UAE telco company, Etisalat, is taking a page out of India’s playbook by launching its own super app, Breakingviews. Hoping to emulate the success of India’s Jio Platforms and its all-in-one app JioMart, Etisalat’s Breakingviews aims to offer customers a seamless experience that combines e-commerce, digital payments, and a variety of other services. As the … Read more
Bitcoin has been on a rollercoaster ride in 2021, surpassing $30,000 for the first time on January 2nd. This latest surge is partly due to investors anticipating the end of rate rises and seeing Bitcoin as a hedge against higher inflation. But with its notorious volatility, the cryptocurrency market is not for the faint of … Read more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has called for a temporary halt to the proposed acquisition of Black Knight, a mortgage technology firm, by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). The FTC has expressed concerns that the deal could lead to reduced competition, ultimately hurting consumers. The proposed merger, worth $11 billion, has already faced opposition from industry experts … Read more
Door Tim Wijkman-van Aalst 06 apr 2023 om 13:15Update: een uur geleden The court of Rotterdam obliges software supplier Nebu to tell within two days whether data of millions of Dutch people have been leaked. If the company does not do so, it must pay a penalty of 25,000 euros per day. The data breach … Read more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is advancing at an unprecedented pace, and experts predict that it will transform nearly every aspect of modern society. As we embark on a new chapter in technological history, many individuals are questioning the implications of this emerging technology. Are we prepared for the consequences? Are the benefits of AI worth the … Read more
The arrest of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson and the pope in a puffer coat. Images created with artificial intelligence are almost indistinguishable from real photos. But with a trained eye you can go a long way. Op sociale media kwam je hem de afgelopen week vaak tegen: een foto van paus Franciscus op straat. … Read more
31 mrt 2023 om 13:38 The man who invented the first mobile phone fifty years ago thinks that people are currently staring too much at the screen. That says the now 94-year-old Martin Cooper in conversation with the news agency AFP. “It hits me when I see someone crossing the street while they’re looking at … Read more
Twitter users without a paid Blue subscription will no longer be able to vote in polls from mid-April. Also, their tweets no longer appear in the For You list. In de For You–list contains tweets that may be of interest to a Twitter user. These are messages from Twitter users that resemble accounts that a … Read more
In the US state of Utah, a law was signed on Thursday that drastically limits the use of TikTok and Instagram by young people and children. This happened despite opposition from the tech industry and civil rights experts. It’s according to The New York Times the first state-level law in America to prohibit the use … Read more
Twitter is going to make public the algorithm with which it recommends tweets to its users. The code used for that will be released on March 31st “open source“, tweeted owner Elon Musk Friday. According to Musk, Twitter’s algorithm is now too complicated and is not fully understood internally. “That transparency will be very embarrassing … Read more