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Fintech Ideas Overshadowing Traditional Banking

The world of fintech is forever evolving. It needs to be, and the need for it to match our high level of demands requires it to be. Significant trends are introducing themselves to the world to notice their existence. If you take a closer look, you might find your golden ticket, perhaps the direction that […]

Who Created the Term Artificial Intelligence?

The first thing that might pop up in mind when hearing the term AI might be Sci-FI movies and shiny robots living side by side with humanity. Still, the history of artificial intelligence can be traced back to ancient classical philosophers pondering human thinking and its symbolic system. Yet achieving high concepts of AI wasn’t […]

How AI Can Take Businesses to the Next Level

Data is undoubtedly the central player in today’s business world. The different markets have reached a level of competitiveness that companies have been looking for the killer idea or even the best understanding of the market that will provide it with a competitive edge. Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an integral component in the operations […]

From Baristas to Inspectors: Singapore's Robot Workforce Plugs Labour Gaps

After struggling to find staff during the pandemic, businesses in Singapore have increasingly turned to deploying robots to help carry out a range of tasks, from surveying construction sites to scanning library bookshelves. The city-state relies on foreign workers, but their number fell by 235,700 between December 2019 and September 2021, according to the manpower […]

Analysis-Musk's Twitter free speech promise may be tested in Middle East

Twitter buyer Elon Musk calls himself a free speech absolutist, but that could be put to the test in the Middle East where critics say authoritarian governments use the platform to track opponents and spread disinformation. Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how it might deal with Middle Eastern governments’ […]

Can Artificial Intelligence Become a Threat?

We’ve all been warned of its detrimental effect on societies, intelligence, and even humanity as a whole. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has existed since the emergence of computing power, and with it – throughout the years – came the ultimate hypothesis, can artificial intelligence become a threat to humanity? Will intellectually advanced AI systems inevitably detach […]

Meta to Develop ‘AI-driven Universal Speech Translator’

Meta Properties chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg held on Wednesday a comprehensive presentation with the company’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) team to address its future endeavors in “Building the Metaverse with AI.” Presented on the company’s official Facebook page, Meta’s AI Lab proposition highlighted how “through the power of artificial intelligence, we will enable a […]

Etisalat Recognizes Outstanding SMBs and Start-ups in the UAE

Dubai, 21 February 2022: Etisalat announced the winners of the second ‘SMB Awards 2021’ in a grand gala event to recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of Small and Medium businesses (SMBs) in the UAE. The prestigious awards ceremony was attended by H.E. Faisal Al Hammadi, Assistant Undersecretary for Entrepreneurship and SMEs from the Ministry […]

Automakers, Chip Firms Differ on When Semiconductor Shortage will Abate

Automakers, including General Motors, Ford Motor and Hyundai Motor, predict a near two-year chip constraint will ease in the second half of 2022, but automotive chipmakers, on the other hand, expect a recovery to take longer. During their quarterly results reporting over the past two weeks, GM CEO Mary Barra projected the semiconductor shortage would […]