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Meta Launches AI-Powered Ray-Bans for Users in Europe
Meta // November 18, 2024

Meta AI says its Ray-Ban smartglasses are now available in four European countries. Beginning Monday (Nov. 18), users in France, Spain, Ireland and Italy can use these artificial intelligence (AI)-powered glasses to get answers to questions, with those responses now available in French, Italian and...

Report: Apple Developing AI-Powered Smart Home Device
Apple // November 12, 2024

Apple will reportedly announce a device in a new product category — one that brings together artificial intelligence, apps and smart home functions — as early as March. The device, which is code-named J490, will include a six-inch screen, a camera, a rechargeable battery and internal speakers,...

Low-Orbit Economy Could Be High Stakes for Global Money Movement
Connected Economy // June 24, 2024

Access to the connected economy is the first step in contributing to it. And with the news last week that Starlink, a subsidiary of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has launched a new, low-cost WiFi satellite, there’s a growing impact that Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites —...

Microsoft ‘Doubles Down’ on Cybersecurity to Safeguard Connected Economy
Cybersecurity // April 29, 2024

The cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group, resulting in a $872 million loss to the health insurer, is just one example of the evolving cyberthreat landscape in today’s connected economy. Beyond mere operational disruptions, such incidents reveal the profound financial ramifications of cybersecurity breaches. In response to these escalating threats, organizations are...

Interviews & Exclusives
Could Micropayments Be the Next Frontier for B2B Commerce?

December 10, 2024
Innovation is continually redefining the parameters of what’s possible in business-to-business (B2B) payments. And across today’s operating landscape, one defined by digital transformation and real-time decision-making, sometimes it’s the smallest innovations in payments that can have an outsize impact. Enter: micropayments. As B2B industries such as manufacturing, logistics, marketplace eCommerce, cross-border facilitation, and more prioritize […]

AI 1.0 Is Already Accelerating Industry 4.0’s Innovation Pace

December 01, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) is giving industry 4.0 a shot in the arm.  The bleeding edge computing innovation is driving future-fit efficiencies within historically fragmented and labor-intensive industries, slotting productively into the...

10 Ways Regulation Could Shake Up the Digital Economy in 2022

January 05, 2022
In 2021, regulators and policymakers around the world launched different regulatory initiatives on a wide range of topics from FinTech to crypto, privacy and artificial intelligence. In TechREG, we expect...

Mastercard Says AI Key In Managing IoT Data Deluge — And Thwarting Cyberfraud

May 10, 2021
Data, data everywhere – accumulating exponentially, as we have gone increasingly digital. A fact to file away under “mind-boggling stats:” We as humans create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every...

Quick Reads
Meta Launches AI-Powered Ray-Bans for Users in Europe

November 18, 2024
Meta AI says its Ray-Ban smartglasses are now available in four European countries. Beginning Monday (Nov. 18), users in France, Spain, Ireland and Italy can use these artificial intelligence (AI)-powered glasses to get answers to questions, with those responses now available in French, Italian and Spanish, as well as in English. “With Meta AI on […]

Report: Apple Developing AI-Powered Smart Home Device

November 12, 2024
Apple will reportedly announce a device in a new product category — one that brings together artificial intelligence, apps and smart home functions — as early as March. The device, which...

Microsoft/Vodafone $1.5 Billion Deal Will Help Expand M-Pesa

January 16, 2024
Microsoft and Vodafone have launched a $1.5 billion payments and AI-focused collaboration. The partnership will see the companies employ Microsoft’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance Vodafone’s customer experience, Microsoft...

EU Proposes Tougher Cybersecurity for ‘Internet of Things’ Products

September 07, 2022
A proposed European Union bill will fine makers of “internet of things” (IOT) products if they don’t meet stringent rules aimed at cutting down on cyberattacks, the Financial Times (FT)...