Industry is the production of an economic good or service within an economy. Industry is often classified into three sectors: primary or extractive, secondary or manufacturing, and tertiary or services. Some authors add quaternary (knowledge) or even quinary (culture and research) sectors. Industries can be classified on the basis of raw materials, size and ownership and time. Raw Materials: Industries may be agriculture based, Marine based, Mineral based, Forest based....
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You seem bored — time to switch jobs
It can be scary to walk away from your job, but if you find yourself thinking the grass is always greener on the other side, ...
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How to choose the right mentor for your startup
CBI Insights' grim sounding 2020 report entitled 339 Startup Failure Post-Mortems found that 70% of upstart tech companies ...
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Study: Only 18% of data science students are learning about AI ethics
A study by data science firm Anaconda found a "concerning" absence of AI ethics initiatives in both academia and industry. ...
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China's about to overtake the US as the world's best performing tech industry
Until now, the US technology industry comfortably led the world in recovering from (and thriving in) the coronavirus pandemic. ...
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Every tech founder needs LEGO to keep sane
LEGO should be an integral part of every tech founder's life — and David Gurle, a veteran engineer and the CEO of Symphony, ...
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Big tech may have stepped up during COVID-19, but we can’t let it gobble up startups
The tech ecosystem is the sum of its parts – no matter how much we need the scale of the giants, we must be careful not ...
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The do’s and don’ts of launching a side hustle to supplement your income
Want to launch a side hustle to supplement your existing income? Then look no further: here are seven simple steps to help ...
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How I accidentally built a tech startup — without any technological knowledge
Even if you’re not doing something that’s specifically dependent on technology, incorporating a software element can ...
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Podcast: How France, the Netherlands, Latvia, and the EU are supporting startups in times of crisis
There is no country that hasn't been affected by the coronavirus. A major topic of concern that will affect not only individual ...
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Will M&A ever go back to normal? Experts from EY and Goldman Sachs weigh in
With the short-and-long term future being up in the air, one question on everybody's mind: will M&A ever go back to normal? ...
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Meet Europe's top 100 scaleups at Tech5 Founders Day
It's that time of the year: TNW and Adyen are partnering up for the seventh edition of the Tech5 scaleup competition. Each ...
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Report: Coronavirus may lead to 'mass extinction' of tech startups worldwide
COVID-19 will have devastating effect on startups, causing a drop in VC funding, killing many businesses, and making government ...
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Global e-scooter numbers could quadruple once lockdown measures lift, analysts say
New figures: The global e-scooter market will experience a contraction in 2020, but over the next four years the number of ...
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It's lonely being a female engineer — here’s how we fix it
Ultimately, I want fellow female engineers to be bold enough to join an all-male team, but also lucky enough to not have ...
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How travel tech companies aim to survive the coronavirus pandemic
We spoke to two very different travel tech companies — one an established player and the other an up-and-coming business ...
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6 fatal mistakes made by ad tech giants in the 2010s — and what they can teach you
During the last ten years we have witnessed the growth and flourishing of ad tech. Since then, many good things have been ...
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3 ways IoT is disrupting insurance
Insurance is one of the oldest practices of human societies, practiced even before the first coins were minted. Chinese and ...
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Darktrace's co-CEO on trusting AI to fight cyberattacks on our behalf
Darktrace had to take customers on a journey to help them trust algorithms in the fight against cyber attacks, the company's ...
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Sick of sexism in tech? Share this article next time you’re pissed off
Sick of sexism in tech? Well, read this — and share it with the culprit next time someone says something that pisses you. ...
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TNW announces Neural: A blog for human-centric AI news and analysis
We're excited to officially launch Neural today, a blog dedicated to highlighting the impact artificial intelligence and ...
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3 ways AI is transforming the insurance industry
As AI, big data, and the internet of things (IoT) find their way into every aspect of our lives, many industries are undergoing ...
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It's 2020 and tech still sucks at diversity – here's how we fix it
The tech industry, which is ironically synonymous with innovation and progress, has a deep-rooted problem: A lack of diversity. Here's ...
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3 things startups need to consider before buying insurance
Startups can be among the riskiest businesses to insure. That’s because they operate in new markets and often with untested ...
