How technology is safeguarding health and livelihoods

Deepening technological capabilities and innovations—most notably digital and mobile technologies—enabled early responses to the COVID-19 crisis. Six broad categories of measures to safeguard both health and livelihoods helped guide governments and businesses in the region (exhibit). They could also help countries in and beyond Asia as they seek to contain the current and future pandemics. In a globalized world fighting a virus that does not respect borders, exchanging best practices and experiences appears to be vitally important in combating this common enemy.

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Machine learning - a gate to the future

Machine Learning impacts our daily lives without us knowing it. In fact, several of our everyday tools rely heavily on it: face recognition, traffic prediction, online customer support, online fraud detection, etc. How are we as individuals adapting to Machine Learning? Why are companies today investing in Machine Learning research, and how are they using it to their advantage? What are the untapped opportunities in the field, and what will be the impact of Machine Learning in the future?

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