As a fringe group of consumers gets microchips implanted in their hands to make payments without using any external devices, time will prove whether these shoppers are early adopters or simply eccentrics. A TikTok video from last year with more than 10 million views, by a user who fittingly goes by @paybyhand on the platform, …
While most HR executives agree that AI will radically change how work gets done, few are deep into leveraging the novel technology, according to a new report from ServiceNow, published today. Just 14% of all CHROs are in the advanced stages of “digital transformation,” defined as implementing digitalization across their organization and seeing significant performance …
Google is forming a partnership with augmented reality (AR) startup Magic Leap. “We’ve shipped a couple of different versions of augmented reality devices so far, so we’re out there delivering things, and Google has a long history of platforms thinking,” Magic Leap Chief Technology Officer Julie Larson-Green told Reuters Thursday (May 30). “So, we’re thinking, …
or nearly three decades, Indonesia has wrestled with the middle income trap (MIT). From 1993 to 2022, despite rising per capita income, the archipelagic nation found it challenging to achieve high and sustainable economic growth. The 2025-2045 Long-term National Development Plan (RPJN) outlines two scenarios for Indonesia to escape the MIT over the next 20 years. …
Barbara Birungi Mutabazi is a social entrepreneur dedicated to promoting youth innovation, women economic empowerment, gender equality and digital transformation in Uganda and Africa at large. Her work life primarily revolves around integrating innovative digital and technological solutions in various sectors and encouraging young people to build solutions for the challenges that they see. “When …
Picture this: a world where cars drive themselves, shopping is as simple as grabbing and going, and medical diagnoses are made with superhuman precision. This is the world that computer vision is building, one algorithm at a time. The technology, which enables machines to interpret and understand visual data, is rapidly advancing and making its …
It’s getting harder and harder to spell innovation without AI (artificial intelligence). And with the news Wednesday (May 22) that Zilliant is integrating generative AI across its pricing lifecycle management solutions, leveraging AI across B2B operations to enhance efficiency, accuracy and strategic decision-making is at the top of the agenda for many businesses. That’s because, from …
Petroleum and natural gas firm, Aramco, has collaborated with Qualcomm Technologies in order to enhance connectivity, artificial intelligence and advanced computing technologies for industrial use cases in Saudi Arabia. This collaboration aims to speed the development of the industrial 4G/5G and non-terrestrial networks (NTN) ecosystem, which includes 450MHz cellular technologies. It will also focus on designing …
Visa has launched a collaboration with digital payments company SKUx. “The agreement will accelerate digital transformation for select merchants and consumer packaged goods companies that leverage SKUx’s payment-based offer solutions — supporting a variety of client use cases; from customer acquisition, to loyalty, to consumer care and recovery, while ensuring a seamless, end-to-end consumer experience,” the companies said in …
Throughout history, the number seven has held significant importance. There are seven days of the week, seven colors in a rainbow, the “lucky sevens” when playing the slots, and it is the number of things that experts say people can easily remember. It’s also the number of new consumer payments products introduced by Visa today (May 15), designed to …