Bank Branches Set to Disappear From High Streets by 2035 Despite Demand – Full Details
By: Express November 27, 2020 BANK branches and cash points have been one of the main financial casualties of coronavirus as lockdown rules forced industries to adapt. In recent months, the government and financial regulator (FCA) have stepped forward to ensure physical cash use is protected but if current trends continue, bank branches could […]
Covid-19 Spurs National Plans to Give Citizens Digital Identities
By: The Economist December 7, 2020 WHEN MILLIONS of migrant workers were forced by India’s sudden covid lockdown to return to their villages from the cities where they worked, many feared destitution. But Aadhaar, the country’s pioneering biometric ID system, came to the rescue. Under an income scheme for farmers launched in 2014 that […]
Tech Giants May Face Billions of Pounds in Fines From New UK Watchdog
By: The Guardian December 8, 2020 The UK’s new technology regulator should have the power to fine Google, Facebook and other large firms in the industry billions of pounds if they fail to stick to a new code of conduct, according to proposals from the competition regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which will host the […]
DeepMind AI Cracks 50-Year-Old Problem of Protein Folding
By: The Guardian November 30, 2020 Having risen to fame on its superhuman performance at playing games, the artificial intelligence group DeepMind has cracked a serious scientific problem that has stumped researchers for half a century. With its latest AI program, AlphaFold, the company and research laboratory showed it can predict how proteins fold into […]
Pope Francis Urges Followers to Pray That AI and Robots ‘Always Serve Mankind’
By: The Verge November 11, 2020 Pope Francis has asked believers around the world to pray that robots and artificial intelligence “always serve mankind.” The message is one of the pope’s monthly prayer intentions — regular missives shared on YouTube that are intended to help Catholics “deepen their daily prayer” by focusing on particular topics […]
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to Lead Global CEO Group
By: The Hill August 1o, 2020 The Business Council, an association made up of global CEOs, announced Thursday that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will be its new board chairman. Nadella succeeds Nike CEO John Donahoe who was chairman for the 2019 to 2020 term. The council, which is based in Washington, D.C., is […]
How to Deal With Free Speech on Social Media
By: The Economist October 22, 2020 It is the biggest antitrust suit in two decades. On October 20th the Department of Justice (doj) alleged that Google ties up phone-makers, networks and browsers in deals that make it the default search engine. The department says this harms consumers, who are deprived of alternatives. The arrangement is […]
Engineers Create Nanoparticles that Deliver Gene-Editing Tools to Specific Tissues and Organs
By: Phys.org October 8, 2020 One of the most remarkable recent advances in biomedical research has been the development of highly targeted gene-editing methods such as CRISPR that can add, remove, or change a gene within a cell with great precision. The method is already being tested or used for the treatment of patients […]
NHS Using Drones to Deliver Coronavirus Kit Between Hospitals
By: The Guardian October 17, 2020 An NHS drone is being used to courier Covid-19 samples, blood tests and personal protective equipment between hospitals in England. It is hoped that the trials, backed by a £1.3m grant from the UK Space Agency, can establish a network of air corridors for electric drones to navigate using GPS. […]