Artificial intelligence (AI) hasn’t always had favourable representation in pop culture. In Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), homicidal supercomputer Hal demonstrated how AI could surpass the intelligence of a human — and for humans, the results weren’t so great. (more…)
June 8, 2018
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde
In drought-ridden California farmers face constant pressure to be more efficient in their water use. Agriculture is key to the state’s economy; it employs about 3% of the workforce and accounts for about 2% of the GDP, says Bob Emmerson. (more…)
June 5, 2018
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde
Digital Transformation World, organised in France by TM Forum earlier this month (May 14-16) included a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of several telecom network operators that are tackling the task of becoming digital operators. Jeremy Cowan pulled rank to report from Nice. (more…)
May 30, 2018
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde
Data rates used to be a convenient way of measuring the evolution of cellular wireless and while LTE (aka 4G) can be seen as a high-speed / low-latency service, which it is, what really distinguishes this Long Term Evolutionary (LTE) development from earlier networks is its prescient combination of efficiency and flexibility. (more…)
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Fighting fraudsters is a complex and ever-evolving challenge. As consumers change the way they pay, fraudsters change the way they steal. For banks to keep up, these new battles require new tactics to minimise losses and reassure consumers. (more…)
May 25, 2018
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde
The way we work has always been dictated by the technology available to us. As technology improves, says Charles Towers-Clark, CEO of Pod Group, the workforce adapts to match the new standard of efficiency, and a whole range of jobs is created based on newly created skills. (more…)
May 22, 2018
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde
Facilitating parking in city centres is good for the local economy. If the political will is there it’s relatively easy to deploy smart parking systems and many authorities see them as the logical first step of large smart city projects. (more…)
May 11, 2018
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde
At MWC 18 in March you couldn’t move for proclamations of the benefits of 5G. It’s ‘seamless’, ‘inclusive’, ‘immersive’ and ‘secure’, to name a few. (more…)
April 27, 2018
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde
FirstNet the future of critical communications is riding on this network. Traditionally first responders are LMR (Land Mobile Radio) users, however it’s clear the transition to LTE cellular is on the horizon. (more…)
April 26, 2018
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde
As more everyday objects in our lives become connected, our interactions with technology will continue to change drastically. However, Michael Björn, Ericsson’s head of Research, ConsumerLab, says the complexities of how to control these smart technologies is a different matter. (more…)
April 25, 2018
Posted by: Zenobia Hegde