Essentials, the Influencers Review
Essentials extracts for you the best content selected & published by the influencers of the industry to highlight only the news you can't afford to miss about innovation & the digital disruption.
Future of Work
RT @DeepLearn007: A Good Summary: Artificial Intelligence Use Cases
#AI #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #BigData #Fintech #Insurtech #Marketing #Datascience #ML #DL #Robotics #HealthTech #IoT #tech
https://t.co/XgKthQ4VEI https://t.co/VcSloiJs5t
OpenArtificial Intelligence Use Cases
A look at some of the biggest and best Artificial Intelligence use cases, with an eye toward portraying the competitive advantage of AI.
RT @IanLJones98: What are The 11 EmergingTech components of the #Industry40 framework? https://t.co/qEZGiiWIPZ
#DataAnalytics #DL #BigData #IIoT #AI #DataScience #IoT #ML #Analytics #DigitalTransformation #EmergingTech
By @PwC via @MikeQuindazz cc @guzmand @helene_wpli @alvinfoo @antgrasso https://t.co/VT2rwLaFtA
OpenIndustry 4.0: Building the digital enterprise
in cost and efficiency gains US$907 bn in annual digital investments 2 2016 Global Industry 4.0 Survey Contents 04 06 What we mean by Industry 4.0 Introduction 26 27 Map out your Industry ...
21% of enterprises lack confidence in their skills and talent required for #4IR and #EmergingTechnologies. Link >> https://t.co/qtAUwY6gYf @MikeQuindazzi @Barclays via @antgrasso #AI #Robotics #Drones #Blockchain #RPA #VR #AR #IoT #BigData #DataScience #digitaltransformation https://t.co/ls5944KHiU
OpenIntelligent manufacturing: an industrial revolution for the digital age
Intelligent manufacturing: an industrial revolution for the digital age Contents 3 Executive summary 6 From Third to Fourth Industrial Revolution 9 Two alternative futures 12 ...
Future of Mobility
RT @MaaS_Alliance: moovel: Mobility-as-a-Service pioneer has five million users https://t.co/0QrirWhqYa lähteestä @moovelde
Openmoovel: Mobility-as-a-Service pioneer has five million users
moovel Group products are used by five million people. The Daimler subsidiary is a Mobility-as-a-Service pioneer.
Recently we published a White Paper with @juniperresearch. We would like to invite you to a webinar reviewing key findings from the study on Thursday, August 16th. Register here #mobility #MaaS #urbanmobility #futuretransportation https://t.co/bE9sRJPd2m
OpenWebinar "Exploring Mobility-As-A-Service (MaaS): The New Era of Urban Mobility"
Event starts: Thursday, August 16, 2018 04:00 PM Europe/London
[email protected] founder @rmchase writes about @Bruce_Schaller's recent study on #ridehailing in US cities, suggesting that rather than capping TNC services, policy should try to head off low-occupancy car trips of all kinds https://t.co/hE70pwzr6A
OpenDon’t Blame Ride-Hailing for Traffic Congestion
Cities have been congested and transit has been poorly used for years before ride-hailing companies set up shop.
Future of Money
RT @InsurTECH_Book: Check our #Insurtechbook website, all of our co-authors are listed with their bios and links with chapter headings https://t.co/HnqBOkjWmm #Insurtech #Insurance #Ondemand #IoT #Blockchain #Trends https://t.co/Cekdnr5OC8
OpenInsurTECH
Sabine L. B. VanderLinden is the CEO and Managing Director of Startupbootcamp InsurTech, Europe’s leading early-stage and independent accelerator for insurance technology start-ups, ...
RT @sbcFinTech: #FintechRadar of #Mexico is now available! There are more than 300 #startups #Fintech in the country and it is (again) the 2nd most important FinTech ecosystem in #LatAm, by @finnovista https://t.co/0JPZfezQlT
OpenMexico exceeds the barrier of 300 Fintech startups and reinforces its position as the second most important Fintech ecosystem in Latin America
In only 12 months, 125 new Fintech startups have been born in Mexico, strengthening its position as one of the main Fintech ecosystems in the region of Latin America, driven mainly by the ...
RT @sbmeunier: Retail Banking is Being Displaced, Diminished and Disintermediated. #banking #fintech #innovation @FinancialBrand MT @JimMarous
➡️https://t.co/32GXgw0P7w https://t.co/lMU5bsHUQ7
OpenIs the Banking Industry Living on Borrowed Time?
