U.S.-based Ocean Networks (ONI) – which develops submarine network cable systems for governments – announced on Thursday the launch of Caribbean Express (CX) Project, an 18-fiber pair submarine cable system linking West Palm Beach Florida to Panama reaching all the way to Mexico and Colombia. According to the company, the CX system will use space […]
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Struggling luxury car brand Jaguar will be fully electric by 2025, the British company said Monday as it outlined a plan to phase out internal combustion engines. Jaguar Land Rover, which is owned by Indian conglomerate Tata Motors, hopes the move will help turn around the fortunes of the 86-year-old Jaguar brand, which for many […]
United Airlines said Wednesday it will buy up to 200 small electric air taxis to help customers in urban areas get to the airport. The airline said it will help electric-aircraft startup Archer develop an aircraft capable of helicopter-style, vertical takeoffs and landings. Archer hopes to deliver its first aircraft in 2024, if it wins […]
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic caused dips in many industries, affecting everything from investments to supply chain as the global population took refuge within the safety of their own homes throughout the majority of 2020. However, many have noted that 2021 will be different, as numerous vaccines have mushroomed all over the world to kickstart the […]
A recent report predicts a hopeful trend for the cinema industry after Covid-19 after revenues took a crippling 95 percent dive in the past year. Since movie theaters stopped being an option for weekend outings and entertainment, Box Office films saw a devastating drop in ticket sales across the board. It is partly due to […]
At the close of 2019, telecoms operators around the globe set their strategies and laid out their plans for 2020, only to see them change almost overnight. As the industry looks at 2021, I think there’s a cautious optimism. We’ve seen what unexpected events can do to the global economy and how quickly the telecoms […]
Digitization began shortly before the introduction of the internet and ushered in a new radical change in terms of the way we work, shop, bank, travel, learn and govern. Digitization is fundamentally the technology that enables the conversion of traditional sources of information such as papers and photographs into binary code – which are technically […]
This year has been unlike any other in living memory, barely any aspects of our lives have been spared by the impact of the worst public health crisis in decades. The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic shifted the way we lead our day-to-day, laying bare to our collective fragility, while greatly heightening our sense of uncertainty. The […]
The Walt Disney Co.’s streaming plans shifted into hyper speed Thursday, as the studio unveiled a galaxy’s worth of new streaming offerings including plans for 10 “Star Wars” series spinoffs and 10 Marvel series that will debut on Disney+. In a virtual presentation for investors, Disney chief executive Bob Chapek laid out super-sized ambitions for […]
In today’s digital economy, data is king of the hill. Data has transformed into valuable capital that fuels the production of digital goods and services. Just as automakers can’t manufacture new vehicle models without the necessary financial capital, it can’t make its cars autonomous if it lacks the data to feed the onboard algorithms. Data […]