Demands for an email from a deceased person, a mishmash of requests for paperwork and a sense that “we were the first people ever” to report a death. These are among the distressing experiences faced by Telegraph Money readers . A report, “The Cost and Bureaucracy of Dying”, from […]
Facing an audience at the National Nordic Museum in Seattle, Iceland’s president, Guðni Jóhannesson, asked Siri if she spoke Icelandic. Apple’s voice assistant didn’t have an answer for that. He turned instead to Embla, a prototype of similar speech recognition technology that is designed to show users what it […]
File photo of Singapore birth certificates. (Photo: CNA/Zhaki Abdullah) SINGAPORE: Babies born in Singapore from May 29 will no longer have physical birth certificates, as the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) will only issue digital certificates. The same will be applied to deaths registered from May 29. This is […]
Technology continues to change perspectives on death, grief, memorialization, and digital legacy. Immersive virtual reality near-death out-of-body experiences have been shown to reduce fear of death. The metaverse and virtual worlds offer new opportunities for digital immortality. Athena/ Pexels The concept of death, memory , and memorialization is actively […]
From 29 May 2022, the birth and death registration processes will be made simpler, and digital birth and death certificates will be issued in place of physical certificates. This is part of the Government’s ongoing effort to streamline and digitalise services to serve citizens better. Registration of births 2. […]