Ocado is buying San Francisco-based Kindred Systems for US$262 million and Las Vegas-based robotic arm designer Haddington Dynamics for US$25 million – two acquisitions to boost “robotic manipulation capabilities” It provides the company with an opportunity to enter new markets for robotic solutions outside of grocery retail If you walk into Ocado’s “the hive”, a... Read more » Read more ›
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China has been producing more than 80% of the world’s supply of anodes, importing raw materials from countries including India Now, India wants to move from being a producer of raw materials for electric batteries to making some of the key parts The country’s battery market potential is forecasted to grow to US$14.9 billion by... Read more » Read more ›
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Datacenter operators rely on diesel generators despite the increased efficiency of battery power and renewable energy Last year, a Google data center team in Belgium started using lithium-ion batteries instead of a diesel generator as power backup for 3MW of live, production computing load – a first for the search giant Data centers — cavernous... Read more » Read more ›
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by Claire LEE South Korea’s two biggest electronics firms, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, both forecast jumps of around 40% in their first-quarter operating profits Wednesday, with coronavirus-driven working from home fuelling global demand for semiconductors and home appliances. Tech behemoth Samsung said in an earnings estimate that it expected operating profit of 9.3 trillion won ($8.3... Read more » Read more ›
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The most ambitious uses for blockchain in higher education could disrupt the industry From improving record-keeping to better maintenance of records and even seamless payment transactions, new ways to apply blockchain technology in the higher education sector are emerging all the time. Blockchain, a buzzword with revolutionary potential, is a public ledger that automatically records... Read more » Read more ›
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The leaders in virtualization continue to innovate, with edge security & provisioning (SASE) extending the VMware portfolio from its market-first SD-WAN technology. Read more ›
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China’s electricity-hungry bitcoin mines that power nearly 80% of the global trade in cryptocurrencies, risk undercutting the country’s climate goals, according to a study in the journal Nature this week. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are minted by solving puzzles using powerful computers that consume enormous amounts of electricity – much of it produced by coal... Read more » Read more ›
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Japan took the first step in a year-long study of a digital yen and if by next March the bank is convinced a CBDC makes sense, it’ll pilot one Although regional rival China has more concrete plans, Japan prefers cautioun BoJ will trial basic functions such as issuance, distribution, and redemption Joining multiple other Asian... Read more » Read more ›
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Starlink, the satellite broadband service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX Technologies, is promising to supply high-speed internet to rural regions that would traditionally have limited access to such. This includes India, where unfortunately Starlink and SpaceX are facing the first hurdle to the ambitious plan. Over the course of 18 launches, Elon Musk and his Space... Read more » Read more ›
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By doing away with cobalt, one of the most expensive raw materials in the EV production process, EV-makers will be able to lower the cost of their electric vehicles by up to a third Panasonic, Nissan Motors, and Tesla intend to start using cobalt-free EV batteries within the next few years One of the main... Read more » Read more ›
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Australia had one of the swiftest and most successful responses to the COVID-19 pandemic that was spurring eCommerce adoption all over the globe last year. Despite that, online shopping has only grown drastically Down Under in the intervening year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global pandemic. National postal service Australia Post has just... Read more » Read more ›
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Reports find that mobile health apps leak sensitive data through APIs By 2022, API attacks will no longer be infrequent but will become the most frequent attack vector for application breaches The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the use of mobile healthcare apps and virtual care. Due to that, the personal health data of millions of... Read more » Read more ›
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by Claire LEE Decades before the race to build a self-driving car became a multi-billion-dollar contest between tech giants such as Tesla and Google, a South Korean professor built an autonomous vehicle and test-drove it across the country – only for his research to be consigned to the scrapheap. Han Min-hong, now 79, successfully tested... Read more » Read more ›
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2020 was a big year for blockchain projects in China after President Xi Jinping called for further development of the technology at the end of 2019 China’s 14th five-year plan outlines the country’s economic priorities and stressed that technology will play an increasingly important large role in the country’s top-down planning Blockchain or distributed ledger... Read more » Read more ›
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Prolific Chinese technology firm Xiaomi might have first made its name in the smartphone business, but it didn’t take the company very long to begin exploring other electronic and hardware applications. Xiaomi has made everything from smart wearables to home appliances to electric scooters to even musical instruments, proving itself to be something of a... Read more » Read more ›
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Since democratically-elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was deposed by the military in Myanmar in early February, more than 200 people have been killed in mass protests which the coup forces have been trying to suppress with increasingly violent tactics. And accompanying the escalating violence has been the mounting use of technological means to stamp... Read more » Read more ›
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AI and IoT are disrupting fleet management given the growing need to put driver safety first without compromising cost or efficiency AIoT is already forming the backbone of many of today’s commercial transportation systems, especially fleet safety Artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of things (IoT) are gradually becoming a constant presence in many technological... Read more » Read more ›
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Alipay, the digital payments arm of Chinese e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba, is broadening the foothold it established in Malaysia with a partnership with financial technology (fintech) company Revenue Monster – giving the Chinese payments enabler it’s first ‘in’ into the Malaysian food and beverage (F&B) sector that has been exploding in popularity over the past few... Read more » Read more ›
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There are strong indications that Beijing is pressing hard for the international use of its new digital currency For now, China’s ambitious DCEP is ahead of the curve – and Western policymakers are starting to take notice A cheaper and faster payment system, which could also avoid US sanctions, would be viewed as a challenge... Read more » Read more ›
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With the right technology partner, manufacturers and other industrial organisations can make significant differences to their operations. We find out how Aveva is one such partner making big differences in ANZ. Read more ›
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