Are banks prepared to compete with the increasing threat from digital financial start-ups?
Essentials
Future of Work Future of Mobility Future of Money Future of News & Journalism Future of Energy Future of Food Future of AI & Machine Learning Future of Climate Future of Hacking & Cybersecurity Cars of the Future Space Tech Essentials Swiss Innovation Legal Cannabis News & Trends Digital Transformation in Banking Bitcoin Futures 5G Mobile News Smart Cities IT & CIO Trends
Future of News & Journalism
RT @cwarzel: Here is Alex Jones (as we speak) doing exactly what experts like @noUpside told me propagandists would do: use the simple existence of audio/video manipulation tech to cast doubt/disorient/muddle reality https://t.co/bKAITWHQQF https://t.co/LTjHlpQ3lQ
OpenHe Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse.
"What happens when anyone can make it appear as if anything has happened, regardless of whether or not it did?"
Alan Rusbridger in Conversation with Stewart Purvis
Alan Rusbridger is one of the modern editorial greats of the British Press. His time at the Guardian was unique and ground-breaking. For starters, it exposed phone-hacking, published ...
Read Nieman Lab stories in other languages — and help us translate them into more!
Did you know you can read many Nieman Lab stories in Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish? Over the past couple of years, through the help of ...
Future of Energy
RT @MaceGroup: We’re committed in using 100% #renewable electricity.
Join us in signing up to #RE100 and let's send a strong market signal around demand for clean energy: https://t.co/PiLgghkqqK #responsiblebusiness #StepUp2018 @theRE100 @ClimateGroup https://t.co/lYIXxvMFFU
OpenStates, regions, cities and businesses in new call to action on the transition to clean energy
States, regions, cities and businesses in new call to action on the transition to clean energy
Arizona's politics over renewable energy have always been contentious. As the state considers adding new targets, this year is no different. https://t.co/Cv61MEJQSR
OpenInside Arizona’s Latest Clash Over Renewable Energy Targets
Arizona's politics over renewable energy have always been contentious. As the state considers adding new targets, this year is no different. There are two proposals to increase Arizona’s ...
Great news - renewable energy procurement by US corporates has hit an all-time-high record in 2018. #RE100 #EV100 @theRE100 https://t.co/CRA36X9vuY
OpenUS Corporate Renewable Energy Procurement Hits Record High
The Rocky Mountain Institute's Business Renewables Center recently reported US corporate renewable energy procurement achieved a new record in 2018, with 3.57 gigawatts of announced clean ...
Future of Food
RT @PHAnews: [email protected]'s @DaniNierenberg says innovation in food is popping up in kitchens, in board rooms, in town halls, in fields -- everywhere. So what's causing it? @TuftsNutrition takes a look: https://t.co/YZyJMldTk9 https://t.co/PerI5B1dS9
OpenBuilding a Brighter Food Future
Instead of trying to revamp the food system from the top down, entrepreneurs are building innovative solutions from the ground up. Smart ideas are bubbling up everywhere, as Danielle ...
Oh no, not enough potatoes for Belgian frites due to drought https://t.co/tb3VvZYRxC https://t.co/me6G86JQMg
OpenSevere drought means Belgium may not have enough potatoes for its famous frites
Lack of rain has reduced potato crop yields to a third of what they usually are.
ICYMI: Food Waste Startup Apeel Sciences Closes $70M Series C, Former Whole Foods Exec Joins Board https://t.co/4iOVBLZCQh @apeelsciences https://t.co/ewq29jtGNe
OpenApeel Sciences Closes $70M Series C. Former Whole Foods Exec Joins Board
Apeel Sciences, a Goleta, Calif.-based startup backed by both Bill Gates and Andreessen Horowitz, has raised a $70 million Series C in its effort to keep avocados ripe a little longer. ...
Future of AI & Machine Learning
RT @mims: Some advocates of deep learning/AI say it will soon master all simple human mental tasks.
But what if we've barely scratched the surface of what human intelligence is capable of, and engineers have decades of learning and biomimicry yet to come?
https://t.co/EVmTgLHaf2
OpenShould Artificial Intelligence Copy the Human Brain?
The biggest breakthrough in AI, deep learning, has hit a wall, and a debate is raging about how to get to the next level.
RT @FrankPasquale: "When decisions are made automatically without any way for people to understand the reasoning, to check the way power acts & potentially discriminates, there is no longer any political debate apart from whether to fall in line or to abolish the system."
https://t.co/gSrpbIkN8b
Opentante — Artificial Saviors
tante Content Warning: The following text references algorithmic systems acting in racist ways towards people of color. Artificial intelligence and thinking machines have been key ...
