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 moreHalf of world economy dependent on nature: WEF study.
Releasing the Nature Risk Rising Report ahead of its 50th Annual Meeting, the World Economic Forum said about 25 per cent of our assessed plant and animal species are threatened by human actions, with a million species facing extinction, many...
Read moreNestle to invest billions to boost use of recycled plastics.
Regularly cited by environmentalists as one of the top plastic polluters, Nestle is under pressure to show it is serious about addressing the waste reduction problem. It has vowed to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025.
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 moreThe UN has a 17-point plan to save the world. So how’s it doing?
n 2015, the United Nations wrote a to-do list to address the world’s biggest problems – designed to tackle everything from poverty to the oceans – and lift people up by 2030 without damaging the planet.
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 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...
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