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APIs and Legos
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Are APIs the new Legos for building e-invoicing in businesses?

Fethi Rabhi George Joukhadar
January 27, 2023

APIs are the new Lego-like building blocks businesses can use to thrive.

Digitising German Automotive Industry
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Digitalisation and change in the German automotive industry

Kerstin Felser Martin Wynn
January 24, 2023

How can top German automotive manufacturers adapt and survive in changing times?

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National identification programmes must prioritise privacy amid mounting cybersecurity risks

Babatunde Okunoye
January 7, 2023

What is the cost of stolen identities? Rising data breaches underscore the need for foolproof encryption and tokenisation of digital identities.

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Business/Computer science/Information systems/Information technology

Digital transformation: evolution or revolution?

Martin Wynn
January 6, 2023

Using my experience in IT spanning over five decades, I assess the current impact of digital technologies on business and society.

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Artificial intelligence/Business/E-commerce

Retail stores are using AI to monitor customer behaviour and improve store layouts

Chidirim Ndeche
January 3, 2023

Businesses can use in-store cameras and artificial intelligence to better understand customer behaviour and design shop layouts that will increase sales.

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Researchers develop automated approach to debugging software

Chidirim Ndeche
December 31, 2022

By identifying defective code automatically, developers can reduce time spent on debugging and refocus their efforts on designing new or improving existing software.

Artificial intelligence/Public policy/Robotics

Putting humanlike ‘eyes’ on self-driving cars helps minimise collisions

Chidirim Ndeche
December 13, 2022

Moving eye cues on self-driving cars may enable pedestrians to predict the intentions of approaching vehicles.

Development studies/Environment/Information technology

Can digital technologies deliver the circular economy?

Martin Wynn Peter Jones
December 13, 2022

Technology is a key enabler of the transition to a circular economy - a complex issue that involves changing the way things have been done for decades.

Artificial intelligence/Business/Law

Researchers are increasingly protecting their ideas via patents

Chidirim Ndeche
December 7, 2022

Patent laws favour the person who files first, and this AI-powered tool helps innovators protect their ideas and prevent patent rejections.

Internet studies/Machine learning/Media & communication

MIT researchers develop machine learning algorithm for rapid video streaming

Chidirim Ndeche
November 7, 2022

The team created “Pensieve,” a machine learning-driven artificial intelligence system that selects algorithms as a response to network conditions, to optimise video streaming.

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