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What I learned about PR pitching from the reporters I keep spamming
I surveyed journalists to find out how exactly they want to be pitched, so if you're in PR or have a startup, make sure to ...
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[Best of 2019] This custom 3D-printed bicycle helmet is the future of saving skulls
Take a look behind the curtain at how British startup HEXR is manufacturing its first production run of 3D-printed bicycle ...
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Learn from the screw-ups of your fellow entrepreneurs on Growth Quarters, our new sub-brand
Growth Quarters strives to go beyond generic ‘fortune cookie advice’ and provide real actionable guidance to help you ...
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How coworking spaces need to evolve after the WeWork disaster
For too long, coworking has marketed itself to the world on trends and hype. But people don’t buy hype, they buy value ...
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Moonday Mornings: Ex-employee steals $715K in Bitcoin from cryptocurrency fund
Welcome to Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. Take a look ...
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Get ready for the emergence of AI-as-a-Service
By delivering analytical behavior persistently learned and refined by a machine, AIaaS can significantly improve business ...
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Tesla nosedives in Norwegian consumer satisfaction rankings — but drivers stay loyal
According to recent figures, Tesla looks to be falling out of favor with Norwegian owners as its customer satisfaction score ...
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Blockchain companies dished out nearly $1M in bug bounties last year
Just because it's blockchain doesn't mean it's safe. Blockchain and cryptocurrency firms dished out nearly $1 million in ...
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LinkedIn: Blockchain beats AI and cloud computing for hottest skill in 2020
If you're a dev with blockchain skills in 2020, you're absolutely in hot demand. Take that, artificial intelligence programmers! ...
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What we can do to make sure automation doesn't negatively affect the work force
Artificial intelligence and automation are continuing to drill deeper into our society. In the business industry, ...
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Fixing employee access should be your top security priority in 2020
Where previously, many have perceived hackers as technical threats, today many in the industry are instead looking at human ...
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2020 will mark the death of the chatbot as we know it
The all-providing IM chatbot that was hailed as the answer to all our customer service automation needs, is dead. But the ...
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[Best of 2019] Why farmers hold the answer to making the personal data economy work
In the consumer world, personal data has been used as a “payment” for services, whether that be a Facebook account or ...
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Riot Games resolves to pay $10M to settle gender discrimination lawsuit
Riot Games has agreed to pay $10 million to its former and current female employees who alleged they'd been subjected to ...
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6 predictions on where European tech is headed in 2020, according to experts
2020 is set to be a defining year for European tech. While startups and scaleups have been supported over the years through ...
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A brief overview of what’s fueling the autonomous last-mile
To cut costs and deliver on consumer expectations, those exploring the last-mile space must continue to assess market conditions ...
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Bitcoin handed a lifeline as China lets cryptocurrency miners off the hook
It's been seven months since China decided it wanted to take steps to curtail Bitcoin mining in the country, but now it's ...
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Here’s why farmers and blockchain are actually a great fit
In agriculture, an industry that employs over one billion people and generates more than $1.3 trillion worth of food every ...
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How to think about the future of digital currency
It's a common trope that cryptocurrencies or digital currencies are "disrupting the financial industry" and will usher in ...
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Bitcoin scammers are already impersonating Bakkt just days after its launch
Just days after its launch, we are seeing cryptocurrency con artists impersonate Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt to scam unwitting ...
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Japan doesn’t want to fight Facebook’s 'cryptocurrency' Libra on its own
Facebook's controversial 'cryptocurrency' Libra is facing yet more scrutiny after the governor of Japan's central bank called ...
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Why paid VR content is already dead
VR is going through the same process mobile went through over the last decade - which means the percantage of paid apps in ...
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Threatened much? Bank industry expected to invest a metric fuckton of cash in blockchain
Bitcoin was released in response to the ills of the traditional banking industry, but those goobers are taking blockchain ...
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Iran further solidifies stance on cryptocurrency mining, but says trading is ‘unlawful’
Iran's government has put an end to months of speculation by ratifying a bill that acknowledges cryptocurrency mining is ...
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The marijuana industry needs innovation to thrive
There’s a kind of boom and bust cycle that tends to follow the development of every new technology, or every major societal ...
