Month: January 2022
Twitter bans Marjorie Taylor Greene
Twitter has banned the personal account of far-right US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of the platform’s Covid-19 misinformation policy. The move is the latest strike against the firebrand whose embrace of conspiracy theories has been called “a cancer” for the Republican Party and led the House to boot her from committees. Twitter
The Artificial Intelligence Markets
AI has the potential to add trillions of dollars to the world economy in the next decade, although the impact depends on policymakers and the associated market dynamics. Specific use cases also see more benefits than others, with the big chunks going to customer-centric topline activities such as customer service, recommender systems, pricing, ads and
Future of Retail
The retail store is shifting from a place that provides consumers with lots of stuff, to somewhere they go for exciting experiences. Stores have become a medium. Embracing stores as a medium (SaaM) is not only essential to the survival of brick-and-mortar but is also the future of retail. It’s how retailers can stand out
Tesla Electric Vehicles record
Tesla recorded deliveries of its electric vehicles in 2021’s final quarter and its best-ever total sales volume, getting 936,172 of its namesake cars and crossovers to global customers. According to the company, it delivered 308,600 units, led mainly by growth in Model Y hatchbacks and Model 3 sedans, with pricey Model S and Model X
E-mail Marketing
Email marketing is highly effective, but like any ad-supported medium, it relies on “must-see” content (personal/professional communications) to lure people to their inboxes 15 times a day or more. Marketers will need a combination of technological and tactical innovation to keep the channel relevant when it’s losing its best shows. However, the way people use
Digitization through IOT
The internet of things (IoT) is emerging as the flagbearer of businesses’ quest for digital rejuvenation. With its ability to harness data, the all-important fuel driving modern business, IoT is now seen as the glue that binds human ingenuity and machine intelligence. But the adoption of sensors and other data collection mechanisms is also creating
2022 Moonrush
The cold-war space race between the Soviet Union and America, the latter’s Apollo Moon missions were mostly about making a political and technological point. Having made it, they duly ceased. Now, approaching half a century after astronauts last walked on the Moon, a new age of lunar exploration is dawning. Now, the goal is not
Inflation during the pandemic
When the pandemic struck. There was plenty more quantitative-easing . But the truly novel economic policy was the $10.8trn in fiscal stimulus implemented worldwide, equivalent to 10% of global GDP. The result was high inflation. The rich country that has splurged the most, America, has had the most inflation. With consumer prices rising at an
Israel annexation is encountering little resistance
Mevo hama has magnificent views of three countries. On its western side is a sheer cliff dropping down to the Sea of Galilee and northern Israel. To the south is another steep drop, into Jordan. And across the mountain plateau to the east is Syria.On December 26th the Israeli cabinet posed in front of the
El Salvador : Bitcoin 2022 Surprise
The president of El Salvador has made several bold predictions for bitcoin in 2022, forecasting a major price rally and a “huge surprise” for the cryptocurrency. Nayib Bukele said that he believed the price of bitcoin will more than double to reach $100,000 at some point over the next 12 months, while also speculating that