Category Archives: Technology

Top Emerging Tech Trends In 2020

Posted on January 4, 2021 by macromon

As we look to 2021 and the anticipated global economic recovery, we see continued interest in topics related to emerging business risks, digital transformation and cybersecurity. As a result, integrated risk management (IRM) topped our list in 2020. We also continue to see … Continue reading →

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Amazon Set To Become The Fastest Growing Healthcare Co

Posted on December 4, 2020 by macromon

Healthcare will be the most disruptive sector in history, what’s about to happen to healthcare in the next two years in the United States. – Professor Scott Galloway, NYU Stern School of Business Michael Smerconish‘s opening segment in last Saturday’s … Continue reading →

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How COVID Has Turbo Charged Big Tech – FT

Posted on November 20, 2020 by macromon

What happens when a pandemic collides with technological change? Covid-19 has shaken business to its core. The FT’s Lex maps how the landscape is changing – FT

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Industrial Output – The Winners and Losers

Posted on September 22, 2020 by macromon

Summary Industrial Production (IP) rose for its fourth consecutive month after March and April’s sharp contraction (Chart 1) IP remains 7.6 percent below its December 2019 level (Chart 1) Durable Manufacturing output was up 0.7 percent in August, led by … Continue reading →

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Mars 2020 rover: How far we’ve come – CNET

Posted on August 4, 2020 by macromon

Very cool. I remember buying a computer for my loft apartment at the Archive in Greenwich Village just to watch the 1997 Mars rover, Sojourner,  land, and cruise around the Red Planet.  The brand new days of the internet and … Continue reading →

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Vertical Farming – FT

Posted on July 24, 2020 by macromon

By 2050 it’s estimated there’ll be over 6.5 billion people living in urban spaces, and vertical farming could play a growing role in feeding them. The farms use far less space, water, and transport than traditional methods of farming, although … Continue reading →

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Intel Reports Factors Operating With > 90% On-Time Deliveries

Posted on April 23, 2020 by macromon

Intel reported AH and is trading down over 5 percent on weaker than expected margin guidance, or whatever you want to assign to the price noise. The outlook, at least to us, for the semis and the electronics industry, in … Continue reading →

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The Best Gear & Gadgets From CES Unveiled 2020

Posted on January 6, 2020 by macromon
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Creative Destruction 3.0 Meets Roaring ’20s 2.0

Posted on January 2, 2020 by macromon

Creative destruction refers to the incessant product and process innovation mechanism by which new production units replace outdated ones. It was coined by Joseph Schumpeter (1942), who considered it ‘the essential fact about capitalism’. The process of Schumpeterian creative destruction … Continue reading →

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The ‘Bots Are Coming For The Priests

Posted on September 16, 2019 by macromon

Good, God! A mechanical ‘priest’ has recently begun conducting Buddhist prayers in Japan. It is not the first attempt to deliver religious teachings and advice through the use of a programmed machine. And Catholic Christians may soon find spiritual advice … Continue reading →

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