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Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization

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Reducing waste is key to meeting environmental milestones, and some retail firms have narrowed in on a unique approach to minimize what their customers throw away: personalization. For big brands and retailers, personalization is expected to be the top category for tech investment this year. AR virtual try-on with shade matching.

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How the metaverse will help financial organizations transform employee and customer experience on Microsoft Cloud

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Metaverse services can also help banks attract new customers. “We have a lineup of exciting projects, including creating a virtual bank for retail transactions and a non-fungible token marketplace using blockchain,” Singhal says. “We We need strong regulations like GDPR to define clear boundaries.

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LG announces the first 50 participants in its LG Nova program

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XRHealth Virtual Clinic – Integrates VR/AR, licensed clinicians and real-time data analytics. Bigthinx – AI technology focused on fashion retail, wellness and the metaverse with products for body scanning, digital avatars and virtual fashion. The Metaverse.

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The extraordinary synergy of wi-fi and 5G in enterprise networks

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By delivering lower latency, 5G supports applications–such as artificial intelligence, video conferencing, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), real-time communications and mission-critical systems–that demand near-real-time data access and/or use real-time edge device data. 5G networks help enable that speed and access.

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10 Key Trends of Digital Transformation in Healthcare in 2022

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At the heart of this shift are AI (Artificial Intelligence), ML (Machine Learning), IoT, and other cloud-based technologies. There has been a tremendous impact on the advancement and accessibility of healthcare technology through Internet of Things (IoT) devices, wearable gadgets, and real-time medical data monitoring.

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Extra Crunch roundup: China’s new data privacy law, fractional farming, debt vs. equity

TechCrunch

Edtech and the creator economy certainly differ in the problems they try to solve: Finding a VR solution to make online STEM classes more realistic is a different nut to crack than streamlining all of a creator’s different monetization strategies into one platform. Advanced virtual fitting rooms with VR/AR for fashion.

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A Vision of Radical Networking Simplicity

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They are connected industrial and Internet of Things (IoT) experiences that drive optimization of operational productivity and flexibility without compromising security. They are remote or hybrid work experiences that empower individuals to do their best.

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