A division of a major auto manufacturer, which provides the tech for self-driving taxis on the West Coast, has lost its license. Why? Because one of its vehicles ‘misinterprets’ a command from a would-be passenger and runs her over, then reverses back over her, then drags her along the road for a while. Oh sure, […]
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They happen to be the biggest automobile manufacturer in the world. Yet Toyota has been strangely absent from the rather robust industry conversation about EVs in the last few years. For a company that spends $13bn annually on research & development and has been at the forefront of advancing tech for eighty years, why haven’t […]
Giga-project launches NEOM Investment Fund (NIF) NEOM should no longer be considered a Saudi Arabian project, but a global flag bearer for a sustainable future. That’s the message the Kingdom is sending out with the establishment of the NEOM Investment Fund. Another message might be: we can no longer think of NEOM as just a […]
World Business Outlook is a highly influential online magazine based in the South East Asian business hub of Singapore, with a global audience. It’s a comprehensive, data-driven publication that provides sought-after analysis for the international business community. As highly regarded as World Business Outlook’s editorial is, so too is the awards list they publish every […]
As recently as 2021, it was reported that Israel’s tech industry was booming, with one third of the world’s cybersecurity unicorns emerging from the country. Eric Schmidt, Google founder, also claimed that Israel is the best incubator in the world for tech entrepreneurs after the United States. Although the industry accounts for only around 15% […]
Moody’s is the world’s pre-eminent advisory on debt markets. Along with Standard & Poor and Fitch, it monitors global investment risk. And now, it’s just sounded the alarm bell for Israel, warning that the severity and probable longevity of the current Israel/Palestine conflict will make it more expensive for Netanyahu’s Government to borrow money. The […]
They had a party last week in Beijing. Even Putin was invited. In fact, over 100 leaders went to the same party. It was billed as a forum to celebrate a decade since the Belt and Road Initiative was launched. But actually, this little soirée was really about China sending out a message about global […]
The surprise attack by Hamas couldn't have happened without advanced tech supplied by a third, foreign party.
Since the advent of social media, the trope ‘becoming connected is actually becoming disconnected’ has been so overused as clickbait that it’s become a cliché; a meaningless headline that surprises no one anymore. But on Mental Health Day, we’d be wise to remember that all clichés have a root in truth. And that the disconnection […]
A great friend of Inside Telecom and a frequent contributor, Cesar Tabr, sent me an interview yesterday between Channel 4’s Krishan Guru-Murthy and Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek Finance Minister. Mr. Varoufakis was explaining society’s journey from about eight hundred years ago to today. What made the interview fascinating was his ability to take an extremely […]