CES 2023 is spotlighting smart homes and digital health as concepts like the metaverse languish. Officially kicking off Thursday, Jan. 5 at its accustomed set of Las Vegas venues, the annual Consumer Electronics Show owned by the Virginia-based Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is expecting 100,000...
With grocers projected to continue their digital transformations into 2023, four specific technology trends are set to lead the way. This, at a time when the fight among food sellers has expanded, intensified and gotten more complicated as inflation has heightened consumer sensitivity over prices,...
Will 2023 be the year that 5G technology finally realizes its disruptive potential for retail and other industries? It’s not the first time that question that has been asked, but with each passing year, the incremental rollout of this next-generation wireless connectivity service raises the...
With consumers accustomed to frictionless digital experiences, smart carts bring increased convenience to physical stores. Raz Golan, CEO and co-founder of Shopic, a company that offers smart carts, retail media integrations and store analytics, spoke with PYMNTS about how these technologies can help grocers meet...
Over two-thirds of Generation Z and millennial consumers track their health using wearable heathcare tech. That’s according to findings from “How Digital Has Changed the Consumer Healthcare Experience and Expectations,” a PYMNTS and CareCredit report. While nearly half (48.5%) of surveyed consumers are now using...
Cloud platforms designed for specific industries are reportedly gaining ground in the marketplace. These solutions solve industry-specific problems while also delivering cost savings by enabling users to optimize their operations and pay for only the part of the cloud infrastructure that they need, The Wall...
The U.S. hopes to boost domestic wireless equipment competition with gear made by China’s Huawei. The move comes amid a festering national security dispute between the federal government and the Chinese manufacturer, whose equipment has played a major role in the rollout of a national...
With the new year comes new expectations for FinTech firms. The hype cycle of 2021 has resolved — dissolved might be the better word — in the face of falling FinTech valuations, giving way in the harsh climate of 2022 to a more grounded approach to building...
Although African startups secured close to $5 billion in venture capital (VC) funding in 2021, double of what was raised year-on-year (YoY), it still pales in comparison to the $621 billion raised globally last year. While entrepreneurs are not lacking on the continent, the challenge...