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ePrivacy & Data Protection
The Complex Web of Data Privacy and Its Influence on AI Ethics, Competition & Tech Evolution At a conference I attended a few years ago one of the presenters posed the question “Do you own your digital identity?” Most people in the room thought if they didn’t already, they definitely should, but at the very...
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Technology at Work v5.0
The New Normal of Remote Work And just like that, working from home is a real thing. With the coronavirus spreading, and lockdowns ordered, many office workers suddenly became ‘work from homers’. If you were lucky, you grabbed a few things off your desk on your last day in the office in case you had...
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Oil Markets are Worsening at a Faster Pace than Ever Before…
… and the Recovery Should Usher in a New World of Petroleum Oil prices have now fallen into negative territory for the first time in history as demand continues to fall faster than supply and storage capacity remains limited for inventory. The global economic recession brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic will likely slow the...
COVID-19 Pandemic -
5G and Mobile Operators
Is Virtual Becoming Real? 5G offers improvements in reliability, ultra-low latency that decreases the time lag to transmit data, and device synchronization, which allows data to be transmitted without losing any information. The eventual explosion of more advanced IoT devices could be better supported by 5G networks. Factory robotics, security/delivery drones, and logistics networks, for...
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Closing the Loop on Global Recycling
Finding a Global Solution to the Patchwork of Recycling While the principle of resource conservation is undoubtedly good, recycling systems currently implemented across the globe vary widely in terms of basic structure, incentives, and scope. Many recycling systems are publicly run, others are completely outsourced to private parties, while still others use a hybrid public/private...
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Disruptive Innovations VII
Ten More Things to Stop and Think About In healthcare, we once again are spoiled for choice in terms of the ideas and concepts that are quickly coming down the pike. Robotic surgery makes up just 2% of all surgical procedures currently, but with advancements in visualization and robotics, this looks set to accelerate to...
Technology & Innovation