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 […]
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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 […]
New facial recognition software is being used in airports. It is providing a hygienic and contactless validation for people’s identities.
Sony designed a customizable access controller that is accessible to gamers with disabilities, taking the gaming community to a new stage.
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 […]
There may be a faulty engine part on your next flight Alarming news from the civil aviation sector yesterday is the discovery of jet engine components, in service right now, which have false safety certification. All the details, such as the broker company who supplied the engine parts, the particular engine in which they’re now […]
Advertisers Will Find this One Hard to Swallow So unbeknownst to you, Google has apparently been re-arranging the letters of your search enquiry when shopping online to include a brand name supposedly relevant to the search. It gets fed back to you, and you click on it. However, this is also unbeknownst to the company […]
World’s largest tech and start-up event spearheads global tech takeover at Dubai World Trade Centre and Dubai Harbour Blockbuster duo to accelerate the epic race for AI dominance in the year to imagine AI in everything Dubai, UAE – The surge in international demand has rallied the world’s largest tech and start-up event to scale […]