One doesn’t have to look beyond Facebook posts, Twitter feeds or just text messages with family members to understand how COVID-19 is transforming established norms. With bedrock industries such as air travel, hospitality, food and beverage, insurance and traditional health care, ringing the alarm, it is easy to lose track…
March often marks a new beginning—not just by Mother Nature—but also in sports. In the U.S., March brings the excitement of the NCAA tournament, Spring Training for Major League Baseball, and the ever-tightening playoff races for the NBA. Yet, as the coronavirus has become a global pandemic, traditional sports of…
We’ve discussed before the potential of AI to detect financial crimes like money laundering. On March 23, colleague Deborah Thoren-Peden will explore the growing nexus between artificial intelligence and the detection and prevention of financial misdeeds. In “Leveraging AI to Combat Financial Crimes,” Thoren-Peden will be joined by Sam Small…
With great power comes great responsibility. 5G is the next generation of 3GPP technology. Along with having the potential to facilitate the next leap in connectivity, 5G technology supremacy also has the power to define the geopolitics of the next century. As the global battle for 5G dominance plays out,…
With over one billion monthly active users, chances are that you have heard of the wildly popular TikTok platform that is now owned and run by the Chinese company ByteDance. Allowing its users to live-stream anything from their latest lip-syncing battles of their favorite pop artist’s songs to controversial video…
The Mid Lane is a rundown of developments in the world of esports. Growth, taxes and malls? An unconventional esports location is dominating the industry news this week. The latest news roundup indicates that all signs point to the continual progression of esports. With the taxable state income of esports…
In December, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) published a proposal to create a public list of approved virtual currencies and a self-certification methodology for holders of NY Bitlicenses and New York trust companies approved to engaged in a virtual currency business to offer to New York…
The 2020 election season underway, so now is a good time to make certain your internal policies and procedures address applicable campaign contribution laws. In “Text, Alexa, Bitcoin—Technology Is Making It Easier to Make Political Contributions,” colleagues Emily B. Erlingsson and Anita D. Stearns Mayo explore the complex federal, state and…
Investments, acquisitions, more investments and more acquisitions make up the bulk of industry news this week, along with another sign of respect from sports-adjacent industries (hello Emmys!): G2 Esports receives $10 million investment from billionaire Joseph Tsai. (Jonno Nicholson, Esports Insider) Bitkraft leads funding to continue its string of esports…
Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is the application of 3D computer graphics to special effects. CGI is used in films, television programs and, most recently, on social media. These images are not limited to modeling and practicing yoga … they even attend red carpet premiers. Technological advances may make CGI influencers better…