The firm’s R2 Data Labs will use a wide array of tools, including AI, machine learning and analytics to push for innovation and growth across its businesses. In what is likely to be a milestone for Rolls-Royce, the firm has created a data unit, R2 Data Labs, that uses artificial intelligence, analytics and machine learning…
While the global car-based “mobility services” as an industry generated zero revenues about a year ago, it is predicted to reach values of trillions of dollars by the year 2040 and China will lead the market in this significant transformation. This was revealed in a report titled Reinventing the Wheel: Mobility and Energy Future, by HIS…
Far Eastern International Bank had deficiencies in the way it implemented SWIFT, a banking software, which North Korean hackers exploited to steal $60 million. On Tuesday, Taiwan’s financial regulator fined Far Eastern International Bank $266,524 (T$8 million) for deficiencies related to its SWIFT system hacking incident. The fine comes in the wake of Taiwanese local…
With the world threatened by global warming, France has taken the lead in making wealthy countries aware of this menace and is pushing for increased financing in projects that mitigate the effects of this risk. On Tuesday, French insurer AXA disclosed, it would quadruple its investments in environmentally-friendly projects by 2020 to $10.60 billion (9…
The new rules, likely to be effective from January 1, 2018, are also likely to attract court challenges. In a development that is likely to be a milestone for the history of the internet, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans on handing over the oversight of internet service providers to another federal agency, as it…
The cofounder of China’s EHang, the company that is engaged in the development of a passenger drone, claimed to reach profitability in the time period of only the next two years. The work that is being carried out by EHang involves the transportation of one human passenger over small to medium distances in a drone. The…
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has warned public officials on the risks of exposure while using social media. A wake up call. In a turn of events which underscores how social media is being increasingly weaponized by countries such as Russia and China, Germany’s intelligence service has published details of social network profiles which, it says,…
While analysts and traders see this phenomenal rise as a bubble, many market participants opine that its burst will have a limited fallout given its market capitalisation. On Monday, with the price of bitcoin skyrocketing to one fifth of its value, marking a new milestone for the cryptocurrency, Asian markets climbed to a new high…
The aspects of public safety and protection of property are directly impacted by timeliness and accuracy of weather forecasts. And forecasts depend on the quality of data that is available for the forecasters. To that extent, the NOAA GOES-R Series of satellite is expected to augment the data which will aid in providing sharper, more…
The digital goodwill impairment does not however impact its cashflow. On Friday, Swedish mobile network equipment maker Ericsson stated it may have to cash-in on a goodwill impairment in its struggling media and digital services businesses. Although the move may potentially hit its operating income, its cashflow however has been safeguarded. Ahead of the roll-out…
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