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Online grocery services struggle to meet spike in demand

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A pandemic forcing everyone to stay home could be the perfect moment for online grocery services. In practice, they’ve been struggling to keep up with a surge in orders, highlighting their limited ability to respond to an unprecedented onslaught of demand. After panic buying left store […]

Industry 4.0 - Digital risk and evolving technologies

Industry 4.0 – Also known as the 4th industrial revolution, is a leap into everything digital. It embraces a new industrial revolution through intelligent and self-reliant technologies. Its aim is to connect the digital world with the physical one and phase out any boundaries between the two. With the support of connectivity it is a […]

China uses tech to fight Coronavirus outbreak

As the Coronavirus outbreak worsens in China, the government have introduced more stringent measures in an attempt to manage the fast-moving infection. The chosen route? Fight biohazard with big data. New technology has been deployed to contain the disruption caused by the virus. From drones with thermal cameras, smart helmets, to disinfecting robots, and even […]

7 ways tech has changed how we experience music

We have for some time, been able to listen to experience music anywhere we want. This could be at work, home or running along to your favorite tracks on the beach. Granted, 30 years ago you’d have had the weight and bulkiness of a Sony cassette Walkman, but today we live in the era of […]

Ex-Google self-driving car project picks up new investors

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s former autonomous vehicle project is becoming a more autonomous business by bringing it in its first investors besides its corporate parent. Waymo has secured $2.25 billion from a group of investors led by Silver Lake and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board to help the company continue to develop its […]

Worldwide ICT spending to reach $4.3 trillion in 2020

The latest forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that worldwide spending on information and communications technology (ICT) will reach around $4.3 trillion in 2020. This is an increase of 3.6% from 2019. Commercial and public sector spending on information technology (hardware, software and IT services), telecommunications services, and business services will account for […]

Technology’s transformative effects in 2020

Technology developments are giving rise to new use cases and even newer applications. As such, we will be able to see benefits and opportunities in this era of digital transformation, to meet the ever-growing needs of the ‘digitally savvy’ consumer. Inside Telecom takes a closer look at aspects of technology transforming our lives in 2020. […]

Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook deal

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Adam Pezen, Carlo Licata and Nimesh Patel are among millions of people who have been tagged in Facebook photos at some point in the past decade, sometimes at the suggestion of an automated tagging feature powered by facial recognition technology. It was their Illinois addresses, though, that […]

US lets autonomous vehicle bypass human-driver safety rules

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — For the first time, the U.S. government’s highway safety agency has approved a company’s request to deploy a self-driving vehicle that doesn’t need to meet the same federal safety standards for cars and trucks driven by humans. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration granted temporary approval […]

Advantages and drawbacks of Voice Recognition Technology

Voice recognition achieved by VUI (Voice User Interface) is the ability for a programmed machine to respond to voice command. With the efficiency and convenience associated to the technology, it is fast becoming a way to help bridge the gap in professional task management and daily activities. Voice recognition is becoming more sophisticated and reliable, […]