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Dolo Miah

·7 min read
AI

AI adoption in business: real examples, risks and lessons from UK leaders

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AI: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Over the last six months, I have had the privilege of sitting down - virtually and in person - with leaders from across UK industries: energy, utilities, construction, law, manufacturing, media, education, and beyond. Not to sell anything. Not to run a workshop. Just to have an honest conversation about where they are with AI adoption and implementation.

What I heard was revealing. Not because everyone was doing extraordinary things with AI (some were, some weren't), but because the honesty in those conversations cut through the noise that dominates most AI discourse

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Mark Probert

·5 min read
IoT

The satellite technology’s ongoing impact on IoT and the agritech and marine industries

Satellite internet has been in development since the 1990s, and versions of it already exist around the globe. However, companies like Starlink are starting to do something new with satellite constellations, utilising smaller satellites and a low Earth orbit. 

The potential of using small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) to improve global communications was first recognised following the use of LEO satellites in defence initiatives, and the concept has been in development ever since. Were it not for the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s, which killed off several entities that had been investing in the technology, we may

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