Thoughtful article by my colleagues @SophieCFischer and @JadeFLeung on the Pentagon's new Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC): https://t.co/CNdpdlLdow
OpenJAIC: Pentagon debuts artificial intelligence hub
The Defense Department is initiating a whole new approach to artificial intelligence, and maybe even to technology development and procurement. But in the long run, the new program’s most ...
Future of Climate
@ArnMenconi @chrislhayes For more, 2 essays by me on 30 years of climate change learning, a short one in @natgeo: https://t.co/2velQC1ACG and a deeper dive in @ISSUESinST https://t.co/hJqaI0jM9s. And of course that 1988 cover story, replete with a tobacco ad on the back cover: https://t.co/DUUZ2O92hW https://t.co/L6eKU7f31T
OpenMy Climate Change
In 2003, after several years of trying, I made that North Pole trip, spending three days with scientists camped on the drifting sea ice near the North Pole, studying the shifting ocean ...
@heyjohnryan My interest is Jon Keeley's work, and the solid argument that politicians are shirking duties if invoking climate change & not factors that can be addressed on near-term time scales (Why? The https://t.co/IQZBC8ejnx issue.) I saw the @lisamkrieger story via Maue tweet. I RT'ed.
OpenMIT Climate Policy Vets on Tough Global Warming Realities
[Excuse shaky video; shot mainly for note taking; but interesting points!] Two veteran environmental economists at MIT, John Reilly (left) and Henry "Jake" J...
RT @ClimateCentral: Rising temperatures are bringing ethnic tensions to a boil in Central Asia https://t.co/vVAqDucLBL via @NautilusMag https://t.co/uXyVV3fzHV
OpenWhen Climate Change Starts Wars
The Kyrgyz soldier stepped quietly out of the dark green bushes and swung his Kalashnikov rifle in the direction of our car. Another…
Future of Hacking & Cybersecurity
RT @pattonadams: @iDefense Program Manager @robcoderre on cyber crime trends: expect low and slow activity, prepare for the long haul. Know your crown jewels, your enemies, and your backup plan. #BHUSA @AccentureSecure https://t.co/edNlxmE8iR https://t.co/SJV7gWFxBU
OpenAccenture releases mid-year Threatscape report that identifies five global #cybersecurity threats to watch
Accenture mid-year Threatscape Report identifies five global cybersecurity threats.
DeepLocker AI-powered malware demoed at Black Hat https://t.co/ipc3iReWUK #BlackHat2018 #BlackHatUSA
OpenShould I infect this PC, wonders malware. Let me ask my neural net...
How does it work? Nobody really knows what goes on in the black box
Join us for today’s webinar, Securing Multicloud and Hybrid Networks with Stealthwatch Cloud, to learn how you can effectively secure your multicloud environment. It starts at 10am PT/1pm ET. Register now! https://t.co/5XWtzEEmvn https://t.co/PofmrMdLM2
OpenCisco Security Webinars.
Cisco Security Webinars. The New Security Model: Before, During, and After an Attack.
Cars of the Future
38th-ranked Valley Metro transit - even first-ranked transit in US far from great by international stds. Won't increase transit use unless transit gets better. So why would anyone take AV from @Waymo to transit unless no parking, it's super cheap or free? https://t.co/rWG7oiiFy4
OpenWaymo’s Phoenix Project Could Tell Us If Self-Driving Cars Can Improve Public Transportation
Waymo will give people lifts to their nearest bus stop or light rail station.
How autonomous ridesharing will reshape our cars, cities, and lives
Ridesharing is changing the way people around the world build their cities, design their cars, and choose to get around. As people choose shared rides, automakers will design their cars to ...
Autonomous vehicles won't only kill jobs. They will create them, too https://t.co/4JObntaB9o @CNBC #AutonomousVehicles #SelfDrivingCars
OpenAutonomous vehicles won't only kill jobs. They will create them, too
New technology often sparks fear over the jobs that could be eliminated.
Space Tech Essentials
RT @richardbranson: The future of our children is important and so is the future of the planet – so I couldn’t be prouder that Galactic Unite is investing in that future https://t.co/lRo6AHNOsF @VirginGalactic https://t.co/RB6EK5mAQ2
OpenInvesting in the future of space exploration
Maja is a former top tennis pro on the WTA circuit and also heads up Galactic Unite – the brainchild of Virgin Galactic’s Future Astronauts, conceived back in 2010 over dinner on ...
