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  • Sourcetable AI Spreadsheet Aims To Democratize Data Analytics

    During the dawn of the PC era, a single program was touted as the “killer app” that fired the market for personal computers. That program was a spreadsheet called VisiCalc. Now, another spreadsheet could have a similar impact on the AI market. Announced Monday, along with US$4.3 million in venture funding, the new spreadsheet, cloud-based Sourcetable,…

  • Collection of Private Data Makes Mobile Apps Fat Target for Hackers

    Mobile applications are quietly attracting more and more malevolent attention — and for good reason. They contain a trove of private information about their users. In the iOS universe alone, 82.78%, or about 1.55 million apps, track private user data, according to the trends tracker Exploding Topics. To read more click here

  • The Algorithmic Tightrope and the Perils of Big Tech’s Dominance in AI

    The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence is both exhilarating and deeply concerning. The sheer power unleashed by these algorithms, largely concentrated within the coffers and control of a handful of tech behemoths — you know, the usual suspects, the ones who probably know what you had for breakfast — has ignited a global debate about…

  • The AI–5G Convergence Is Shaping the Future of Telecom

    Over several decades as an industry analyst, I have followed the evolution of telecom, wireless, broadband, pay TV, and more. Today, a new transformation is taking shape. Artificial intelligence and 5G wireless — both part of the broader telecom ecosystem — are now converging to create intelligent, self-optimizing networks that are reshaping industries from telecommunications…

  • US expands attempt to blow up Google with proposed teardown of its ad technology

    The U.S. Justice Department is doubling down on its attempt to break up Google by asking a federal judge to force the company to part with some of the technology powering the company’s digital ad network. The proposed dismantling coincides with an ongoing federal effort to separate Google’s Chrome browser from its dominant search engine….

  • Japanese tech company Panasonic cuts 4% of its global workforce as profits falter

    The job cuts, amounting to about 4% of its 230,000 workers, will include early retirement offers in Japan and closures and consolidation of various operations, according to the Osaka-based maker of home appliances, such as washing machines and refrigerators. Panasonic also makes solar panels, delivery robots, facial recognition technology, fuel cells for homes and EV…