27Feb/23

GSMA MWC Barcelona 2023 Opens its Doors

GSMA MWC Barcelona 2023, the world’s largest and most influential connectivity event, has today opened its doors at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona. Hosted by the GSMA, MWC Barcelona invites representatives from the global mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries to network, make deals, and learn about the future of connectivity. Continue reading

27Feb/23

LifeLock Offers Up to $3 Million in Identity Theft Coverage and Expanded Social Media Monitoring and Lock and Freeze Center Features

According to the latest Norton Cyber Safety Insights Report, more than 75% of all identity theft victims in 2022 were impacted financially. LifeLock, a leading identity theft protection brand of Gen™ (NASDAQ: GEN), today announced updates to its industry-leading Million Dollar Protection™ Package1, expanded Social Media Monitoring capabilities and new guided freezes and alerts as part of LifeLock’s continued commitment to ensuring members have the most comprehensive plans and support available. Continue reading

27Feb/23

Cisco @ Mobile World Congress: Showcasing Simple and Secure Wireless Experiences to Help Businesses Connect More People and Things

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS — Visitors to the Cisco booth at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona will see and hear how Cisco is working closely with communication service providers, system integrators, and device makers to deliver simple, secure wireless experiences to connect everything, everywhere. Continue reading

27Feb/23

Mobile Industry Deploys Open Network APIs and Prepares for New Era of Digital Services and Mobile Apps

The GSMA today announces a new industry-wide initiative called GSMA Open Gateway, a framework of universal network Application Programmable Interfaces (APIs), designed to provide universal access to operator networks for developers. Launched with the support of 21 mobile network operators, the move represents a paradigm shift in the way the telecoms industry designs and delivers services in an API economy world. Continue reading

27Feb/23

The cockney dialect is not dead – it’s just called ‘Essex’ now

Amanda Cole, University of Essex

As English dialects go, cockney is one of the most influential. Long considered the preserve of working-class communities in east London, it has shaped the way people speak across the country, from Reading, Milton Keynes and even Hull all the way to Glasgow.

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24Feb/23

Chairman of the Board Of Avia Solutions Group Gediminas Ziemelis: Predicted Shortage Of 300,000 Pilots By Decade – Grim Reality Airlines Are Facing

n 2022, aviation surveys and reports by leading aviation bodies predicted an imminent pilot shortage, and the situation has been nothing short of these forecasts. These incredible predictions were chiefly informed by the state of the aviation industry, characterised by massive staff layoffs and grounded operations, which left many pilots with no option but to seek alternative income sources to sustain their lives. However, with the rebound in global passenger travel from the first to the last quarter of 2022 and through 2023, many airlines have continued to struggle with high pilot demands and deficits in pilot supply, starting in Asia and Pacific, North America, the Middle East, and Europe where the shortfall in pilot supply is most acutely felt compared to other regions. Continue reading

23Feb/23

The EU’s AI Act – Innovations Vs Human Rights

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is everywhere. Thanks to a lack of red tape, it’s transforming our homes, economies and cultures – from ChatGPT and virtual DJs, to facial recognition and predictive policing tools.

However, the rise of AI has also come at a significant cost. As we’ve discussed in recent weeks, AI often undermines our privacy, entrenches societal biases, and creates opaque systems that lack accountability.
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21Feb/23

How your brain decides what to think

Valerie van Mulukom, Coventry University

You’re sitting on the plane, staring out of the window at the clouds and all of a sudden, you think back to how a few months ago, you had a heart-to-heart with a good colleague about the pressure you experience at work. How do thoughts seemingly completely unrelated to the present pop into our heads? Why do we remember certain things and not others? Why does our mind go off on tangents and why do we have daydreams?

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