It has been more than a year since the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the globe, and a new digital normal has seemed to emerged in the past year. Singaporeans are working remotely, attending classes, and ordering groceries online. The pandemic has also revealed the opportunities and limitations of Singapore’s e-commerce sector. …
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Mark Lewis was desperate to find monkeys. Millions of human lives, all over the world, were at stake. Mr. Lewis, the chief executive of Bioqual, was responsible for providing lab monkeys to pharmaceutical companies like Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, which needed the animals to develop their Covid-19 vaccines. But …
Read More »AI Weekly: Announcing our ‘AI and the future of health care’ special issue
How open banking is driving huge innovation Learn how fintechs and forward-thinking FIs are accelerating personalized financial products through data-rich APIs. Register Now Artificial intelligence and health care both deal heavily with issues of complexity, efficacy, and societal impact. All of that is multiplied when the two intersect. As health …
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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) today announced the launch of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office, an organization that will coordinate and oversee national AI policy initiatives for the United States government. “The Office is charged with overseeing and implementing the United States national AI …
Read More »AI Weekly: The future of tech policy after an attempted coup
Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More On Wednesday, we witnessed a coup attempt fueled by racism, disinformation, and the President of the United States. …
Read More »Virtual events came of age in 2020, but the future is hybrid
Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More “I really believe in the laziness of the human species — given a chance, we will optimize for …
Read More »The Callisto Protocol: How Striking Distance Studios is creating survival horror of the future
If you saw The Game Awards, then you known Call of Duty and Dead Space veterans are creating The Callisto Protocol, a new survival horror game coming in 2022. Striking Distance Studios has quickly built a team of 150 developers in San Ramon, California, to create a science fiction game …
Read More »Cheers Has Opened An Unmanned Store With No Staff: Is This The Future Of Retail In S’pore?
Convenience store Cheers has just opened a new and completely unmanned outlet at Our Tampines Hub last Saturday (Dec 12). At the Cheers store, customers can just walk in, grab the items they need and walk out without having to take out their phones, credit cards or cash to make …
Read More »Hands-on: Amazon Fresh grocery stores tease brick-and-mortar retail’s future
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