. India lost 20 soldiers in a June […]