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  A tangled web

  Life, James Hein, Published on 18/12/2019

  » Yes, it is the time of year where we see how well I did at predictions for 2019.

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  A tiny giant

  Life, Komsan John Jandamit, Published on 12/02/2020

  » Being a geek (or a nerd) since I was a wee one, practical and useful gadgets in my day were mostly huge and nearly always stationed in one place. Having all my personal tools and tech with me on the go at all times to play and work has been my dream.

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  Big firms fuzzy on their AI thinking

  Life, James Hein, Published on 28/10/2020

  » Everything you see these days is AI enabled in some way, or according to the marketing they must be. Software, fridges, cancer detection and lots of other examples are all based on some kind of AI implementation. Google, Microsoft and all the big players are heavily invested in at least the buzzword, but the proof of delivery as promised is elusive.

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  Speedy, not pricey

  Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 30/04/2021

  » Buying a phone on a budget usually means having to set your expectations low. After all, you can't expect to get the same features as the latest high-end release on a mid-tier phone. Though the new Samsung Galaxy A52 doesn't match the superior quality of its S Series siblings, which is a given, it still gives you more value for your buck than you would imagine.

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  Google bets on offline stores

  Life, James Hein, Published on 09/06/2021

  » Google is looking to venture into the area where Microsoft failed but Apple still does well, the brick-and-mortar retail store. The first of these will be opened in Chelsea, New York, allowing customers to find their devices like Pixel phones and Pixelbooks, Fitbits and Nest at a physical location. All subject to the latest Covid rules of course.

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  IT predictions for 2022 and beyond

  Business, Published on 20/01/2022

  » Three key aspects stand out among the lessons business and IT leaders have learned during the ongoing disruption and uncertainty -- the push toward human-centricity, the race to resilience and the ability to reach beyond expectations, according to Gartner Inc.

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  Moving images to the next level

  Life, James Hein, Published on 16/03/2022

  » Let's start this week with a couple of software and technology announcements. The first is from the developer Dominic Szablewski. He has developed a simple, new image format. You will have heard of PNG, JPEG, MPEG, MOV and MP4, which he calls complex. Enter the Quite OK Image Format (QOI). Most of the older formats are closed, need libraries and a lot of computing power to implement and use.

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  Malaysia's digital challenges

  Asia focus, Published on 04/04/2022

  » The digitisation of the global economy has been helping many businesses to thrive in ways not possible just a decade ago. At a time of fragile economic recovery, digital technologies such as e-commerce platforms can play an important role in promoting trade expansion, notably cross-border trade, as well as productivity gains.

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  Russians switch to homegrown social media amid Ukraine crackdown

  Published on 11/04/2022

  » TBILISI/BERLIN: When YouTube stopped users in Russia from monetising their clips following the invasion of Ukraine, George Kavanosyan, a Moscow-based environmentalist with 60,000 followers on the platform tried to switch to its local equivalent, RuTube.

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  When AI is not smart enough for the job

  Life, James Hein, Published on 14/09/2022

  » I was wondering what to write about this week and then I saw the Japanese Amazon story and how it relates to artificial intelligence. Labour unions in Japan have been a thing since World War II, but delivery drivers for Amazon Japan were not unionised, until recently.

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