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TANDEM APPROACH: Mark K. W. Gim, president and chief operating officer of The Washington Trust Co., said focusing on operating physical branch locations in tandem with digital offerings allows the bank to maintain its customer flow.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Customers still want brick-and-mortar banking

Financial Services 06/21/2019

It started with drive-through banking lanes. Then it was automated teller machines – ATMs. Hailed as the future of banking, many thought the days...

Five Questions With: Robert Blackburn

Technology 04/09/2019

Gartner, a global research firm, has reported that emergency-room visits in the United States will be reduced by 20 million by 2023 due to...

Robot overlords not worst outcome

Advice 03/15/2019

Members of the general public are smart not to get too worked up when celebrities such as the late Stephen Hawking or Elon Musk...

A NEW REPORT published by the Brookings Institution states that 46.1 percent of tasks in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area are susceptible to automation by 2030. / COURTESY BROOKINGS INSTITUTION

Report: 46.1% of average share of tasks in Providence metro susceptible...

Economic Activity 01/25/2019

PROVIDENCE – A new report from the Brookings Institution released Thursday states that 46.1 percent of the average share of tasks in the Providence-Warwick-Fall...

URI opens library-based AI lab

Education 10/26/2018

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Demonstrations of smart technology-powered drones, robot hands and smart textiles for medical use took place at the opening of the Artificial...

Virtual DBS adds customer analytics strengths with new partnership

Technology 06/20/2018

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Predictive analytics company Virtual DBS announced a partnership with DataBlockChain.io, a platform that combines big data, blockchain technology and artificial intelligence,...

KUNAL MANKODIYA, an assistant professor in the electrical, computer and biomedical engineering department, is one of the organizers of URI’s coming Artificial Intelligence lab. /COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND/MICHAEL SALERNO

URI to open artificial intelligence lab

Education 12/21/2017

KINGSTON — An artificial intelligence laboratory is coming to the University of Rhode Island's Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons, URI announced Thursday. The...

GlobalData: Artificial intelligence to significantly impact retail banking

Financial Services 07/18/2017

LONDON – GlobalData, a data-specialist firm, released a report showing artificial intelligence is likely to significantly impact the retail-banking sector. The company reported artificial intelligence,...

ELON MUSK, CEO of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/SUSANA GONZALEZ

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tells governors to prepare for robots, artificial...

Government 07/16/2017

PROVIDENCE — Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, shared his vision Saturday for what future years could bring in technological advancements, a picture...