EU antitrust regulators have asked game developers and distributors if they think Microsoft (MSFT.O) will block their access to Activision Blizzard’s (ATVI.O) games once it has bought the company, an EU document seen by Reuters shows. The U.S. software giant and Xbox maker announced the $69 bi...

Elon Musk said on Monday Twitter Inc will restrict voting on policy-related polls to paying Twitter Blue subscribers, on the same day that users voted decisively in a poll for Musk to step down as chief executive of the social media platform. Musk responded to a suggestion from a Twitter Blue subscr...

Many people have a smartphone and can no longer live without it. An increasing number of people now own a smart appliance or even smart home based on voice assistants such as Alexa or Siri. Businesses are also making better use of the billions of intelligent devices which are connected all around th...

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF), in partnership with various companies, has officially unveiled a loyalty program where its members can access discounts on selected goods and services through the NSSF smart card. The initiative is one of the major features of the NSSF Smart card, a three-in...

Technology that lets outdoor advertisers track people in the street is spreading, though the marketing industry says it is at pains not to invade privacy. The country now has at least 1400 digital billboards and screen-posters, many of them with smart technology. Highly-targeted advertising is ...

Both the FDA and CDC rely on AWS, as does the U.K.’s National Health Service, according to Kass-Hout, who previously served as the FDA’s chief technology officer and first chief health informatics officer in 2013. The Minnesota Health Department also built up a governor’s COVI...

Awave of layoffs have hit the beleaguered American media industry as several major companies, including CNN, BuzzFeed and Gannett, have laid off hundreds of workers in recent weeks citing economic volatility and uncertainty. The job losses are the first major slate of cuts since the beginning o...

A recent Siemens-Qualcomm collaboration announcement of a 5G private network smart building test at Siemens’ Chicagoland offices provides an opportunity to hear from industry analysts on the progress of smart building technology more broadly. [Read More…]...

An online presence is crucial to driving efficiency, loyalty and new customer acquisition in today’s consumer climate. With the holidays upon us, here’s what small business owners should do to prepare. The busiest consumer spending period of the year — the holiday shopping season — i...

I recently provided a two-hour market overview for a small contractor at their annual management offsite meeting. My session covered a lot of ground, including the roles of capture and business development. When we got to that point of the discussion, we threw in sales. When they first posed the que...