Category: Society
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Has the Pandemic Impacted Retail Rotation?
Before Covid-19, retail rotation was considered an indicator of a city’s healthy business and retail fabric. Has the pandemic impacted the opening of new shops, or has the process continued, helping businesses stay afloat?
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Buenos Aires is the 2021 recipient of the Smart City Award
The city of Buenos Aires received the City award of 2021 at the Smart City Expo World Congress today. The recognition for the Argentinian capital was announced during the 2021 World Smart City Awards ceremony hosted this afternoon in Barcelona. Eight more awards were given to the most outstanding initiatives and projects in the urban innovation and transformation […]
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UK Railroads Invest in Data Science, AI, and Machine Learning
The oldest rail network in the world, with over 32,000 km. of track, is investing in artificial intelligence and machine learning to streamline maintenance and deal with weather-related challenges. Two months ago, during the AI and Big Data Expo, I had the opportunity to meet Nikolaos (Nick) Kotsis, Chief Data Scientist at Network Rail. At […]
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Web Summit Returned to Lisbon with an impressive lineup
Named the world’s largest and most influential tech conference, the Web Summit came back to Lisbon as an entire physical event. The organization says 42,751 people from 128 countries attended. This year’s event featured over 700 top-notch speakers such as Amazon CTO Werner Vogels, Arm CEO Simon Segars, VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram, and former Facebook […]
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Spanish City Zamora Hosts the First-Ever Silver Tech Summit
On November 27, the Zamora Fair, the province regional authorities, and Rural Innovation Hubs organize the first technology summit for the Silver Economy. The technology summit, gathering several local enterprises, coops, and an impressive lineup of national and international speakers, aims to position technology as the tool to provide services and products for seniors and […]
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MWC Lite came back to Barcelona
After 28 months, Mobile World Congress came back to Barcelona, much smaller and with significant absences, but with a renewed interest in meeting on-site, focusing on 5G, OpenRAN, and massive IoT. It was a strange feeling for most of us attending the show. Almost two and a half years after the last edition, we were […]
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Digital Building Technologies: shaping our future as Human Sensors
Digital building technologies are developing faster than designers, users, and other stakeholders are used to assimilating.
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Eixos Maps London Retail Offering Covid Impact Analysis
The way retailers are distributed across the city plays a vital role in business survival during a recession.
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In Europe, Schools are Suffering Second-Hand Smoke from Outside
A recent study in 11 EU countries shows smoke presence and other signs of tobacco consumption at outdoor entrances of primary schools.
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Are Corporate Headquarters Doomed?
With its corporate headquarters and iconic buildings, the business district now has an uncertain future.