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5 predictions for 2022: High-performance computing will break into the clouds, but quantum will continue baby steps
At the start of 2022, we bring you a series of episodes that pull together the five most interesting predictions we found in multiple areas in tech. Today we look at high-performance computing, in which the processing power of a billion-billion calculations per second is close to reality. As to quantum computing, real-world problem solving is still far away, experts say
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5 predictions for 2022—autonomous mobile robots will step out and drones will go everywhere
At the start of 2022, we bring you a series of episodes that pull together the five most interesting predictions we found in multiple areas in tech. Today we look at robotics, where vital technologies, such as simulation, are advancing and investments in others, such as tactile sensors, are set to increase. Most commentary suggests adoption will continue to be driven by industrial use cases, but robots will move well beyond factory floors
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5 predictions for 2022 — Bitcoin may crash or pop, and DAOs will gain ground
At the start of 2022, we bring you a series of episodes that pull together the five most interesting predictions we found in multiple areas in tech. In this episode, we look at blockchains, crypto, and Web 3, after a year in which these all saw unprecedented advancement. Experts can't agree on whether Bitcoin will nosedive or surge to never before highs in 2022. On the whole, though, all things digitally decentralised will get a lot more attention this year
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5 predictions for 2022—artificial intelligence and machine learning will go mainstream
At the start of 2022, we bring you a series of episodes that pull together the five most interesting predictions we found in multiple areas in tech. In this episode, we focus on AI and machine learning, which experts around the world expect will go mainstream and impact multiple industries much more significantly. From manufacturing to human language, in 2022, everything will begin to change in ways that might help us, but also challenge us
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India offers $10 bln to chip makers; Tiger's first startup deal in Pakistan has a woman founder; Log4J — the worst is yet to come
India is offering a Rs. 76,000 crore ($10 billion) package to global semiconductor companies to create a comprehensive ecosystem for chip design, packaging and manufacturing, Economic Times reports. Tiger Global has made its first startup investment in Pakistan. Plus, the Log4J exploit discovered last week could be one of the worst in computer history, Wired reports
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Climate tech investments ignoring emissions; WhatsApp takes UPI to 500 villages in India; plus, Minecraft hits its trillionth view
Investment in climate tech is rising as an emerging asset class, with a total of $87.5 billion invested in the second half of 2020 and first half of 2021, PwC says in a new report, which also says that money isn't focusing on direct emissions-curbing tech; WhatsApp is bringing UPI based payments to 500 villages in India. And Minecraft gets its trillionth view
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Elon Musk is Time's Person of the Year; NSO could shut Pegasus; Apple faces probe; Flipkart again invests in Ninjacart
Elon Musk is Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year' for 2021. Musk's startup rocket company, SpaceX, has blasted past Boeing and others. His electric car company, Tesla, controls two-thirds of the multibillion-dollar EV market it pioneered. It is valued at $1 trillion, the magazine points out. Israeli spyware company NSO Group could shut its Pegasus unit, Bloomberg reports. Plus, Apple faces a probe over a whistleblower, FT reports
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India PM Modi's Twitter account 'briefly compromised'; EU may okay Microsoft-Nuance deal; 'Ubiquitous' software flaw found
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter account was "briefly compromised," according to a statement from his office, on Sunday. It has since been secured. The EU may okay Microsoft's planned purchase of Nuance, Reuters reports. Plus, cyber experts around the world have warned of a widely accessible software vulnerability in a popular piece of code, Log4j 2, written in the Java language
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Biden signs order for the US to buy electric; Amazon fined $1.3 bln in Italy; Architect Balkrishna Doshi named for RIBA gold medal 2022
US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on December 8 outlining a multi-billion-dollar plan for the federal government to achieve 'net zero' by 2050, The Verge reports. Amazon has been fined $1.28 billion in Italy for anti-competitive behaviour. Tim Berners-Lee's startup raises funding. Plus, Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi has been named for the RIBA gold medal for 2022
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General Bipin Rawat—India mourns death of first Chief of Defence Staff in a helicopter crash
General Bipin Rawat (63), India's first Chief of Defence Staff, his wife Madhulika, and 11 other military personnel were killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday. The Russian-made Mi-17V5 helicopter crashed near Coonoor municipality, in the Nilgiri hills, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The exact cause of the crash, which happened in foggy weather around noon, isn't clear yet, and an investigation is on
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Facebook sued by Rohingya for $150 bln; AWS had an outage; Microsoft adds dark mode to Notepad; 5G may interfere with aeroplane altimeters
Facebook, now called Meta, is being sued for more than $150 billion by dozens of Rohingya refugees in the UK and US, accusing the social media giant of allowing hate speech against them to spread, BBC reports. Amazon Web Services, the world's biggest cloud services provider, had an outage on Tuesday centred around its US-East-1 region (data centre). Plus, for Notepad lovers, Microsoft has added a dark mode