Author: nancy El-Gamel

Every week, we bring you the freshest, and most important, IoT News from Asia and around the world. This week, a robot has been making headlines after *she* was given citizenship in Saudi Arabia. An AI professor explains: three concerns about granting citizenship to robot Sophia – theconversation.com World’s First Robotics Citizen Trolls Elon Musk At Press Conference – nerdist.com Robots Aren’t as Smart as You Think – technologyreview.com AI and Robotics: We’re All Getting Played by Sophia the Robot – fortune.com Artificial intelligence is learning to read your mind—and display what it sees – sciencemag.org Artificial intelligence is changing the…

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Every week, we bring you the biggest IoT and Tech news from Asia and around the world. This week, people are debating whether AI could spark a new religious movement, and Google pledges $1B into training people for the future job market. God will be replaced by Artificial Intelligence as New Religion emerges – ancient-code.com Google Unveils Job Training Initiative With $1 Billion Pledge – nytimes.com Smart Things: The ‘internet of things’: what it is and why business is taking it seriously – theguardian.com Samsung taps the Internet of Things to find your lost stuff – mashable.com’ Internet of Things:…

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Every week, we bring you the best IoT news from Asia and around the world. This week, Zuckerberg is in trouble for “exploiting Puerto Rico” to promote VR… Zuckerberg says he wants about 13 percent of the world to use virtual reality Mark Zuckerberg ‘Toured’ Puerto Rico With Facebook’s Virtual Reality. Critics Knocked It as a PR Stunt Zuckerberg ‘Exploited Disaster’ With Puerto Rico Virtual Reality Stunt In General: 25 women in robotics you need to know about – robohub.org Dell outlines IoT strategy, plans to spend $1 billion on R&D over three years – zdnet.com 73% of Executives Are Researching…

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Every week, we bring you the latest developments and conversations in IoT and technology from Asia and around the world. This week, our tech giants are forging ahead with AI while most of America fear a robotic takeover, and an ethics committee has been created to protect Artificial Intelligence. More than 70% of US fears robots taking over our lives, survey finds A World Leader in AI Just Established an Ethics Committee for Artificial Intelligence  Oh, and check out how the film industry is using AI to help with post production… EPICOLOR Uses Artificial Intelligence to Grade Your Footage Automatically…

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Every week, we bring you the best IOT news from Asia and around the world.  This week, it’s been all about drones that carry people – aka passenger drones. Would you dare ride on one? AK-47 maker whips up giant drone you can ride on – cnet.com Also, you’ve got to give this a read – Silicon Valley Elitist Starts Religion To Worship Artificial Intelligence As God – We wish we were making it up! In general: Blockchain: the Evolution of the Internet, IoT and Circular Economy, Part 1 – intelligenthq.com 10 Blockbuster Acquisitions That Helped Companies Get Ahead In IoT…

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Every week, we bring you the best IOT news from Asia and around the world.  This week, technology is helping the less able. With Japan’s driverless buses (video) and innovation in healthcare, the opportunities are just starting to be explored. How technology is transforming home healthcare – information-age.com In General: Cellular Puts IoT on Speed Dial – eetimes.com IoT Drives Growth Strategies – marlinfinance.com Are You Ready For The Internet Of Things? – huffingtonpost.com Growing Influence of Internet of Things – huffingtonpost.com How Technology & IoT Is Disrupting The Trucking & Logistics Sector – Inc42.com AI: How Robots, IoT And…

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Every week, we bring you the best IOT news from Asia and around the world. This week, it’s been hard to avoid the new announcement from Apple about the iPhone X – the facial recognition technology has everyone talking. The iPhone X overshadowed everything else at the Apple launch event – businessinsider.com Should you be worried about the iPhone X’s facial recognition? – telegraph.co.uk Apple: Face ID didn’t fail at iPhone X launch, our staff did – theguardian.com Can police unlock your iPhone X using Face ID? – dailydot.com iPhone 8 and X: Twitter’s best memes and jokes – NME.com…

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Every week, we bring you the best IOT news from Asia and around the world. This week, the disaster in Huston proved how open data could help in emergencies. Read: Houston is showing us why open data should be part of every city’ disaster and recovery plan In General: How Asia-Pacific can become the world’s biggest IoT market – IotI.com 30 Internet Of Things Executives Whose Names You Should Know – crn.com 6 Reasons Why Designing UX for IoT is So Difficult – machinedesign.com Organisations align IIoT efforts – smartcitiesworld.net AI: Asia Has The Potential To Become A Leader In AI – FintechNews.HK The…

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Every week, we bring you the best IOT news from Asia and around the world. This week, Voice First technology is impacting the FinTech industry and the debate over AI continues…  In General: The U.S. government should be making better use of the internet of things – venturebeat.com Why businesses need to take advantage of Big Data, IoT and AI now – itproportal.com We Need to Save the Internet from the Internet of Things – binaryloom.com Platforms instead of products: the new normal -iotcentral.io IoT will rip apart (and then rebuild) the jobs market – binaryloom.com Machine Learning: Gartner’s Hype Cycle…

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Every week, we bring you the best IOT news from Asia and around the world. This week, the Harvard Business Review looks into how much consumers value “smart” products. Do Your Customers Actually Want a “Smart” Version of Your Product? – hbr.org In General: The impact of the Internet of Things – information-age.com  Preparing for the future by securing the Internet of Things – aei.org IoT Promises a Lot but Without Proper Security, It’s a Pandora’s Box – gadgets.ndtv.com U.S. senators to introduce bill to secure ‘internet of things’ – reuters.com Is The Rise In Technology Worth The Unemployment Side-Effect? – access-ai.com Podcast: IoT is…

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