Brazil has been in the news for all the wrong reasons since the coronavirus began to ravage Latin America’s largest country. At the heart of the controversy is President Jair Bolsonaro who has provoked a hail of criticism from health experts for his opposition to measures aimed at stifling the spread of the virus. Dismissing…
Since the roll-out of coronavirus-related restrictions, gaming has provided a welcome distraction for people at home looking for social interaction and entertainment. That is why the global video game industry continues to see huge growth in playing time and sales despite the widespread economic disruption triggered by the pandemic. The impressive jump can also be…
The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the need for artificial intelligence solutions as the technology can help businesses run more nimbly and reliably, says a marketing manager at TAIGER, one of Asia’s fastest-growing AI companies. “Big companies are realizing that AI technologies can make them more flexible to adapt better to changes like the ones brought…
As technology is taking giant leaps and bounds, artificial intelligence is sweeping aside old notions of education and human tutors are expected to be sidelined soon. There are many advocates of replacing teachers with AI machines, but Jesper Tække, a Denmark-based university professor, argues that handing over the job of instilling knowledge into young minds…
The advertising boycott on Facebook has resulted in a 12% dive in the stock price since Friday. A couple of weeks ago, Twitter has hidden one of Donald Trump’s tweets behind a “glorifying violence” warning and disabled that tweet’s engaging options. “I don’t think that Facebook or internet platforms, in general, should be arbiters of…
The coronavirus pandemic shook things up in the education sector and gave it a much-needed shock treatment, says a university professor, who believes that an online education model bears the best fruits if used in combination with traditional classroom-based courses. “It has really been a shock therapy because many teachers had not wanted to use…
As the world is coming to grips with the implications of the coronavirus pandemic, the future of the freelancing industry is shrouded in uncertainty. Companies around the world have indeed begun to embrace more remote work, but it does not necessarily mean there will be more job opportunities for freelancers—at least in the short term….
The success of the internet age is riding on the back of many breakthroughs. Besides advanced computer hardware, the software part is critical to the ultimate functioning of the technology industry. Admittedly, software publishers make up the backbone of the technology industry, especially the computing sector. According to a 2015 McKinsey report, the software industry is…
The last three months of the COVID-19 crisis have resulted in the biggest remote work experiment that Landing.Jobs, a Lisbon-based tech company, has ever experienced. Landing.Jobs is a candidate-driven marketplace dedicated to matching the best tech professionals to the best companies all around Europe. The COVID-19 crisis has changed the way people work, forcing some…
A negative connotation is often associated with the word “opportunistic” but it is a great attribute that can prod a company into action and pays off in the long run, says the co-founder of Nerd Monkeys. In an interview with Via News, Diogo said business owners should develop this characteristic while being careful not to…
