HONG KONG — China’s biggest social network and gaming firm, Tencent Holdings, which last week reported forecast-beating quarterly results, is close to making Malaysia the first foreign country to roll out its WeChat ecosystem, an executive...
Read more100 million more Indians are going to be connected to the internet, thanks to this ambitious plan
India is gearing up for a massive digital transformation of its vast hinterland. In three years from now, the Narendra Modi government plans to lay down the necessary infrastructure—including one million kilometres of optical fibre network—to...
Read moreWarren Buffett perfectly describes why the retail apocalypse is dooming Macy’s, Sears, and JCPenney
Retailers such as Macy’s, Sears, and JCPenney are closing stores as sales decline. Warren Buffett’s book of essays has an explanation for the root of the problem: companies prioritizing short-term goals over long-term investments. If Buffett’s...
Read moreWhy India is about to move to the ‘center stage’ of world energy
The disconnect is huge: Even as countries of the world pledge to cut their greenhouse gas emissions going into the Paris climate talks, recent analyses suggest that overall emissions will still rise through the year 2030, and current national...
Read moreWatch CRISPR edit DNA in real time
CRISPR, or Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat, refers to the unique organization of repeating DNA sequences. These sequences are a critical part of the immune systems of microorganisms like bacteria. The CRISPR system can...
Read moreScientists could eradicate pain by rewiring your brain
With the U.S. facing a epidemic-level addiction crisis, scientists are looking for novel ways to treat pain that don’t involve dangerous, highly addictive medications like opioids. Some researchers are even making inroads on therapies and...
Read moreBlockchain (& AI) Will Rewire Whole Industries
Everyone’s obsessed with blockchain – and for good reason. Blockchain is a technology that can solve some of the most vexing technological, professional and personal problems we face. But despite the elegance, complexity and security of the...
Read moreBlockchain and IoT: made for each other?
Blockchain and IoT provide several tangible benefits as individual technologies, but to really unlock their potential it is important to understand how they work together. Jean-Luc Scherer explores the myriad benefits of their convergence…
Read moreThe future is coming. Here’s what it might look like
Emergent technologies are poised to radically change how we work and live. They will transform our cities and workplaces, shifting jobs and entrepreneurship in new directions, and spur new ways to manage our lives. All of society will be...
Read moreDubai Just Appointed a “State Minister for Artificial Intelligence”
Governments around the world are beginning to understand the potential and importance of artificial intelligence (AI). International acceptance has spread with the implementation of AI regulations, like what has been created in Germany. For...
Read moreChina and India can teach the developing world a lot
Indonesia shares similar characteristics with China and India as Asian countries that have more people between the ages of 15 and 64 than young children and the elderly. Analysts call this surplus of people of productive working age a...
Read moreThe future of work could lie in freelancing
Today, freelancers represent 35% of the United States workforce. In the European Union, the rate is 16.1%. Both figures demonstrate the same global trend: from creative entrepreneurs to those paid by the task, freelancing is on the rise...
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