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The world currently produces 2.5 quintillion bytes of data daily due to the internet of things, the emergence of 4K/8K videos, and the proliferation of artificial intelligence and automation. By 2025, worldwide data could soar to 175 zettabytes, representing 61% annual growth. Thanks to the virus pandemic, the rapid digitization of the economy sparking a massive push in remote working among corporations have also resulted in a massive increase in data storage. So, where is all this data being stored? More than 500 hyperscale data centers are scattered across the world, storing an estimated 547 exabytes with an estimated 151...

Japanese government plans to buy at least 2 million courses of the influenza drugFujifilm is ramping up production of its antiviral treatment favipiravir, one of many approved drugs being tested as a possible treatment for COVID-19. Phase III clinical trials are ongoing in Japan, and the government has ordered 2 million treatment courses. In the US, Fujifilm started Phase II trials earlier this month. Favipiravir, which Fujifilm sells under the brand name Avigan, has been approved in Japan since 2014 to treat influenza and other viral strains that don’t respond to other drugs. “Avigan tablets are expected to have efficacy...

Fujifilm shares leap on treatment hope This is Martin Farrer taking over the blog for a short time while Helen has a much-deserved break. We’re keen to inject a bit of optimism into the blog when possible and there is some in a Reuters story about how shares in Fujifilm have jumpped 15% after a Chinese official said the Japanese company’s Avigan anti-flu drug appeared to help coronavirus patients recover.

As previously announced, Fujifilm has stopped production of the majority of Motion Picture Film products by March, 2013. We would like to thank you very much for your patronage during the long history of manufacture, sales and marketing of these products which will continue to be available until the inventory is exhausted. Please contact our worldwide distributors for availability information. Fujifilm will continue to provide products and services designed for digital workflow of motion picture production and exhibition such as Recording film for Digital Separation [ETERNA-RDS] for long-term archiving, Imaging processing system [IS-100], and high-performance Fujinon lens for digital motion...

Animal lovers, your day has come. FujiFilm must have run out of things to do with human subjects (hell, they've even conquered 3D, apparently) because the company's new Finepix Z700EXR features face detection for felines and canines as a major selling point. Okay, maybe I'm selling the technology short. It's hard enough to take a picture when you've only got one hand since you're holding a treat in the other. I don't even know what you'd do to make a cat care about a camera — well, or about anything, really. The Finepix Z700 sports a 12-megapixel sensor, a 3.5...