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The automotive sector generates vast amounts of data; and the amount of this data will only continue to increase as autonomous and connected vehicles collect real-time data on customer habits and preferences. Turning this data into relevant insights depends on a company’s approach to innovation.    Compared to a phone application, a connected vehicle software malfunction can have dangerous safety consequences while driving. Therefore, automotive production and innovation cycles must become interconnected and pass many…

This data is often siloed in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. However, with ERP data modernization, businesses can integrate data from multiple sources, which will ensure data accessibility and create the framework for digital transformation. Migrating legacy databases to the cloud also gives companies access to AI and ML capabilities that can reinvent their organization. According to Anil Nagaraj, principal in Analytic Insights, Cloud & Digital at PwC, companies that modernize their ERP data see increased…

PUBLIC HEALTH Next-gen bed nets get go-ahead A new type of malaria-fighting bed net received a major endorsement from the World Health Organization (WHO) last week. The net combines two chemicals to more effectively kill the mosquitoes that transmit the parasite behind malaria, a disease that killed an estimated 619,000 people in 2022, most of them young children in sub-Saharan Africa. Insecticide-treated bed nets have helped drive malaria rates down…

In today's fast-paced digital world, businesses are continuously seeking ways to remain competitive and relevant in the market. One of the significant challenges they face is how to modernize their legacy applications to meet the needs of modern-day customers. Modernization of legacy applications can involve significant investment in terms of time, resources, and money. But with the advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technology, businesses can now modernize their legacy applications more efficiently and…

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell and Becca are joined by Michael Chime, the co-founder and CEO of Prepared, a startup that allows 911 callers to stream video to emergency dispatchers. Michael discussed how a nearby tragedy in high school helped inspire the company, how the startup has grown from its initial focus on improving emergency response at schools and what demand has looked like since. Darrell and Becca also discuss some potential ethics issues the…

Both of these institutions focus on almost like the public sector of a given country. Then we have the International Finance Corporation, which focuses on the private sector of a given country to help meet its goals, mobilizing private sector investment and provides technical advice. Then we have two other institutions that provide a different kind of financial support for these. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency provides political risk insurance for private investors in foreign countries. So they come forward not…

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first Goosebumps book. Add to this the Fear Street books, BOOM! Studios’ Just Beyond OGNs (and their Disney+ adaptation), and a number of other projects, and R.L. Stine qualifies as a generational guide for the horror genre. His young readers have grown up inspired to Monster Kid devotion, and to pursuing their own similar creative endeavors, just as earlier generations were influenced by Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine.   But Stuff of Nightmares #1 from BOOM! Studios, the…