In a riveting fireside chat during the second day of the Bangladesh Startup Summit, attendees were treated to an exclusive virtual conversation with Jaan Tallinn, the co-founder of Skype and a thought leader in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).
The writers Ibrahim Kholilul Rohman and Moinul Zaber say robust information about inflation is crucial especially for a developing country to allow better remedies and to prevent further severity.
The Covid-19 pandemic has created unprecedented havoc around the world. However, a crisis of this extent also creates opportunities to test and resolve issues that seem unsolvable at other times. We are losing lives, but the world is not at a total stand-still. Thanks to technology we are still working, communicating, and generating money. Without a pivotal role played by the regulatory organisations and communications market players around the world, this would not have been possibpe! Our telecom market also played its role. But without proper coordination, lack of vision and limited understanding of techno-economic needs, these efforts probably did not meet the desired goal. Covid-19 is not going away soon, and the telecom sector will have to play a stronger role to protect our economy and lives.
Last week, the world media was flooded with the news of the faceoff between Facebook and the Australian parliament. Australia passed a landmark media law that compels Google and Facebook to pay news publishers and broadcasters for displaying their content. The media companies have long argued that Google and Facebook make money from news and analysis provided by them.