The main obstacle to exploiting blockchain technology in the next wave of digital transformation is the huge chasm between the amount of data being generated and the ability of businesses to effectively harness and use it. The global digital supply chain market is projected to grow from $3.92bn in 2020 to
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Elon Musk has fired Twitter’s board of directors and appointed himself as chief executive of the social media giant, according to a company filing. Musk also announced a slash of Twitter verification fee from $20 per month to $8 per month. Elon Musk has become “sole director” of Twitter after finalising
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Eighty-nine percent of board directors say that digital business is now embedded in all business growth strategies, according to a new survey from Gartner. However, just 35% of board directors report that they have achieved or are on track to achieving digital transformation goals. “Boards of directors (BoDs) have reached a
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As the pandemic subsides, many executives and employees are transitioning to the new normal. Companies that transitioned to a remote environment are now opening their offices again and trying to determine how they will operate. Some businesses, like Airbnb, Salesforce, Meta and Google, have stated they will allow people to
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It’s the miracle material that makes cars, computers, and modern medicine possible. It has also corrupted every corner of the environment. The year was 1863, and famous billiard player Michael Phelan was worrying about the sustainability of the very billiard balls that made him a fortune. At the time, the spheres
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A convolutional neural network can evaluate thermal infrared images of human faces and determine with 93% accuracy whether the person is drunk. The system described in the International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems could be implemented in places where drunk driving and drunken behavior are common problems. There are more than a million deaths
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In a storage area on the west end of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory campus is a machine that can measure anything from a jumbo turbine assembly to a tiny centrifuge component—with near-perfect precision. Blake Van Hoy, a researcher in the Enrichment Science and Engineering Division's Dynamic Testing Group, is the
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Paleontologists are condemning the big-money bone trade once again, as a 15-foot-tall Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton is set to be sold at auction to the highest bidder in Hong Kong next month. The dinosaur, initially unearthed in the US, went on display at the Victoria Theatre & Concert Hall in Singapore Friday
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The federal government has announced plans to demolish the Lagos building of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to the ambition of turning the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos to an aerotropolis. Speaking in Lagos, the minister of Aviation,
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As we know, traditional single-factor authentication systems require users to only provide a username and password to access a system network or application. A username and password is easily accessible for a hacker to steal and access your security system. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) requires users to verify their identity with two
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