The Week That Was. IT and Media news week 42
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Over 40% of large organizations worldwide will by 2027 use a combination of Web3, AR cloud and digital twins in metaverse-based projects aimed at increasing revenue, marketing and research firm
People of Ukraine and its leaders get Sakharov freedom prize
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The people of Ukraine represented by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other leaders have been awarded the 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, European Parliament’s President Roberta Metsola announced. Formally
BBC celebrating 100 years
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BBC’s first programme a hundred years ago was a short news bulletin about a robbery, a Shakespeare folio and fog. The British Broadcasting Company was officially launched on October 18,
The Week That Was: IT and Media news week 41
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Three quarters of advertisers and marketers agree that next year budgets are under heavy scrutiny with marketers required to justify investment. 29% in a survey by World Federation of Advertisers
Three finalists for Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
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Julian Assange, co-founder of WikiLeaks, The people of Ukraine and their representatives including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and The Truth Commission in Colombia are the three finalists for the European Parliament’s
A third of kids signing in on social media lie about their age
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A third of children aged between 8 and 17 sign in on social media with a false date of birth so they show up as an adult user. Two-thirds of
Women dominating shortlist for non-fiction book award
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Women dominate the shortlist for an award for non-fiction books. Five out of six authors shortlisted for the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize are women. The winner gets GBP 50 000
The Week That Was: IT and Media news week 40
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Will he or won’t he? After a turbulent week when Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a u-turn and said that he would after all buy Twitter for USD 44 billion,
Minor improvement for small businesses global survey shows
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19% of small businesses globally were closed in July, a small improvement from the March. Small businesses led by women use digital tools at higher rates and generate more online
“Nobel Week 2022: 892 men and 60 women
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952 individuals in total have been awarded a Nobel prize. 60 of them are women! There have been 61 prizes to women in total as Marie Curie was honoured twice,