The German federal government will adopt new guidelines for self-driving cars inside the country, which will prioritize the value and equality of human life over damage to property or animals. These guidelines, presented on Aug. 23 by an ethics...
Read moreThe society of the future looks nothing like you might imagine
What is a “smart” society? While flights of imagination from science-fiction writers, filmmakers, and techno-futurists involve things like flying cars and teleportation, in practice smart technology is making inroads in a piecemeal fashion, often...
Read moreCambodia’s education minister on reforms and the fourth industrial revolution
It’s 8am on a Wednesday and Hang Chuon Naron, an economist who has been Cambodia’s education minister since 2013, has spent the past five minutes discussing the myriad ways in which artificial intelligence will change the world. After pondering...
Read moreWhat the Fourth Industrial Revolution means for India
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is well underway in India – many people just haven’t realized it yet. Entrepreneurs, CEOs, company founders and start-ups are rapidly adopting technologies involving AI, the Internet of Things (IoT), 3D-printing...
Read moreHow the smartphone changed an entire generation
As someone who researches generational differences, I find one of the most frequent questions I’m asked is “What generation am I in?” If you were born before 1980, that’s a relatively easy question to answer: the Silent Generation was born...
Read moreTech giants are building their own undersea fibre-optic networks
WHEN Cyrus Field, an American businessman, laid the first trans-Atlantic cable in 1858, it was hailed as one of the great technological achievements of its time and celebrated with bonfires, fireworks and 100-gun salutes. Alas, the reason for the...
Read moreGoogle parent Alphabet looks to restore cell service in Puerto Rico with Project Loon balloons
The FCC has given approval for Google parent company, Alphabet, to help Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands regain wireless service. The company will attempt to enable LTE connectivity using its high-flying Project Loon balloons. Hurricane Maria...
Read more‘Our minds can be hijacked’: the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia
Justin Rosenstein had tweaked his laptop’s operating system to block Reddit, banned himself from Snapchat, which he compares to heroin, and imposed limits on his use of Facebook. But even that wasn’t enough. In August, the 34-year-old tech...
Read more5 Times We Were Told No When Starting Our Business….and How We Overcame It
I am CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevest, a digital investing and planning platform for women. My team and I launched the company in 2016, and, in that time, we’ve become one of the fastest growing digital investment platforms out of the gate.* We’ve...
Read moreHow data is changing customer service
Customer service and loyalty is not a new concept. Retailers have been looking at ways to encourage repeat business and devise loyalty programmes in different shapes or forms, for decades. They know it is much cheaper to retain a customer than to...
Read moreForget Mac versus PC, or iPhone versus Android — the next great battle is between Google and Amazon
Every new era of computing has had its hallmark rivalry. IBM versus Digital. Apple versus IBM. Mac versus Windows. iPhone versus Android. Now a new wave of computing is upon us. And for my money, this generation’s big fight will be between...
Read moreThis country could soon make Bitcoin its official currency
From Bolivars to Bitcoins In order to deal with ever-growing issues with hyperinflation, the country of Venezuela may soon decide to adopt a new currency: Bitcoin. As explained by CoinTelegraph, Bitcoin has been the subject of a massive amount of...
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