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DEWA completes smart grid short-term goals

Smart Energy International

“DEWA provides an advanced infrastructure for facility and services management through smart and connected systems that use the latest disruptive technologies and the Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, including artificial intelligence, blockchain and internet of things.”. The AED 7 billion (US$1.9

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), there are almost 60 million more undernourished people now as compared to 2014. Au contraire, it is the reverse. The world seems to be less nourished than ever before. In 2019, 690 million people or 8.9

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Using AI to Help the World Thrive

Andrew Winston

In 2014, IBM launched a 10-year, $100 million project to use its Watson cognitive computing system to help Africa solve business and social challenges. Google’s AI was able to slash energy use for cooling by an impressive 40% , saving significant money and carbon emissions.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

AGreenLiving

This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), there are almost 60 million more undernourished people now as compared to 2014. Au contraire, it is the reverse. The world seems to be less nourished than ever before. In 2019, 690 million people or 8.9

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The Bitcoin Blockchain Helps Hold A Botnet From Being Taken Down

Mearth

The Bitcoin Blockchain Helps Hold A Botnet From Being Taken Down. A strategist’s guide to blockchain examines the potential advantages of this essential innovation—and also suggests a way forward for financial institutions. Blockchain also has potential functions far beyond bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Gox in 2011.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

To turn her love of nature from a hobby into a career, Adams joined MetLife as a sustainability intern in 2014. He also worked with Nestlé while at McCann Enterprise to develop a low-technology platform for communicating nutrition and health information to low-literate consumers in equatorial Africa. Hilda Liswani, 28.