Japanese insurance firm replaces 34 workers with AI bot
Fukoku Life Insurance Mutual Company has cut 34 jobs, instead using IBM’s artificial intelligence bot Watson to take over assessing medical insurance claims over the phone.
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Emoderation rebrands to The Social Element with new “Emotional” analytics
Social media agency Emoderation has rebranded to become The Social Element, and launched a new ‘Emotional Resonance Analysis’ service, the first under the new brand.
L’Oreal smart hairbrush “listens” for breaking hair
Kérastase has launched a smart hairbrush that listens for breaking hair, but it comes with a hefty price tag.
Ad tech start-ups “losing funding due to Facebook and Google dominance”
Advertising technology start-ups around the world are finding it difficult to get funding due to the dominance of Facebook and Google, according to a new report.
Top 50 most purchased brands in the world
Coca-Cola was the most purchased brand in the world during 2016, followed by Colgate and Lifebuoy soap, according to a new study.
Top tips: Driving business value from the Internet of Things in retail
Naser Ali, Director, EMEA, at MapR Technologies, looks at how retailers can gain real business value from the Internet of Things.
Facebook faces massive fine for “misleading EU over $19bn WhatsApp deal”
Facebook could be facing a fine of up to 1% of its global revenue for allegedly misleading European Union merger watchdogs when it won approval to buy the WhatsApp messaging service in 2014.
Top 10 Tech Trends of 2017
Artificial Intelligence is poised to have the greatest impact on the global technology sector in 2017, according to new research.
An M-Commerce Christmas: Mobile orders to rise 26% over festive period
UK shoppers are increasingly relying on online and mobile devices during the Christmas period, according to new research from Salmon.
Guest comment: Digital identity is broken. Can we fix it?
Identity fraud and online breaches seem to be dominating the news recently, with Tesco and the National Lottery leading the way. Jeremy Newman, founder and executive director of ShowUp discusses why the password system infrastructure is failing and what needs to be done to eradicate identity fraud once and for all.