There are legitimate questions about the ethics of employing AI in place of human workers. But what about when there’s a moral imperative to automate? Image: zapp2photo – stockadobe.com It is by now, well-known that artificial intelligence will augment the human worker and, in some instances outright take jobs once handled by humans. A 2019 […]
Avast annual threat landscape report: IoT data will be a major target
In its annual Threat Landscape Report, Avast experts also predict more mobile subscription scams and new attempts to steal IoT data. In the new 2020 release of its annual Threat Landscape Report, Avast predicts criminals will innovate malicious emails by harnessing sophisticated tools; the mobile industry will be hit by more subscription scams; and IoT […]
The installed base of fleet management systems in South Africa to reach 3.2 million units by 2023
According to a new research report from the leading IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of active fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in South Africa reached an estimated 1.6 million in Q4-2018. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.0 percent, this number is expected to reach 3.2 million […]
E-commerce, new industrial policies likely to be released this fiscal: DPIIT Secretary
The DPIIT is working actively on the e-commerce as well as new industrial policies, and both are expected to be released by the end of this fiscal, a top official has said. “I personally feel that both these policies will be ready by this financial year end,” Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade […]
Data-crunching investments by insurers rise 20% in 2019
Insurers are increasing investments in systems to improve data crunching by at least 20% over last year. Most of this is toward subscription of data, build stronger data architecture and for updated technology towards better systems to crunch data. The driving force is the challenges that are emerging due to substandard and unstructured data. “For […]
All-in-one digital repository of official data in the works
An umbrella information portal collating official data on employment, industry, health, GST and trade is in the works, as the government plans to put out timely, credible and user-friendly official data through a single window. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is developing a digital repository of all official statistics in the country, […]
CSC to open 700 centres to push Aadhaar enrolment
Common Service Centres, the government-run digital kiosks, are set to open one new centre in each district — close to 700 centres by next year — to restart Aadhaar enrolment and updation services, a top government official told ET. The centres, mostly in far flung areas, were stopped from providing the services after a security […]
CSCs to open 700 new centres for Aadhaar services
After the government administered digital kiosks in far flung areas of the country were stopped from providing Aadhaar enrolment and updation services following a security issue, the Common Service Centers (CSC) are gearing up to open a new center in district – close to 700 centres by next year — to restart services around the […]
The rise of sexbots and artificial human beings
Looks like technology is triggering an orgasmic growth for the $30 billion sex-tech or human-machine intimacy industry. Leading the charge are sexbots or wire-attached, silicon-based artificial human beings, which are designed to be ideal companions in and out of bed. A range of offerings are in the market already and it will only get better. […]
End of cash is near, cashless currencies are in vogue
The case against cash is clear — expensive to print, difficult to track, prone to theft and an enabler of corruption. Western economies, notably the Nordic countries, have come to depend less and less on cash for transactions. In the UK, cash is used for only 30% of transactions while South Korea plans to phase […]