NASA Announces New Partnerships to Develop Space Exploration Technologies https://t.co/IiSyJoJOjY via @spacecom
OpenNASA Announces New Partnerships to Develop Space Exploration Technologies
“While these key technologies will support NASA’s science and human exploration missions in the future, these awards are yet another example of NASA’s commitment to our nation’s growing ...
NASA Announces New Partnerships to Develop Space Exploration Technologies https://t.co/QLZRzYk8zG
OpenNASA Announces New Partnerships to Develop Space Exploration Technologies
NASA Announces New Partnerships to Develop Space Exploration Technologies - SpaceRef
Swiss Innovation
RT @OZWEGames: VOTE for the panels 👉🏻 Help us bring these fantastic Swiss Ideas to SXSW in Austin 2019!!!
https://t.co/NfE5nwbcRB
@swissnexSanFrancisco @swissnexBoston @ProHelvetia.
@CERN @ETH_en @CtrlMovie @Sundanceorg @NASA @UofT #vote #Swiss #ideas #Austin2019 #thefuture
OpenHelp Us Bring Swiss Ideas to SXSW!
Mónica Bello, Head of [email protected], CERN Ruth Jarman, Artist, Semiconductor Joe Gerhardt, Artist, Semiconductor How Gramazio & Kohler Build the Future Gramazio Kohler Research is pioneering ...
Brazil to welcome ten Swiss #sciencepreneurs. #AITBrazilCamp @swissnexBrazil @StartupHSG https://t.co/jTTCK1tVwi | The Swiss Startup News channel https://t.co/PfzFPNhnve https://t.co/pBZSJBhtTS
OpenBrazil to welcome Swiss sciencepreneurs
Ten Swiss sciencepreneurs from various industries are selected for the AIT Brazil program. They will travel to Brazil to acquire skills and knowledge to facilitate the transformation of ...
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: A career in entrepreneurship seems to be gaining more acceptance among the Swiss population, but internationally its level of attractiveness does not yet rank at the top. https://t.co/hGWmQEUASF https://t.co/0twICYFi0U https://t.co/RnjcFwvMA1
OpenSwiss founders expect high growth
Swiss founders tend to have higher growth expectations than founders in comparable countries and only a few founders give up their start-up projects. However despite a mature start-up ...
Legal Cannabis News & Trends
The Big Players of Legal Cannabis
The cannabis industry has been booming with a massive amount of propensity toward the future for some time now, but several companies have come to light with large market caps and even ...
RT @MarijuanaMoment: Another study shows legal cannabis doesn't increase youth use (Newsletter: August 9, 2018)
Marijuana Moment adds entertainment coverage; Congressman talks employment protections; ND Supreme Court takes up CBD case https://t.co/a6GOLr4G0T https://t.co/HBNQifsZlK
OpenAnother study shows legal cannabis doesn’t increase youth use (Newsletter: August 9, 2018)
Marijuana Moment adds entertainment coverage; Congressman talks employment protections; ND Supreme Court takes up CBD case Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox ...
North Dakota likely to vote on legal cannabis this year (Newsletter: August 8, 2018) https://t.co/u2Xo02hTeb via @MarijuanaMoment https://t.co/p0JeEumbzz
OpenNorth Dakota likely to vote on legal cannabis this year (Newsletter: August 8, 2018)
US territory lawmakers approve legalization; DC police data sheds light on marijuana enforcement; Prohibitionist funder contradicts herself Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s ...
Digital Transformation in Banking
RT @JimMarous: [Hey, NYC Followers]
Join me for a roundtable dinner where I will be discussing how to prepare for the future of #banking.
Register today to learn more:
https://t.co/9nPJMAfq9A
#NewYorkBankers
#banking #fintech #finserv #DigitalTransformation
@currentbyge https://t.co/0tjKHCwjtV
OpenFuture of Banking
Roundtable Dinner Embrace Change, Accept Risk and Transform Yourself With the massive changes in consumer expectations, delivery channels and digital technologies, you can no longer use ...
RT @FintechVN: Digital Banking Sees Prosperous Future in Vietnam https://t.co/C9Pflu2BoI #digitalbanking #fintech #banking #payments #startups #wecash https://t.co/m53A7l478v
OpenDigital Banking Sees Prosperous Future in Vietnam
Digital Bank: In Vietnam, digital banking solutions are appreciated for their convenience and time savings, and while the growth is real and strong, there is still plenty of opportunities.
