AI is disrupting the 2024 US election, and worldwide. Regulation slow, leaving elections vulnerable to manipulation. For several years now, AI has disrupted the public’s ability to trust what it sees, hears, and reads. A noteworthy example is the Republican National Committee’s recent release of an AI-generated ad depicting an imagined nightmarish future in which... Read more » Read more ›
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Video conferencing has become part of everyday life. When social distancing measures were applied worldwide, people were encouraged to stay home as much as possible. However, work and life had to go on and we needed a better way to connect. The future of work is likely to include hybrid workplace arrangements. During the peak... Read more » Read more ›
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There’s a ransomware attack on businesses every 11 seconds. The malware infects devices and holds the data inside hostage unless the users pay the ransom demanded by the cybercriminals. The damage is predicted to reach $20 billion this year alone. It can have a crippling effect on the business’s reputation, too: 59% of customers would... Read more » Read more ›
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Most of us use Twitter hashtags to look up trending topics and happenings around them. For businesses, Twitter hashtags enable them to monitor what people are saying about their product and to also understand the conversations that are going on about their brand or product. Interestingly, Twitter hashtags are also now being used in dealing... Read more » Read more ›
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Providing a seamless and pleasant digital experience is critical to a variety of industries — including healthcare. Unsurprisingly, technologies such as AI, blockchain, and data analytics among others enhance the customer experience. While the digital experience continues to innovate in the e-commerce industry to keep users satisfied, other industries are also now realizing its importance.... Read more » Read more ›
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China’s cryptocurrency situation was confirmed by the central bank on Friday, which declared all financial transactions involving cryptocurrencies illegal. This move finally brings the final hammer down on the digital trade in China after years of salvos on the volatile currencies. The global values of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin have massively fluctuated over the past year... Read more » Read more ›
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Shutterstock By James Jin Kang, Edith Cowan University and Jumana Abu-Khalaf, Edith Cowan University A new law gives Australian police unprecedented powers for online surveillance, data interception, and altering data. These powers, outlined in the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill, raise concerns over potential misuse, privacy, and security. The bill updates the Surveillance... Read more » Read more ›
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Central banks of Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, and South Africa will develop and test a shared platform to process cross-border digital currency transactions. These four central banks would be looking to build prototypes of shared platforms using multiple CBDCs. After China, many governments and central banks have been exploring the use of central bank digital currencies... Read more » Read more ›
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Indonesia approved a giant solar energy link between Australia and Singapore after a US$2.5 billion investment promise, authorities said Thursday. Southeast Asia’s largest economy has agreed to allow Sun Cable’s Australia-Asia PowerLink or AAPowerLink route through Indonesian waters and approved the undersea survey permit. “We expect this project will have a sustainable impact for our... Read more » Read more ›
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Insurance advice, or any kind of face-to-face advisory during pandemic lockdowns can be quite challenging for both banks and their customers to achieve. In fact, physical banking itself is seeing marked reductions, even when lockdowns have largely eased, especially in Southeast Asia. Global consulting firm Roland Berger has projected the closure of over 9,000 bank... Read more » Read more ›
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International travelers who traveled to Thailand in the last decade might have had their information exposed in the incident. The database totaled about 200GB and contained details such as date of arrival in Thailand, full name, sex, passport number, residency status, visa type, and Thai arrival card number. Personal data of more than 106 million... Read more » Read more ›
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The buy now pay later (BNPL) is becoming quite a revolution around the world today. The easy, no-frills concept that allows shoppers to pay for their items over a period of instalments without the need of a credit card or even a credit check, and interest-free most times, is not only increasing consumer purchase power... Read more » Read more ›
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Robust security policies are critical to the safety of companies — not just for the systems in which their data are stored, but also for their staff. As such, the relationships between the development and security teams have a major impact on organizations, especially in terms of benefits. They include increased collaboration, more secure applications,... Read more » Read more ›
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Women globally are disproportionately affected by inequality, especially in employment, and when it comes to internet access and phone ownership, it is not much different. However, a record number of women in South Asia now use mobile internet services, helping shrink the phone ownership gender gap to 15% from 19% last year in low-and middle-income... Read more » Read more ›
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Creating a sustainable environment is on the agenda of every organization today. While most companies do this as part of their corporate social responsibility efforts, there has been an increase in organizations that are advocating sustainability in the products and services they develop and offer as well. For example, almost all the big tech companies... Read more » Read more ›
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AI applications and agritech may just be the answer to India’s stagnating agriculture industry. With a population of 1.27 billion, India is the world’s second-most populous country and the world’s seventh-largest at 3.288 million sq km. India produces 25% of the world’s pulses and is also the second-largest producer of rice, wheat, sugarcane, cotton, groundnuts, as... Read more » Read more ›
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This is the last of a two-part series on how the pandemic has affected women and their employment prospects Read the first part here Whilst the pandemic has affected all genders and almost everyone around the world, women are still getting the shorter end of the stick as the employment gender gap increases. A widening... Read more » Read more ›
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Healthcare data continues to be a prime target for cybercriminals all over the world. In Southeast Asia, several healthcare facilities have fallen victim in recent times to cyberattacks. The most recent healthcare cyberattack in Southeast Asia was in an eye hospital in Singapore whereby hackers were able to gain access to the healthcare data of... Read more » Read more ›
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Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce company, had closed about 3,000 merchant accounts that were backed by 600 Chinese brands on its platform. The vendors were caught offering rewards, including gift cards, for customers leaving reviews. Amazon sold an estimated US$295 billion worth of products from various brands worldwide in 2020, with many sellers successfully trading... Read more » Read more ›
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Digital tech is now at the heart of our everyday lives, as anyone who has swapped their office for a videoconferencing screen or downloaded a contact-tracing app, knows only too well. This trend is set to continue even in a post-COVID world. Australia is at a crossroads in developing a strong digital economy to meet... Read more » Read more ›
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Buying online — a necessity for most during this pandemic, a hobby for many. But what do customers truly value when it comes to shopping online? Burgeoning e-Commerce and m-Commerce (mobile commerce) markets such as Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines, are seeing huge uptakes in online sales. However, a survey by fraud prevention provider Vesta... Read more » Read more ›
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