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59% of U.S. Adults Trust Law Enforcement to Use Facial Recognition Responsibly
Pew Research Center: 59% of US adults say it is acceptable for law enforcement to use facial recognition to assess security threats in public spaces; only 15% say it is acceptable for advertisers to use facial recognition to see how … Continue reading
Amazon Leads the $23 Billion Public Cloud Market in Q2, Growing 8X Over 5 Yrs
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AI, IoT and cloud computing key drivers of acquisitions in technology, media and telecoms over last 2 years
In 2018, the total transaction value of M&A deals announced in the global TMT sector reached $630 billion, up 23% from 2017 and significantly ahead of other markets in both 2017 and 2018, according to GlobalData’s Deals Database. GlobalData’s latest … Continue reading
Startup Unicorns’ Stock Performance After IPO in 2019
Source: The Hottest IPOs in 2019 HT: @fklivestolearn
Results from a New Survey of Data Privacy Regulations in 61 Countries
It seems that no week passes by without yet another revelation of how the most successful tech companies play with our data. When your business is driven by data, you are driven to ignore possible data leaks, to question the … Continue reading
Why Israel is the leader of the $100B medical marijuana market
Opening the CannaTech conference earlier this month, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak quipped that Israel is now the “land of milk, honey and cannabis.” Given the recent performance of the cannabis-related stocks traded on the Tel-Aviv stock exchange (Barak is Chairman … Continue reading
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How to Make Smart Cities Cybrsecurity Resilient
By 2050, about 70% of the world’s population is expected to live in cities. Using the Internet of Things, analyzing lots of data, putting more services online—all herald the digital transformation of cities. Becoming digital, however, means a new life … Continue reading
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Mobile Tipping Points
In June 2017, the number of active phone connections (7.7 billion) exceeded the world’s population for the first time ever. The judging panel thought this statistic was worthy of ‘Highly Commended’ status as this landmark was finally reached in 2017 … Continue reading
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2018 Predictions: Cybersecurity
Like death and taxes, there are only two safe predictions about cybersecurity in 2018: There will be more spectacular data breaches and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect on May 25. But as the continuing digital transformation … Continue reading