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Huawei Uses the Power of AI to Help Deaf Children and Their Parents Learn And Enjoy Reading Together
Huawei Australia recently announced the launch of StorySign, an AI-powered app that helps enrich story time for deaf and hard of hearing children and their parents. This follows the global announcement earlier this month. There are approximately 32 million deaf children globally and around 250...
CES 2019: Honda Creates New Categories of Technology to Enhance Work, Offer Convenience, Reduce Carbon and Save Lives
Returning to CES with new technologies that aim to enhance people’s lives, Honda will showcase a variety of mobility, robotics, energy management, and connected concepts at CES 2019, January 8-11, 2019, that have the potential to create a cleaner, safer, and more convenient world.
The...
HItachi to strengthen Energy Solutions Business with the Aquisiction of ABB's Power Grids Business
Hitachi Ltd. and ABB have recently announced that Hitachi will acquire 80.1% of ABB’s Power Grids unit in an $11 billion deal. Hitachi plans to close the purchase in the first half of 2020, making Power Grids a consolidated subsidiary.
Hitachi has entered into a purchase option to acquire...
Coca-Cola Announces New Investments in Enhanced Recycling as Part of ‘World Without Waste’ Vision
Coca-Cola is taking steps to be at the forefront of the enhanced recycling movement, which can potentially turn packages such as colored PET bottles that may have been excluded from certain recycling streams into brand-new PET bottles.
The Coca-Cola system recently announced two investments...
BASF for the first time makes products with chemically recycled plastics
BASF is breaking new ground in plastic waste recycling with its ChemCycling project. Chemical recycling provides an innovative way to reutilize plastic waste that is currently not recycled, such as mixed or uncleaned plastics.
Depending on the region, such waste is usually sent to landfill or...
ArcelorMittal call for green border adjustment to address climate change while securing the competitiveness of European steel mills
ArcelorMittal recently called for Europe to introduce a green border adjustment whereby steel imported into Europe has the same standards applied on CO2 as European-produced steel under the Emissions Trading System (ETS) regime. The adjustment would call for any shortfall in CO2 emissions to be...
Hyundai Reveals World’s First Smart Fingerprint Technology to Vehicles
Hyundai Motor Company announced the world’s first smart fingerprint technology that allows drivers to not only unlock doors but also start the vehicle. Hyundai plans to implement the technology initially in Santa Fe SUV model that is to be released in select markets on the first quarter of...
Europe pushes for Ethical Artificial Intelligence
In its endeavour to prepare European societies for the digital future, the EU has made progress, but much is still to be done. Loubna Bouarfa is the CEO & Founder of OKRA Technologies and a member of the EU High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence. She provides recommendations to...
Paying tax generates pride among employees
Investors and public sector suppliers are increasingly more aware of the benefits of increased transparency around tax strategy, governance and internal controls. Businesses who take their responsibility in this area seriously say it enhances their employer branding. As CSR Europe will soon...
Future of work: 5 Principles for Sustainable Workforce Transitions
Graduates exiting university will have around 15 jobs in their lifetime, at the same time, a large number of routine and repetitive occupations will be disrupted by technological advancements. These changes will require to rethink employment through the lens of continuous workforce...