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Big Data: An Opportunity for Data Scientists & Data Analysts

Tom Spencer

Many of the world’s thought leaders believe that data will unlock a huge transformation in the way that businesses operate and thrive in the 21st Century. In 2021, the world created more than 2.5 For example, in 2021 the median salary for data scientists in America was around US$100,000 per year. Data Proliferation.

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Sub-orbital travel, popularized in 2021 by Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk, is projected to become a $3.5 The funds from these credits go towards financing various sustainability projects. In 2021, Rolls-Royce debuted an all-electric aircraft that smashed the airspeed record with a top speed of 387 MPH. Doosan (2021).

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The Impact of Carbon Taxation on Supply Chains in China

Comatch

In Asia Perspective ’s 2021 sourcing survey, 70% of responding companies do not assess the carbon footprint of new suppliers in China. One famous example is Volvo announcing in 2021 that from 2030 on, they would only sell fully-electric cars (phasing out combustion engines, including hybrids). .

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How to Prepare for the Cyberattack That Is Coming to Your Company

BCG

Cybersecurity is a $445 billion problem , and some predict that figure could rise to $6 trillion by 2021. The finances, operations, customer data, R&D, intellectual property, and brand reputations of all companies are at risk, which makes cybersecurity a fiduciary responsibility of the board and senior management.

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Cybersecurity 101: How to defend against cyber-attacks

Tom Spencer

Cybersecurity Ventures, a US research firm, predicts that cyber-attacks “will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015” ( PwC, 2018 ). When developers discover a bug in a software program or operating system, cybercriminals have a window of opportunity to exploit the vulnerability before it is fixed.

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Death Spiral for Car Ownership? End of Fuel-Powered Cars by 2024?

MishTalk

My estimate for long-haul trucks taking over is 2021-2022 or so. Many of my readers think that 2021-2022 is impossible. The cost of maintenance will be one-fifth the cost of current cars, the cost of finance one tenth, and the cost of insurance also one tenth. Widespread adoption of self-driving cars will be slower.

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Gig economy 2020: The new revolution

QEmploy

The cryptocurrency developed by Facebook and back up by the Libra Association (made up of leaders in industries ranging from finance and technology to non-profits). Uber committed to buying 24,000 Volvo XC90 SUVs that will be delivered between 2019 and 2021. Even now, AI is changing the way how the gig economy operates.