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Surveillance firms spying on some Facebook users, Meta says

Leave a Comment / Technology / By Amanda Hansen

According to Meta, private surveillance companies have spied on about 50,000 Facebook users. On Thursday, in a blog post, Meta, which also owns Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram, warned people who might be targets. The company also said that it banned seven surveillance companies from its platforms. It took action against the following companies: Cognyte, Cobwebs …

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Huawei and Financial Times on Reliance and Digital Tech

Leave a Comment / Technology / By Amanda Hansen

This week, in a seminar, the Financial Times and Huawei Technologies discussed the urgent need to unlock the importance of digital technologies and build trust for the common good. Attendees of the seminar were Vice President of Public Affairs Strategy in Huawei, Rene Arnold, Professor of Ethics and Technology, Joanna Bryson, and President in the …

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Climate tech investment increased but not in the right areas

Leave a Comment / Technology / By Amanda Hansen

According to new research from PwC, investment in companies focusing on the development of technology to fight the climate crisis increased to $87.6 billion this year. The financial services company said in its PwC report that it is up more than 200% on the $24.9 billion invested in climate tech last year. They added that …

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Instagram users with stolen pics drive illegal crypto scheme

Leave a Comment / Technology / By Amanda Hansen

Lately, it has become widespread to see people stealing pictures from other people’s Instagram pages and creating fake profiles. It became a nightmare for Jason Sallman to search for his name and find more than a dozen fraud accounts pretending to be him while pushing crypto scams. Sallman posts content including images of Bitcoin and …

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Russia builds a tech and nuclear science center in Serbia

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Rosatom signed several agreements with the government of Serbia. One of which allows them to create a Centre for Nuclear Science and Technology (CNST). The corporation also signed a deal to form a collaborative venture to execute the project in Serbia. According to these agreements, both sides will build a Centre for Nuclear Science and …

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New technology to help keep women safe at night

Leave a Comment / Technology / By Amanda Hansen

According to recent statistics from the Office for National Statistics, at some point, most women have felt unsafe walking alone in the streets at night. They might manage to call a friend, share their location with them through WhatsApp, or use other strategies to stay safe. Sexual harassment against women increased this year. Women in …

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Biggest Space Tech Trends for the Next Year

Leave a Comment / Technology / By Amanda Hansen

The last few years have seen interest in technological innovation and space travel. While Elon Musk has the colonization of Mars in mind, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, billionaire space tourists, made the headlines this year. However, it’s worth mentioning that such schemes often end up affecting people’s lives in more practical ways. For example, …

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Beyond The Blockchain Fanfare: The Game-Changing Tech

Leave a Comment / Technology / By Amanda Hansen

When seeking more secure technologies and removing an intermediary from the execution of the business plan while reducing the cost to customers, distributed ledger technology could be an option. Blockchain is just one segment in the DLT’s technical class. Distributed ledger technology is on a P2P (a peer-to-peer) network, eliminating clearinghouse involvement. The P2P network …

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Binance offers the world’s first IGO starring robot Sophia

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AI robot Sophia appears to be tokenized and sold in an auction as part of a Metaverse project. The project is named Noah’s Ark. Binance came up with an idea to launch this campaign as an IGO (Initial Game Offering). On December 16, it will feature 100 intelligent NFTs. They will be available for auction …

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European start-up funding surpasses $120 billion this year

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The tech sector in Europe started to rise. Start-ups are on track to bring in a record of $120 billion in funding this year. According to a report from venture capital company Atomico, it is roughly three times the $40 billion of capital raised last year. It happened for the first time for European start-ups …

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Chinese tech companies rising to go global

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A venture capitalist told CNBC that Chinese technology companies are trying to expand overseas while marking a shift in perspective among companies in China. According to a managing partner at venture capital company MSA Capital, Ben Harburg, this shift appeared as a part of competitive pressure in specific sectors and China’s tighter regulatory investigation on …

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Technology to Support Healthy Aging

Leave a Comment / Technology / By Amanda Hansen

As populations are aging worldwide, people spend more time in bad health. The current pandemic increased health risks for older people while extending the capacity of health care systems to cope with rising demand. Here are some examples of how new technology can support the mission of well aging. Supporting the independence of the aging …

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IT Workers Facing Hostility Leaving Russia

Why does Logistics Technology Matter?

Leave a Comment / Technology / By Amanda Hansen

The marketing technology’s global market size is logistics tech’s seven times the size. This gap is filling quickly. Martech is now a market worth $121.6 billion globally, serving a nearly $5 trillion global e-commerce market. The logistics industry is extensive and measured as a GDP percentage. Estimated Global logistics is 13% of the GDP, equal …

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Facebook to risk meta flop

Leave a Comment / Technology / By Amanda Hansen

According to some of the virtual world’s explorers, Facebook risks avoiding the point of the metaverse and a coming shift in users’ behavior if it fails to allow digital ownership. Last month, Facebook made waves of different reactions. It did this by announcing a focus on the metaverse and modifying its name to Meta Platforms. …

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Italian CA to fine Amazon and Apple over Beats headphones

Leave a Comment / Technology / By John Marley

Italy decided to fine Amazon and Apple with more than 200 million euros for repeatedly going against competition regulations. The fine is connected to Beats headphones bought by Apple for around $3bn in 2014. After 2014, Apple started to produce Beats headphones. Besides its official website, the company is selling these products through online retailer …

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Technology

Surveillance firms spying on some Facebook users, Meta says

Huawei and Financial Times on Reliance and Digital Tech

Climate tech investment increased but not in the right areas

Instagram users with stolen pics drive illegal crypto scheme

Russia builds a tech and nuclear science center in Serbia

New technology to help keep women safe at night

Biggest Space Tech Trends for the Next Year

Beyond The Blockchain Fanfare: The Game-Changing Tech

Binance offers the world’s first IGO starring robot Sophia

European start-up funding surpasses $120 billion this year

Chinese tech companies rising to go global

Technology to Support Healthy Aging

Why does Logistics Technology Matter?

Facebook to risk meta flop

Italian CA to fine Amazon and Apple over Beats headphones

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