Italian-American automaker Fiat Chrysler and the parent of iPhone assembler Foxconn are planning to set up a joint venture to build electric cars and develop internet-connected vehicles. Fiat Chrysler is looking to make up ground in the...
Read moreIndonesia is buzzing with entrepreneurial spirit. And others in ASEAN aren’t far behind.
More than one-third of the country’s young people, between the ages of 15 and 35, want to work for themselves. This may seem unsurprising in light of its recent string of booming tech unicorns – start-ups that have reached $1 billion valuation –...
Read moreFacebook misleading people, its behavior shameful: Nancy Pelosi.
Pelosi, during her weekly press briefing, said that Facebook has been very abusive of the great opportunity that technology has given them. According to Pelosi, Facebook intends to be accomplices for misleading the American people “with...
Read moreChina posts weakest growth in 29 years as trade war bites
China’s economic growth cooled to its weakest in nearly 30 years in 2019 amid a bruising trade war with the US, and more stimulus is expected this year as Beijing tries to boost sluggish investment and demand.
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 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...
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 moreIn The Future Blockchain Will Solve Most Real-World Problems — Even Arbitration
In a world hurtling through one technological breakthrough after another, Federico Ast looked to the past for inspiration when starting his company, Kleros. Ast went all the way back to ancient Greece, where he saw a citizen-driven justice system...
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