Two of the world’s richest people are pitching in ideas to tackle the issue of homelessness, suggesting that Twitter Inc convert its headquarters to a shelter home. Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos on Sunday backed an idea put forth by Elon Musk, who recently became Twitter’s largest shareholder, to convert the social networking firm’s San […]
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It is not clear to most how IoT and WoT are related as the words internet and web are often used interchangeably. However, they are not the same thing and have extremely different applications on different scales. The internet of things (IoT), as we have covered extensively on Inside Telecom, refers to connected devices. Simply […]
Du mobile telecommunications service, owned by the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), was established in 2007 as the second operator in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), aiming at contesting the hegemony of Etisalat, the undisputable leader in the telecom sector in the UAE and other foreign markets. Du offers mobile and fixed telephony, broadband connectivity, […]
The past couple of decades witnessed an emergence of technological developments and the modernization of almost all fields of modern societies, and food production is no exception. The fusion between technology and biology birthed a new concept, Biotechnology, which throughout time became a tool to increase food production as the human population globally jeopardizes food security. […]
Canada will offer a substantial incentive to companies that invest in carbon-capture technologies and will set aside as much as C$3.8 billion ($3 billion) over eight years to accelerate critical mineral exploration, extraction and processing as it seeks to cut carbon emissions. In this year’s budget presented on Thursday, Canada is introducing a 60 percent […]
Taiwan’s spy catchers have launched probes into around 100 Chinese companies suspected of illegally poaching semiconductor engineers and other tech talent, a senior official at the island’s Investigation Bureau told Reuters. That comes on top of seven prosecuted since the start of last year and includes 27 which have either been raided or whose owners […]
Dozens of Chinese firms have built software that uses artificial intelligence to sort data collected on residents, amid high demand from authorities seeking to upgrade their surveillance tools, a Reuters review of government documents shows. According to more than 50 publicly available documents examined by Reuters, dozens of entities in China have over the past […]
Rio Tinto, General Motors and even the U.S. Energy Department are investing heavily in a crop of newer technologies that could revolutionize the way lithium is produced for electric vehicle batteries. Now those technologies just have to prove they work on a commercial scale. If they do, miners will be able to boost global lithium […]
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday crypto asset regulations should support responsible innovation while managing risks, sticking to the contours of a recent White House executive order that was well-received by the crypto market. In a speech on digital assets policy released by the Treasury, Yellen said that in many cases regulators already […]
The whole world has been holding its breath as the conflict between the Russian superpower, and the NATO-allied Ukraine boils on. As the conflict continues, the role of digital technology in the Ukraine War is reveals itself to be more central than ever. Ukraine is heavily backed by NATO forces, and this makes the Russian […]