The revelation that a documentary filmmaker used voice-cloning software to make the late chef Anthony Bourdain say words he never spoke has drawn criticism amid ethical concerns about use of the powerful technology. The movie “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” appeared in cinemas Friday and mostly features real footage of the beloved celebrity chef […]
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The pandemic has placed a spotlight on all things seamless; from restaurant menus, hotel check-ins, and even trickling down to FinTech and digital banking services. This focus has accelerated coming of a digital economy that looks to harness the technological advancements that the world has witnessed since the start of the COVID-19 health crisis, which […]
Australian telecom giant Telstra announced on Monday that it is currently in talks to acquire Jamaican telco Digicel’s operations in the South Pacific for a rumored bid of $1.5 billion, various media reports highlighted. The Australian offer has been backed up from the government which will support the acquisition not only financially but also in […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other officials pressed the White House on Thursday to support efforts to preserve internet service to antigovernment protesters in Cuba, even advocating the use of giant balloons as floating Wi-Fi hotspots to allow images of dissent to stream unabated from the authoritarian nation. Cuban authorities blocked social media sites in […]
Edge computing is exactly what it says on the tin. Computing that takes place at the endpoint of an edge network, with the ‘edge’ being the end devices accessing the rest of the network, like phones and laptops. In other words, the very edge of a network. Affiliated devices were connected to the nearest central […]
Mental health practitioners in Singapore will be able to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose senior citizens with illnesses such as anxiety, stress, and depression all through a video screening. Its purpose is to support early detection of mental health issues. The way it works sounds deceivingly simple. The emotional analysis technology captures the patient’s […]
On Friday, Virginia Tech spokesman Mark Owczarski informed local media that the university was affected by the series of global security breaches that crippled businesses throughout the world. Several university units employed Kaseya – U.S.-based software company – that was breached in early July in a worldwide ransomware campaign. According to Owczarski, the virus distributed […]
With the help of a fundraising initiative by SoftBank and Tiger Global Management, Revolut is now valued at $33 billion. The London-based digital banking startup has officially been labeled as the UK’s most valuable private fintech unicorn. The fundraiser raised $800 million, which will be used to develop new products and stretch out its operations in international markets such as the United States and India. Founded in 2015, […]
Ericson reported on Tuesday a grow in its organic sales of eight percent of its market value as Geopolitical tensions grow between the Swedish company and the world’s second largest economy, following the company’s warning of its deteriorating market share in China. The telecoms vendor – one of Huawei’s biggest competitors – announced that both […]
Five network operators in the Middle East signed on Sunday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide support and deployment of open RAN technology in their future infrastructure rollouts. Etisalat Group, Saudi Telecom Company (stc), Zain Group, Mobily – the Saudi operator part-owned by Etisalat- and du announced in a joint statement their aim to […]