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9 to 5 by Harley Schwadron for Tue, 08 Dec 2020

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Prudence Foundation Launches Second Edition of SAFE STEPS D-Tech Awards to Find Life-Saving Technologies for Disaster Resilience

Winners will have access to financial support, coaching and networking opportunities to help scale their innovative technology solutions   HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 8 December 2020 – Prudence Foundation, the community investment arm of Prudential in Asia and Africa, together with Humanitarian Partner International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Technology Partner Lenovo, today launches the second edition of the SAFE STEPS […]

BINGO – A Good Partner in High-tech Era – Uses Big Data and AI to Launch One-stop E-shop System

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 8 December 2020 – BINGO(HK) — the best website design company in Hong Kong, launches a new version of website management and online store management system every year. The pandemic in 2020 increased the enterprises’ needs of website application and e-commerce. BINGO(HK) thus upgraded its system and launched its online store system which is much more suitable for the local, Chinese and […]

New Report Highlights Significant Private Sector Opportunities in Scaling Natural Climate Solutions in Southeast Asia

The report spotlights the importance of NCS in climate change mitigation, challenges to NCS investments and country-specific opportunities for businesses   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 8 December 2020 – Conservation International, DBS Bank, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Temasek today jointly released a report on The Business Case for Natural Climate Solutions: Insights and Opportunities for Southeast Asia. The report was launched at a virtual session of Ecosperity Conversations, a […]

Bottomliners by Eric and Bill Teitelbaum for Mon, 07 Dec 2020

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How the US, UK, and China are planning to roll out vaccines

The vaccines are coming. The UK became the first country in the West to approve a covid-19 vaccine for emergency use on December 2, specifically the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine, which has completed phase 3 trials. But the US, the EU, and many other countries are expected to follow suit in the following days and…

Andertoons by Mark Anderson for Mon, 07 Dec 2020

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9 to 5 by Harley Schwadron for Mon, 07 Dec 2020

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Xero Awards 2020: Asia celebrates excellence in the accounting, bookkeeping and corporate secretarial industry in Asia

Awards submissions more than double previous year in strong indication of the rapidly increasing adoption of online accounting and business solutions by firms throughout the region   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 7 December, 2020 – Xero, the global small business platform, today revealed the winners of the Xero Awards 2020: Asia. The annual Awards recognise the contributions of Xero’s accounting, bookkeeping, and corporate secretarial partners in Asia, as well […]

Asia Pacific Financial Services Industry organizations’ maturity in adopting innovation has ensured resilience amid the pandemic: Microsoft Study

70% of all FSI organizations in Asia Pacific say innovation is now a ‘must’, and over 6 in 10 FSI organizations (66%) are accelerating digitization in response to the crisis FSI Leaders[1], with the most mature culture of innovation, are more resilient and expect growth despite the pandemic: – 68% of FSI Leaders expect that their organizations will recover from the COVID-19 crisis in six months or less– More […]

Andertoons by Mark Anderson for Sun, 06 Dec 2020

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Over 15 million Fortnite players crammed Battle Buses into Galactus’s gob – GamersHub

Since the start of season 4 Marvel super-villain Galactus has been looming over Fortnite’s island, and last night he arrived….

Bottomliners by Eric and Bill Teitelbaum for Sat, 05 Dec 2020

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The coming war on the hidden algorithms that trap people in poverty

A growing group of lawyers are uncovering, navigating, and fighting the automated systems that deny the poor from housing, jobs, and basic services.

A leading AI ethics researcher says she’s been fired from Google

Timnit Gebru says she’s facing retaliation for conducting research that was critical of Google.

A random walk down Silicon Valley’s pre-IPO deal flow

Matein Khalid 2020 was a spectacular year for investing in late stage technology unicorns and I am proud to have led significant investor syndicates from the Gulf for Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the e-learning marketplace Udemy and Swedish fintech Klarna Bank. The secondary markets for the world’s most successful, most coveted, fastest growing and most disruptive technology companies have now come of age and offer extraordinary opportunities for […]

Andertoons by Mark Anderson for Sat, 05 Dec 2020

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9 to 5 by Harley Schwadron for Sat, 05 Dec 2020

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Bottomliners by Eric and Bill Teitelbaum for Fri, 04 Dec 2020

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Facebook will remove misinformation about covid-19 vaccines

The social media platform says it will remove false claims about vaccines aimed at curbing the pandemic.

Fair value? Fixing the data economy

Each innovation challenges the norms, codes, and values of the society in which it is embedded. The industrial revolution unleashed new forces of productivity but at the cost of inhumane working conditions, leading to the creation of unions, labor laws, and the foundations of the political party structures of modern democracies. Fossil fuels powered a…

Making the workplace safer with innovative covid-19-fighting solutions

As businesses of all sizes welcome a fearful and anxious workforce back to the office, they are simultaneously challenged with ensuring a safe work environment. The stark reality facing business owners still navigating the covid-19 pandemic is the diligence required to limit infectious spread.  Corporations are taking note: plexiglass barriers, clearly marked walkways, and hand-sanitizing…

HPE (Aruba) Positioned as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Wired and WLAN Access Infrastructure, Scores Highest in All Use Cases in Critical Capabilities Report

Positioned as Leader for Fifteenth1 Year Running and Furthest in Vision of All Vendors HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 4 December 2020 – Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (NYSE: HPE), today announced that for the fifteenth year, HPE (Aruba) has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant in Gartner Inc.’s latest “Magic Quadrant for Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure”, and is positioned furthest to the right in […]

Andertoons by Mark Anderson for Fri, 04 Dec 2020

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