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This 'factory of factories' helps hardware start-ups solve real problems in Kenya
[NAIROBI] Esther Mwangi, a 2014 graduate of economics from Kenyatta University in Kenya who wanted to venture into ...
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You can now buy shares in this brewery using cryptocurrency
Paying for coffee with Bitcoin is a common trope in the cryptocurrency industry, but what about buying shares of a beer company ...
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Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton on building a computer for industrial users
With its latest model, the Raspberry Pi grows up
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AIs should be legally liable for their mistakes soon
Assigning blame can often be a complex task. A person’s actions, intentions, and state of mind all come into consideration ...
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If you work in tech, these cities give you the most bang for your buck
For twelve of the most common tech jobs, we gathered and ranked average income data per city and combined that with the cities' ...
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Beneath Tesla's delusional PR, there is a visionary car company
Elon Musk makes it easy to dismiss his grandiose — unhinged, even — descriptions of his product plans. But if ...
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Normalizing engineers’ rockstar status is destroying tech companies
The door handles on the Tesla Model S are exceptionally terrible. Until you get used to them. Until you become an insider. Because ...
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‘Failosophy’ author on why failure leads to success
Speaking today at The Next Web's 2019 conference, author and futurist Gabe Zichermann gave an account of various industries ...
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Booking.com's CEO on diversity in tech and the future of tourism
In an age of digital advancement, the tourism industry has embraced new tech to deliver improved user experiences. With the ...
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AI is helping regulators keep tabs on new industrial farms and their waste discharging habits
Researchers have developed an algorithm that uses satellite imagery to rapidly pinpoint industrial livestock farms, manifold ...
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Big tech’s ‘ethical guidelines’ are no substitute for real regulation
Data ethics is now a cause célèbre. “Digital ethics and privacy” shot into research and advisory company Gartner’s ...
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No country for old devs: How to solve tech's ageism problem
When it comes to job hunting, a common concern is not having enough experience. In tech, the fear riddling job seekers and ...
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Spotify ad draws criticism over how it (under)pays musicians
Spotify tweeted an ad for its new partnership with Hulu, along with a comment about "budgets." Several people, including ...
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China takes top spot with 25% of world's blockchain projects
China appears to be edging ahead as a world leader in blockchain technology, according to new figures from Beijing-based ...
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Women are often pushed out of STEM mid-career — here’s how we fix it
Reports continue to show that mid to senior career women leave technology fields in high numbers. They often leave not ...
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Weiss Ratings: EOS is the best cryptocurrency, then Ripple, and THEN Bitcoin
Weiss Ratings' latest report placed alternative cryptocurrencies EOS and Ripple alongside Bitcoin as the top three, snubbing ...
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Visa is looking for someone to spearhead permissionless blockchain
Global payment services provider and Fortune 500 company, Visa, is showing signs that cryptocurrency and blockchain will ...
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Shell is recruiting science graduates to build blockchain use cases for oil and gas
The world's fifth largest oil and gas producer in the world, Royal Dutch Shell, is looking to train the next generation of ...
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Fixing the financial literacy gap will attract more women to Bitcoin
The blockchain and cryptocurrency industry is dominated by men – fact.
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8 PR trends that will actually happen in 2019
As PR professionals, we have all nearly done a good job surviving another year in this industry, and yes, I consider “you’re ...
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Here are the 11 female-led podcasts you should be listening to
According to a report by PwC, podcasts made well over $600 million in 2018 — and the golden age is yet to come. PwC further ...
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Public pensions back new $40M blockchain fund raised by Morgan Creek
The pension funds of the Fairfax County police and its employees are now invested in blockchain, thanks to a new $40M digital ...
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If tech companies are hurting journalism, can they also help save it?
As professions go, journalism isn’t exactly known for its stability. The last half of January only served to highlight ...
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Female-founded companies are making better sex toys and confronting taboos
In an industry traditionally dominated by men, women are now making more sex toys than ever before The lack of female ...
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Vodafone, Huawei, Intel and friends form blockchain industry group
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is getting in the blockchain game, having set up a new industry ...
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85% of employees at recently launched blockchain startups are male
Recent analysis has discovered men comprise an overwhelming majority of recent blockchain startups - just 14.5 percent of ...
