There is requirement for diligent governance of municipal technology with the integration of connected technologies in smart cities as such cities strive to function more efficiently and enhance its q1uality of service. A new research on smart cities conducted by ISACA identifies a number of crucial aspects for consideration with respect to issues of security…
The trending topics section is being shut down by Facebook. This is a feature that the company had created to highlight some and all of the interesting conversations hat tale place on the social media platform. however, it has now turned out to be a feature that has become political headache for the company that…
The payment system of Visa is reportedly now working in “full capacity”. On Friday there was virtual outage of its services in the UK and the rest of Europe as well following a hardware failure. A statement posted on the Visa Europe website in the early hours of Saturday said: “Visa Europe’s payment system is…
Living muscle tissue have been integrated into robots to create a dexterous cyborg by a group of Japanese engineers. The results of the project that was undertaken by the engineers was published this week in the journal Science Robotics. In this study, individual muscle precursor cells are first transformed to muscle-cell-filled sheets and then it…
An announcement made by the consumer watchdog of Australia claims that prosecution under criminal cartel charges would be initiated against financial institutions and banks including the ANZ, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup. The case dates back to 2015 and pertains to the banks arranging to sell A$2.5 billion (£1.4 billion; $1.9 billion) worth of ANZ shares.…
New laws in Australia that force Amazon to the good and services tax on transactions has prompted the e-retailer to not allow its Australian consumers to its global sites. Australian consumers shopping on Amazon international sites will be redirected to the local Australian site from July 1 when the new GST regulations begin. There would…
There will be closure of almost 100 Carphone Warehouse stores this year as the retailer – under its new boss, Alex Baldock, has issued a profits warning and has promised to take measures so that the company is able to cope with and adapt to the changing trends in the mobile phone market. Driven by…
The likelihood that fairytale based gambling games could be appealing to children has made authorities ban such games on gambling website called Fairytale Legends and Fairies Forest. Three games – Fairytale Legends Red Riding Hood, Fairytale Legends Hansel and Gretel, and Fairies Forest were promoted in the m88.com website in January. Animated images of a…
Firms in Europe now have to abide by the local laws and employment standards if and when they decide to depute workers on to other European Union countries on a temporary basis. This law was recently passed by the EU. Workers who are sent to other EU countries would have the same rights and obligations…
Its first ever alcoholic drink was launched earlier in the week by Coca Cola in Japan. This drink is a fizzy, lemon-flavoured mixture which has spirits. The aim of this new launch is to take advantage of the increasing popularity of “chuhai” alcopops hat are believed to be especially most liked by young women. According…
