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How clever UX design can encourage more effective climate action
Thu, 28th Mar 2024
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cleantech
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sustainability
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misinformation
Fintech company, Cogo, uses innovative UX design to increase climate literacy, promoting sustainable habits and effective climate action, study reveals.
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Barclays report warns of AI blind spots in buoyant investment climate
Thu, 28th Mar 2024
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edge ai
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strategy
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automation
A new Barclays report warns of potential blind spots in the buoyant AI investment landscape, stressing the need to balance optimism with readiness to tackle emerging challenges until 2025.
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Unit4 unveils Smart Automation Services for business efficiency boost
Thu, 28th Mar 2024
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ai
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analyst report
Unit4 has launched Smart Automation Services, a series of AI-driven services designed to boost business efficiency and evolve user experience by integrating with their ERP suite, ERPx.
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Celonis & Sailfin Technologies launch AI-driven AR app suite
Thu, 28th Mar 2024
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fintech
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financial systems
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ai
Celonis and Sailfin Technologies unveil AI-driven suite to optimise AR operations, promising enhanced cash flow, greater productivity, and potential million-dollar savings.
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Singapore & Hong Kong lead in global tech budget growth
Wed, 27th Mar 2024
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digital transformation
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cleantech
Businesses in Singapore and Hong Kong anticipate leading global tech budget growth, with Singaporean IT leaders predicting over a 10% surge.
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Southeast Asia sees 85% rise in freelancer registrations
Wed, 27th Mar 2024
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digital transformation
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cleantech
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sustainability
A new report disclosed a dramatically evolving SEA job market with an 85% increase in freelancer registrations and higher day rates for independent talent.
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Indosat to adopt NVIDIA's Blackwell platform for AI shift
Wed, 27th Mar 2024
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Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison gears up to adopt NVIDIA's Blackwell platform, aiming to revolutionise the use of AI in Indonesia.
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Critical zero-day vulnerability in D-Link routers exposes thousands
Wed, 27th Mar 2024
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cybersecurity
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healthtech
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d-link
Ensign InfoSecurity reveals a zero-day vulnerability in D-Link DIR-822 routers, putting users at risk of cyber attacks including data theft.
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BioCatch & Google Cloud unite to combat financial cybercrime
Wed, 27th Mar 2024
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fintech
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cybersecurity
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digital banking
BioCatch has joined forces with Google Cloud to combat soaring financial cybercrime in Southeast Asia with real-time biometric intelligence solutions.
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AI, sustainability, elections dominate 2024 CEO talks
Wed, 27th Mar 2024
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power / energy
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llms
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AI, sustainability, and upcoming elections are leading topics in CEO discussions in Q1 2024, notes the latest IoT Analytics report.
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Golden Gate Ventures promotes Angela Toy to COO in strategic move
Wed, 27th Mar 2024
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coo
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Golden Gate Ventures elevates Angela Toy to COO, reflecting the firm's expansion commitment and solidification of its leadership in global startup ecosystems.
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Turbulent waters: The Red Sea Crisis and tech implications
Wed, 27th Mar 2024
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supply chain & logistics
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piracy
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infor
The Red Sea crisis' enduring impact on global shipping extends beyond geopolitical tensions, spiralling into shipping delays and rerouting, spiking costs, and disrupting trade routes, with intrusive fallout on tech and worldwide supply chains.
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Neo4j & Microsoft partner to revolutionise Generative AI data insights
Wed, 27th Mar 2024
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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genai
Neo4j, a graph database leader, collaborates with Microsoft to deliver a unified data offering for generative AI, integrating Neo4j's technologies into Microsoft Fabric and Azure OpenAI Service.
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AI foundries & digital factories will change humankind, NVIDIA CEO says
Wed, 27th Mar 2024
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In his GTC 2024 keynote, NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang unveils the future vision of technology's societal role, showcasing advancements in AI and innovative partnerships.
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2024: The top 10 professional services firms (revenue + margins)
Wed, 27th Mar 2024
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power / energy
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schneider electric
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fujitsu
The top 10 global professional service firms of 2024 make significant contributions to the $6.02 trillion industry, driving revenue and operating margins.
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LogChain appoints Jim Halkyard as CTO in bid to revolutionise supply chains
Tue, 26th Mar 2024
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cloud services
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customer service
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digitalisation
Global trade disruptor LogChain appoints industry veteran Jim Halkyard as Chief Technical Officer, signaling a major move towards the digitalisation and revolution of the supply chain industry.
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World Backup Day punctuates rising fears of cyber-attacks
Tue, 26th Mar 2024
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data protection
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dr
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digital transformation
As cyber threats rise, World Backup Day emphasises the urgency of data protection, with 90% of executives fearing a ransomware attack, says Cloudera's SVP, Remus Lim.
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Huawei Cloud & Shenzhen Meteorological Bureau launch AI weather model
Tue, 26th Mar 2024
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weather
Huawei Cloud and the Meteorological Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality launch the pioneering Zhiji Regional Model, an AI-based tool yielding short-term weather forecasts with an unprecedented fine-scale resolution of 3 km, dwarfing the 25 km scope of conventional global models.
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PepsiCo embraces automation to boost productivity in Thai facility
Tue, 26th Mar 2024
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storage
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supply chain & logistics
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productivity
PepsiCo embraces a digital future by integrating automation into a key production and logistics hub in Thailand, partnering with Dematic, to meet growing product demand.
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Transforming legal firms into tech-savvy visionaries – the paradox
Tue, 26th Mar 2024
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cloud services
Despite acknowledging the benefits of technology, conservatism in legal firms is impeding the adoption of AI and legal tech tools; ongoing education and real-world examples may be the remedy.