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Universities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have launched quantum computing research groups to cultivate homegrown knowledge of the tech.... Read More

Whether it is bringing wi-fi to passengers subways, or connecting the longest rail in the world, rail networks are undergoing a connectivity transformation.... Read More

Recent events in the Chinese banking industry to highlight how these massive digital newcomers gain powerful consumer experience insights from their digital ecosystems and how this changed the nature of competition for incumbents.... Read More

In today’s wrap-up of news in brief… Lyft poaches from Uber... Kiwi.com creates new role... Amex GBT bets on digital...... Read More

For now, there are more questions than answers regarding Marriott's announcement of a far-reaching breach of the Starwood guest reservation database.... Read More

A great chief technology officer can be a critical driver behind a technology company’s success.... Read More

About five years ago, Marc Andreessen, creator of Netscape and a serial investor in platforms such as Pinterest, Foursquare and Business Insider, declared the future of offline retail to be dead.... Read More

The history of retail goes back pretty far: from London’s first department store opening in 1796, to the rise of big box retailers in the 1960s.... Read More

Both pure-play and omnichannel retailers have had to come to terms with a new playing field, new rules and a very long list of requirements in recent years.... Read More

Startups raising $100 million or more from investors — known as a mega-round in Silicon Valley — used to be a rarity.... Read More

Quanergy Systems found itself in the center of a sudden frenzy over self-driving cars in 2014. It makes lidar, which bounces lasers off objects to help autonomous cars know what’s nearby.... Read More

Travis Kalanick, Uber's founder and former CEO, wasn’t gone very long - just over a year, in fact.... Read More

In just five years, Didi Chuxing has attracted $20.6 billion in funding - including a $500 million injection from Booking Holdings last month. As the Chinese ride-hail app gauges its next move, it's turning its attention - and funds - into its automobile services business.... Read More

Exponential growth, tracking metrics daily, chasing funding  and targets, putting in 20-hour workdays… being the founder of a startup is a high-pressure job with no downtime. ... Read More

The IT decision maker of 2018 is faced with several challenges and many opportunities.... Read More