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Tech News: KPMG to invest $2B in AI

Posted on July 15, 2023 by nauw

Big Four firms KPMG will be investing $2 billion over five years in AI services and capacities in partnership with Microsoft. As an early access partner for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Azure OpenAI Service, KPMG professionals will pilot the technologies with select business groups across the global organization to enhance client engagements and accelerate digital solution development. For example, with the integration of Microsoft Fabric, KPMG teams will have the ability to directly point to client data instead of having to ingest it, enabling KPMG professionals to perform audits on a more of a real-time basis. On the tax side…

Salesforce Vertex Integration | Digital ETG

Posted on June 23, 2023 by nauw

The seamless integration of Vertex solutions with Salesforce benefits your business with a cohesive, precise, and automated sales and use tax calculation experience that spans the entire compliance process. This integration will enable streamlined production, filing, and remittance of returns and payments, all conveniently accessible in the cloud or on premise. What’s more, by incorporating Vertex’s Address Cleansing Service into the Salesforce platform, Vertex ensures that each transaction is accurately attributed to the appropriate jurisdiction, a vital component in the face of increasingly complex tax regulations. For example, let’s say your company caters to customers across multiple states. With the…

James Webb Space Telescope captures image of cataclysmic space explosion

Posted on April 15, 2023 by nauw

Supernovae, or the explosions of stars, are some of the most dramatic events in space. The James Webb Space Telescope has captured details of the Cassiopeia A, the remnant of one such explosion. Cassiopeia A, or Cas A, is a stellar explosion that happened 340 years ago. According to NASA, it is the youngest known remnant from a massive supernova in a galaxy. This mid-infrared image of the supernova remnant captured by Webb gives astronomers a glance into how such explosions occur.…

Why you Should Integrate Salesforce with Yotpo?

Posted on April 7, 2023 by nauw

Considering a Salesforce and Yotpo integration for your business? While the benefits are undeniable, there are also multiple risks involved in the process. To avoid potential issues and ensure a seamless integration, it’s best to work with experienced experts, like Digital ETG. We are a Crest Level Salesforce Partner, headquartered in Plano, Texas. Our dedicated team of 500+ certified Salesforce experts serve the business worldwide from across the globe, ie the US, Canada, UK, Australia, UAE and India. Let our comprehensive Salesforce Yotpo Integration service help you achieve a successful integration while eliminating risks. Trust our team to guide you…

Earth hit by severe solar storm much stronger than expected

Posted on March 28, 2023 by nauw

Our planet was hit by a really powerful solar storm on Friday, March 24, but according to reports, no one saw it coming. The US National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) gave the geomagnetic storm a severity grade of G4, which is the second-highest grade possible. A G4 grade solar storm can potentially cause widespread voltage control problems for power grids. It can also cause protection systems to accidentally trip key electric assets of the grid. Such a geomagnetic storm can also create problems for spacecraft operations, causing surface charging and tracking problems. Due to the solar storm, spaceflight company…

The Great Potential of Touchless Networks via Intelligent Automation Technology

Posted on March 20, 2023 by nauw

For ages, humans have used different types of machines to ease their work. Nowadays, advanced technology is moving the industry even further, leading to the creation of vehicles that can operate on their own via intelligent automation. In simple terms, this new technology optimizes resources and is capable of achieving tremendous efficiencies in industries such as transportation. The value of intelligent automation has been illustrated by MIZ (Hillwood Mobility Innovation Zone), which was developed to scale mobility solutions, such as aerial systems and automated freight. Freight automation addresses driver shortages, reducing costs for labor expenses. The touchless network movement is…

The father of cellphone sees the dark side but also hopes in new tech

Posted on March 16, 2023 by nauw

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The man credited with inventing the cellphone 50 years ago had only one concern then about the brick-sized device with a long antenna: Would it work? These days Martin Cooper frets like everybody else about his invention’s impacts on society — from the loss of privacy to the risk of internet addiction to the rapid spread of harmful content, especially among children. “My most negative opinion is that we don’t have any privacy anymore because everything about us is now recorded someplace and accessible to somebody who has enough intense desire to get it,” said Cooper,…

Microsoft takes on Google Search with AI | TechnologyNews

Posted on February 17, 2023 by nauw

Microsoft Corp. is revamping its Bing search engine and Edge web browser with artificial intelligence, the company said on Tuesday, in one of its biggest efforts yet to lead a new wave of technology and reshape how people gather information. Microsoft is staking its future on AI through billions of dollars of investment as it directly challenges Alphabet Inc’s Google. That could mean new competition for business customers using cloud and collaboration products as well as a vigorous return to consumer markets where Google now leads. Working with the startup OpenAI, Microsoft is aiming to leapfrog its rival and potentially…