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AI Against Covid-19 – can your cough reveal your condition?

A major problem of the Covid-19 pandemic lies with asymptomatic infections – people that carry and transmit the virus without symptoms. A recently developed AI against Covid-19 has a sharp algorithmic ability to detect both symptomatic and asymptomatic cases by analyzing the sound of a person’s cough. Pioneered by a group of researchers from MIT, […]

eSIMs will prove to be the biggest enabler for mass IoT

Years from now, 2020 will be remembered as the year that challenged the norm set forth by humanity for decades. Reality was altered, people were pushed indoors in attempts to shield themselves from the tidal spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. But while people took refuge indoors and economies were tested, the technology field prospered and […]

Pandemic pushes robotic surgery innovation

As we continue the battle against the pandemic, new technologies are being introduced, existing ones are being developed whilst others have become obsolete. In the case of innovation, artificial intelligence has impacted and changed many industries. In medicine, development efforts in AI precision technology has led to the wide adoption of robotic surgery in many […]

Partnerships, expansion & more as telcos heat up 5G race

The race for 5G rollout is on. As humanity edges closer to the fifth generation of mobile networks, the world’s key players that will spearhead this telecoms revolution begins as companies’ team up, while others are shunned and isolated. On the European front, Swedish Ericsson and Finnish Nokia seem to be leading the line. BT […]

Walmart abandons shelf-scanning robots, lets humans do work

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is laying off the robots it had deployed in about 500 stores to keep tabs on what’s on and not on the shelves. The retailer said Monday it has ended its relationship with startup Bossa Nova Robotics, which builds roving robots equipped with cameras for identifying out-of-stock and misplaced products. […]

Judge postpones Trump's TikTok ban in suit brought by users

A federal judge has postponed President Donald Trump’s threatened shutdown of the popular short-form video app TikTok, siding with a Pennsylvania comedian and two other TikTok creators who say Trump’s order hampers their free speech. U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone on Friday blocked an upcoming Commerce Department action that would have effectively banned TikTok in […]

VR technologies: empowering human experiences

VR technologies empower individuals and create a much-needed form of escapism from the constraints of our day to day life. It comes as no surprise that amid the pandemic, VR has witnessed a resurgence in user numbers and engagement.  Coupled with augmented reality, VR allows us to feel closer to one another, move more freely […]

Contact tracing in France: StopCovid app in the works

When faced with a global pandemic, nations around the world have resorted to geo-tracking technology and contact tracing to help mitigate the spread of the virus. That is why the French government is giving their StopCovid app another shot. The StopCovid app is a Bluetooth-based proximity-tracking app that simply informs the user if they have […]

FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system

BOSTON (AP) — Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the U.S. healthcare system designed to lock up hospital information systems, which could hurt patient care just as nationwide cases of COVID-19 are spiking. In a joint alert Wednesday, the FBI and two federal agencies warned that they […]