RT @stratorob: Why blockchain is essential to the future of banking and #finance https://t.co/VIHv4Nx5Nx
OpenWhy blockchain is essential to the future of banking and finance
Blockchain will begin to transform financial transactions in 2018. Lighthouse Partners' Pete Harris explains how this technology works, and what businesses can do to get started using it.
Bitcoin Futures
Bitcoin dev finds potentially crippling security flaw in Bitcoin Cash
A massive security vulnerability was found in Bitcoin Cash that, if exploited, would have crippled its blockchain with a bad block.
We're hiring! The Research #Intern role will support our flagship #StateOfBlockchain report. #jobs https://t.co/baV4emybGR https://t.co/83StpCd4zw
OpenResearch Intern
CoinDesk is seeking paid full-time time interns to support our growing team. This position is based in New York City and is available for fall 2018.…
5G Mobile News
3GPP 5G Security via @3GPPLive - https://t.co/1r6xrpg1y0 #NewRadio #NR #NSA https://t.co/AzRSB6347V
Open3GPP 5G Security
NR) serves as secondary radio access technology with User Equipments (UEs) connected to both radios. The Radio Access Network (RAN) is separated into distributed units (DU) and central ...
@gsacom Latest #5G report cited by @AndroidAuth and @rcrwirelessnews https://t.co/fbzy3trNJm
and https://t.co/urup2Ngd1W https://t.co/4y73qelOfM
OpenForget mmWave, Wi-Fi is the real 5G
According to a GSA report, most of the world's 5G spectrum won't be in mmWave, it will be based on existing mid and low band technologies.
Do you know the 10 new terms that will help define the future of #5G? Don't miss our new 5G Glossary of Terms eBook. https://t.co/5NBhT5Xmow https://t.co/JqD132aX5P
Open10 new terms that will help define the future of 5G
5G is coming, and with it a host of new terms and acronyms. We try to make sense of it all with definitions for the ones that matter most for the future of 5G network architectures.
Smart Cities
What makes a city smart? Water, health, mobility, energy, waste, and food & agriculture. Get involved in the @IEEESmartCities Technical Community today to help move the world toward #smartcities: https://t.co/QvxMIga2AJ https://t.co/2jFKTtqTT6
OpenSmart Cities Community, IEEE
A community for practitioners and researchers in the area of Smart Cities. Join the community at no charge, and get involved.
Check out this #smartcities resource from @timesofindia: https://t.co/pIqlU5IxXv https://t.co/bTq7MLeWEw
OpenSmart Cities Drivers
Check out the latest news on smart cities governance, health, education, energy and transportation with facts & figures and infographics on Times of India
#SmartCities are becoming a reality thanks to #DisruptiveTechnology: https://t.co/lGOVPOlKYj @ITP_English https://t.co/czqd6XCoAD
OpenDisruptive technologies turning smart cities into reality
Smart cities have the power to fundamentally reinvent the ways in which we interact as individuals and how businesses operate, writes Paolo Gagliardi, CEO of Trriple, a digital payments ...
IT & CIO Trends
#BigData Trends You Should Know About in 2018 [Infographic]
https://t.co/rcdw6uSQva [by @jrivard via @ThinkPureB2B]
#IoT #AI #Analytics #QuantumComputing #Chatbots @ipfconline1 https://t.co/6DsA59pg3F
OpenBig Data Trends You Should Know About in 2018 [Infographic]
Big Data has been integral to the advancement of various industries. These trends will help show you which data-driven marketing strategies to keep or cut.
RT @RicochetDenver: Interested in #innovation, #leanStartup and #SmartCities ? Please vote for Your City as a Lean Startup at #SXSW2019 with @fricklas @ashmaurya @chris_rezendes and @cityofboulderCO 's Julia Richman. Vote at https://t.co/AW9eCZeI8N
OpenYour City as a Lean Startup
Cities are improvising and experimenting in ways to improve civic participation, quality of life, transportation, water usage, carbon mitigation, and more. Join Ash Mauyra, bestselling ...
RT @FrontierBiz: From ingestible sensors to real-time health tracking apps, healthcare is starting to sound like a sci-fi movie. Find out from @KPMG how technology is revolutionizing hospitals. https://t.co/HgudL6CD0j
OpenThe tech trends changing healthcare
We explore the tech trends shaping healthcare today and tomorrow.