Sami MAHMAL

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[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

#Visa acquiring its first #NFT: a #cryptopunk for 150k $. Another big step towards crypto technologies adoption for the payment giant that announced earlier this year that it will allow #USDC transactions on its payment network

[VisaNews @VisaNews]

Over the last 60 years, Visa has built a collection of historic commerce artifacts - from early paper credit cards to the zip-zap machine. Today, as we enter a new era of NFT-commerce, Visa welcomes CryptoPunk #7610 to our collection. https://t.co/XoPFfwxUiu

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

“De Bruyne did not use an agent to broker the new deal, [...] commissioned data analysts to assess his influence [...] as their most influential player”. #Data
https://t.co/Kfg6nRMlYJ

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

"Valuations recently put on the loyalty schemes have exceeded the market capitalisations for the #Airlines themselves — implying that investors value the business of flying passengers at less than zero."

[Financial Times @FinancialTimes]

Air-mile schemes began in the 1980s as a marketing tool to inspire brand loyalty, and evolved into a lucrative source of cash (📸 by Getty) https://t.co/8Xj3eKSVEw

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

Drivers are coming up with creative ways to game the dispatch system. "with joblessness rising and unemployment payments shrinking, competition for such work has stiffened" #Covid_19 #AmazonFlex #reverseengineering
https://t.co/heeWQst4bX

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

@fayon @babgi @KarimaDelli MsypSqp

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

#Singapore is testing Spot robot from @BostonDynamics to monitor social distancing under #Covid_19 lockdown @GovTechSG @nparksbuzz

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

Now, @Google AND @Apple are teaming up to create a contact tracing approach that will be #Bluetooth based and at an "operating system-level technology". OK, this is getting really interesting
https://t.co/onAG4i1tRI #COVIDー19
@fs0c131y

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

@fs0c131y @sidejackable Singapore went from 2-3 cases/day to 50 - and among 80% of them imported: the App was definitely not useful then.
But as the local transmission numbers are rising to more than 100/day, we may see its potential value in supporting the clusters identification... TBD

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

1) #Transparency about the collected #Data and how the #privacy is managed
2) Right timing for international community as others countries are starting to develop their own (France announced yesterday @cedric_o , @babgi ) (2/2)

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

Good initiative from the @govsingapore: #TraceTogether its #COVIDー19 #collaborative #tracking App code is now #Opensource (https://t.co/IX7KTwFc5g along with a whitepaper) (1/2)

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

@cedric_o @cedric_o, @govsingapore just released under #GPLv3 it's local OpenTrace application: no need to reinvent the wheel ;) #OpenSource . and please note that the install IS NOT MANDATORY. https://t.co/HOl49teAM6

[Baptiste Robert @fs0c131y]

Singapore's contact tracing app is now open-source under the name OpenTrace https://t.co/FvXWVutS06

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

#location #data release from @Google on the impacts of #COVID19 on #mobility, more precisely how #Google is using aggregated #location #data (primarily from your #smartphone obviously) to evaluate #lockdown impacts for 133 countries. pdf: not #scrappeable https://t.co/DIKHsbboCI

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

#Govs Initiatives using #telco #Data or even #Collaboration to track down the #infection https://t.co/Eci02eKdEK
#CoronavirusLockdown #COVID2019

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

Very insightful post on the #pandemic evolution « Countries that are prepared will see a fatality rate of ~0.5% (South Korea) to 0.9% (rest of China).
Countries that are overwhelmed will have a fatality rate between ~3%-5% » https://t.co/SnayoreykT #coronavirus

[Paul Mozur 孟建國 @paulmozur]

To fight the coronavirus China is undertaking its biggest experiment yet in rule by data: an app that automates quarantines. Alibaba software, using unexplained data, now decides whether millions can leave their home. It also shares data with the police. https://t.co/uCqHH4DIIZ

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

A closer look at what #Data the social networking giant is collecting, and what it could tell about you
https://t.co/a2toEj1QrQ #Facebook #dataprivacy

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

Although AS/400 #cloud services already exist, it's interesting to see @googlecloud integrating this new offer. Guess these legacy system are not going to disappear soon ...
https://t.co/jerhzzX3T3

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

4 years already since my first #hackathon. A post on my experience so far in this #innovation exercise #medium https://t.co/qRRNlCRTkG

[Sami MAHMAL @mahmalsami]

Future of #insurance is « End-to-end, Frictionless, and Contextually-relevant #CustomerExperience » https://t.co/SogJfYQM1L