The data and analytics company says the destabilization of many economies in the region due to COVID-19 has led several governments to encourage its small, medium and large enterprises to begin their digital transformation if they haven’t already, in the…
The first Emirati humanoid robots Samit and Sidra were launched at Gitex last year. The main purpose of the two robots is to provide assistance, interact with clients, and accomplish daily tasks without any human interference. Three years ago, Dubai…
The COVID-19 pandemic has closed schools and public libraries across the United States, but a librarian in Virginia has thought of a creative way to keep kids reading, free of charge. Kelly Passek, a middle school librarian in Virginia’s Montgomery…
“To enhance operational efficiency, enterprises are leveraging RPA to automate their processes such as payroll processing, customer support, new employee onboarding, order processing, SMS and email monitoring, and CRM updates,” says GlobalData Senior Technology Analyst, Manish Chaurasiya. “Footprint expansion in…
It will be as if the world had created a second China, made not of billions of people and millions of factories, but of algorithms and humming computers. PWC, a professional-services firm, predicts that artificial intelligence (AI) will add $16trn…
The widespread use of face masks by the public could significantly slow the spread of the coronavirus, prevent recurring waves of outbreaks, and allow for less stringent restrictions on economic activity and other facets of daily life, according to new…
The momentum behind adoption has been given an additional boost as COVID-19 has quickly become a disruptor across the payments landscape and caused a sharp acceleration in the use of contactless payment methods. In the past month, 50% of U.S.…
Written By Farahdiba Abdullah At the end of 2019, China was outraged by an outbreak of a novel human coronavirus (HCoV) which is a zoonotic disease, originating in Wuhan. The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) named the virus…
By Farahdiba Abdullah Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a new innovation that will affect the way companies are being governed and change business models as well. In Malaysia, AI adoption is still at infancy stage or mainly at awareness level. Based…
By Farahdiba Abdullah The rapid development of the global Gig Economy which contributed to significant economic growth is slowly taking over traditional occupations, as well as the labor market. According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (2015) report, 40% of…
