After decades of attempting to improve failing health and education systems in developing countries, the situation in many areas is still dire. In some sub-Saharan African countries, children achieve as little as 2.3 to 5 years of learning...
Read moreMalaysia’s Industry 4.0 adoption ‘boils down to knowledge on application’, says Dr M
The limitless growth potential from digital adoption amid the fourth industrial revolution “boils down to knowledge on application”, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Read moreAT&T Is Dragging HBO’s Streaming Strategy Out of the Dark Ages
Richard Plepler, the gregarious and perpetually tanned head of Home Box Office Inc., had a saying: HBO is a media company, not a technology company. The statement grew more radical with each passing year as seemingly every other business—car...
Read more10 reasons why Finland’s education system is the best in the world
Time and time again, American students continually rank near the middle or bottom among industrialized nations when it comes to performance in math and science. The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) which in conjunction with the...
Read moreThis is what a genderless AI voice sounds like – and why it matters
A coalition of activists, linguists, ad makers, and sound engineers has created what it claims is the first genderless AI voice for virtual assistants, and is asking for the public to help get the word out.
Read more5 ways students can graduate fully qualified for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The world is changing quickly and to keep pace, higher education must innovate. As students consider their options for higher education, they must ask themselves: will the cost of my education be repaid by its value? Will my education allow me to...
Read moreFive facts on what trade and technology really mean for jobs
Technology and trade have driven the global economy through a period of extraordinary growth and dynamism over the past quarter of a century but at a cost of important changes and disruptions in the job markets. The 2017 edition of the World...
Read moreThe Fourth Industrial Revolution is about empowering people, not the rise of the machines
The world is changing. There’s no way around this fact. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is now. And, whether you know it or not, it will affect you. Billions of people and countless machines are connected to each other. Through groundbreaking...
Read moreIn just two hours, Amazon erased $30 billion in market value for healthcare’s biggest companies
Amazon has disrupted fashion, books, furniture, food, cloud-based storage services, and much else besides. Now, it’s coming for one of the biggest, most complex industries in the US: healthcare.
Read moreResearchers have managed to connect a human brain to the internet
Researchers from Wits University have linked a brain directly to the internet. Data gathered from this project could help fuel the next steps in machine learning and brain-computer interfaces.
Read moreHello, mobile operators? This is your age of disruption calling
For the better part of a decade, telecom companies have suffered through declining revenues, cash flow, and return on investment just as tech companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and others have mushroomed by building their businesses on the...
Read moreWhere Did Snapchat Go Wrong?
Snapchat’s been in the news for the last year or two for a number of reasons. Whether it’s been to discuss the popularity of DJ Khaled, their incredibly publicised and talked about IPO, their advertising platform that hasn’t...
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