According to AgFunder, a specialized research company, investment in agricultural technology amounted to $ 19.8 billion in 2019, which is only 4.8% less than in the record year 2018. Experts note that agricultural technology startups not only attract multi-billion dollar investments, but also actively penetrate into the daily life of one of the most conservative sectors of the economy. So,...

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) discovered several new antibiotic compounds using a neural network. This is a unique achievement in the history of medicine. One of the findings - halicin - can destroy even those bacteria that are resistant to all existing drugs. MIT scientists were the first in the world to discover antibiotics using artificial intelligence. As...

The European Data Protection Board sees a threat to the confidentiality of personal data in Google’s acquisition of Fitbit fitness tracker manufacturer, according to the regulator’s statement. “The possible further unification and accumulation of confidential personal data by the large technology company about people from Europe may entail a high level of risk for confidentiality and data...

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi has announced that it will develop a vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus. At the same time, the company will use its own experience in creating the anti-SARS vaccine; Sanofi expects this to accelerate and facilitate the work. In this work, the company intends to cooperate with the Office of Advanced Biomedical Research and Development of the US Department...

The IMF presented a study demonstrating feasibility of using publicly available big data arrays for macroeconomic planning. Researcher Serhan analyzed prospects of using Google trends to predict the number of tourists from the United States visiting the Bahamas. The study relied on search query data and statistics on tourist flows to the Bahamas in 2004–2018. In particular, the data was used for...

This year, the world expects a massive transition to the 5G standard - the fifth generation of cellular communications. It’s been tried on for several years: at the end of 2018, one of the companies launched a 5G network in the USA, and a new generation of communications was launched in South Korea and some cities in Switzerland at the beginning of 2019. Then, several cities of China launched the...

WhatsApp is unlikely to introduce ads in the near future. According to US media, Facebook abandoned plans to integrate advertising into this messenger. Instead, the social network will focus on paid features for entrepreneurs who communicate with customers on WhatsApp. Facebook abandoned previously discussed plans to integrate advertising into the WhatsApp messenger, writes The Wall Street...

Liquid cryptocurrency exchange announced that it has canceled sale of Gram tokens. Those users who participated in the purchase of tokens will be able to return their funds. The exchange stated that it is obliged to return all the money, since TON Mainnet was not launched by November 30, 2019. Earlier, the court ordered Telegram to share data on banking operations during the ICO. “Each Liquid...

Although new technologies, such as artificial intelligence and in-depth analytics, are transforming the global industry and creating new opportunities, companies alone are unable to take advantage of these advantages due to a lack of relevant data, according to an analytical report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). At the same time, according to their...