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Evoteq, Announces the Appointment of Jihad Tayara as its new CEO
Evoteq, a key subsidiary and digital transformation catalyst under the Bee’ah group of companies, has recently announced the appointment of Jihad Tayara as its new Chief Executive Officer. Evoteq, is quickly cementing its position as the region’s premier technology management partner developing impactful and disruptive technology solutions for customers to facilitate operations by increasing efficiency, […]
Smarter City: Intra-Connected Cities Streamlines Wellness
By: Caspar Herzberg, President of Middle East & Africa Region, Schneider Electric Today, cities represent only 2 percent of the planet’s surface but houses approximately 50 percent of the world’s population. Generating 80 percent of the global CO2 emissions, they consume 75 percent of our energy. According to the United Nations, there will be 2.5 […]
GERD LEONHARD: TECHNOLOGY VERSUS HUMANITY
Q. Has the point of no return – where technology has clearly taken over humanity – been reached? A. Not at all. We are still 20-30 years away from truly intelligent machines ie AGI – artificial general intelligence. If you equate that with what is called the Singularity – when machines become limitlessly powerful – that would […]
RICHARD BALDWIN: THE GLOBOTICS UPHEAVAL
Q. What should humans do to prepare for the globotics upheaval? A. The jobs of the future will be doing things that software robots cannot automation – experts think that the most human tasks like creativity, empathy, motivating and managing groups of people, applying ethics, dealing unknown situations and such things will be very hard for […]
Insights from Douglas Coupland – Effects of Consumerism & Technology
Q: What causes you the highest level of anxiety when it comes to looking at the future? What about excitement? A: I don’t get anxiety about the future — I think it’s a terrific place. I’m always baffled when people think the future is somehow doomed. Throughout my entire life, the world has only gotten […]