Health trackers worn on the wrist could be used to spot COVID-19 days before any symptoms appear, according to researchers.Growing numbers of people worldwide use the devices to monitor changes in skin temperature, heart and breathing rates.
Asian markets rose Monday as investors rediscovered some verve after the release of healthy United States (US) data and as China eases some of its strict COVID curbs in Shanghai and Beijing, lifting hopes for the world's number two economy.The gains extended a positive end to last week for global equities with some commentators saying there was a growing hope that the months-long sell-off may have run its course.Wall Street provided a strong lead and snapped a series of weekly losses, wi
ByteDance, the parent company of the popular social-media platform TikTok, has a not-so-secret weapon. Its powerful algorithms are able to predict users’ preferences with precision and recommend content they actually want to see, thereby keeping them glued to their screens. But ByteDance may soon have to sheathe that weapon – or, at least, dull its blade.
“There are three kinds of lies,” Mark Twain famously wrote. “Lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Too often, the COVID-19 crisis has lent support to the suspicions Twain’s bon mot expresses. Data is critical to fighting the pandemic, but cross-country comparisons have focused too much on the wrong sort.
The disruptions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic have emphasised the need to transform our economies and to restart economic growth by making it inclusive, green and fair.
Last month, a photo of a woman donning a COVID-19 quarantine wristband at a restaurant went viral on social media in Malaysia. It was reported that local authorities are investigating the woman who may have violated her quarantine order. Social media users also urged that the restaurant’s owners be penalised for allowing the woman to be on their premises in the first place. “It’s people like her that increase our nation’s risk to 2nd wave.
President Donald Trump is days away from announcing strong action against the popular Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok to protect United States (US) national security, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday.He said TikTok and other Chinese software companies operating in the US, such as WeChat, feed personal data on American citizens directly to the Chinese Communist Party. For years the US has put up with this because Americans felt "we're having fun with it,&quo
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries hit by serious coronavirus outbreaks to "wake up" to the realities on the ground instead of bickering, and to "take control"."People need to wake up. The data is not lying.
Emerging technologies are being deployed across Asia to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
A recent report by The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) revealed that worldwide corporate travel is worth an estimated US$1.4 trillion. This is a staggering amount and it’s on the rise, with predictions of a market worth US$1.7 trillion by 2022. There are many reasons attributed to this growth, not least a rise in business confidence which is fuelling the demand for corporate bookings.
Blessed with six million square kilometres of ocean territory, Indonesia’s fisheries industry could make a larger contribution to its economy if better managed.Southeast Asia’s largest economy is the world’s second largest fish producer after China.
In China, millions enter public transportation each day using smartphones, pay for breakfast with WeChat, and use an app to have lunch delivered hours later. They work at offices that leverage blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, and cloud computing. They book restaurants for dinner over the internet and late-night shop on the train.Much of this has been enabled by rising smartphone adoption.
