A pair of projects that aim to transform how Canada competes globally in the automobility industry have collided in the birthplace of the country’s auto industry: Windsor. There is now a digital twin of the Project Arrow vehicle, a zero-emission Canadian made concept vehicle spearheaded by the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA). The virtual model of the fully rendered Arrow… Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2021
‘Deepfake is the future of content creation’
A few months ago, millions of TV viewers across South Korea were watching the MBN channel to catch the latest news. At the top of the hour, regular news anchor Kim Joo-Ha started to go through the day’s headlines. It was a relatively normal list of stories for late 2020 – full of Covid-19 and… Read more »
Tech trends in 2021: Fast planes and homeworking
Next year could be uncomfortable for the bosses of the world’s biggest technology firms. Efforts are accelerating to curb the power of Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google owner Alphabet. Authorities, particularly in the US and Europe, are already getting tougher over competition issues and that is likely to be a key battleground in 2021. However,… Read more »
Provinces aren’t using COVID Alert app properly or widely enough, says report
The federal government is urging the provinces to use its COVID Alert app properly and more widely after a new report said that only five per cent of those who have tested positive for the virus have been given the information required to register their results. An interim report from a federal advisory council said that while the app has… Read more »
Behavior-As-A-Service Uses Digital Body Language To Fight Fraud, Increase Conversion
When a customer walks into a physical location to transact, a whole host of behavioral data becomes available to whatever entity is serving them. Are they acting interested, engaged and prepared? Or do they appear to be casing the joint and attempting to memorize the location of the security cameras? That behavioral data can then be used… Read more »
Like a good deal? Maybe a hagglebot can help
Earlier this month, the Olympics for hagglebots was held: the 11th annual competition for artificial intelligence (AI) that has been trained to negotiate. Called the Automated Negotiating Agent Competition, it pits more than 100 participants from Japan, France, Israel, Turkey and the United States against one another, in five leagues. This would have been held… Read more »
Gig workers group opposes Uber’s new pitch to provinces, say it lacks fair pay
Uber Technologies Inc. wants provinces to force the tech giant and other app-based companies to offer gig workers some benefits through a new proposal, but an advocacy group says the plan will still leave them paid less than minimum wage and with no job security. Uber’s pitch was unveiled Wednesday and is called Flexible Work+…. Read more »
How Bitcoin’s vast energy use could burst its bubble
For Bitcoin, it isn’t just the digital asset’s price that has hit an all-time high. So has its energy footprint. And that’s caused blowback for Mr Elon Musk, who recently bought $1.5 billion of Bitcoin, as the scale of the currency’s environmental impact becomes clearer. It also helped prompt a series of high profile critics… Read more »
Cryptocurrencies: Why Nigeria is a global leader in Bitcoin trade
Tola Fadugbagbe recalls moving to Lagos from his small south-western town 10 years ago with dreams of brighter prospects. Instead, the 34-year-old ended up in a series of odd jobs earning the minimum wage to survive – a typical story for many young Nigerians who are just trying to get by. It was not until… Read more »
Unleashing the future: Shell adds a team of robodogs to its Scotford operations
A dog training academy is teaching new tricks to a pair of very special dogs and their human handlers at Shell’s Scotford Complex. But with their abilities to open doors and take photos, the four-legged robots named Bolt and Gadget are clearly a cut above the average canine. “The intent is to use them for some… Read more »
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