Though a long way to go after the Sunflower Movement, Taiwan’s web-driven democratisation contrasts sharply with its authoritarian neighbour.Read the full article
Digitalisation, automation and artificial intelligence are changing the way we produce and work. Work via on-line platforms, ever more widespread, brings flexibility and independence, but also uncertainty and a lack of labour [...]Read the full article
Every time you use the internet you are likely the unwitting subject of dozens of experiments trying to figure out how to most effectively extract money from you.Read the full article
Europe, in theory, has the most enabling environment for women when it comes to working in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) related jobs. Putting an end to the discrimination or harassment of women is not only a basic human rights issue but also a proven source of economic [...]Read the full article
“Women in Africa are generally very entrepreneurial, and they always combine business with social impact. Tech is just another sector where women can show that they can build a successful business.”Read the full article
“The increased frequency and intensity of natural disasters across sub-Saharan Africa should serve as a wake-up call for governments and the international community to invest in hydromet services.”Read the full article
No technological improvements can solve the fundamental challenge to humanity that will come from delegating a life-and-death decision to a machine.Read the full article
France has been accumulating nuclear waste since 1974, with no long-term solution for recycling it. Plans to bury it underground in Bure, in the east of France, are the object of fierce opposition from the anti-nuclear movement.Read the full article
The archipelago nation in South-East Asia is the second biggest polluter of the oceans, behind another Asian country: China.Read the full article
“Digital mobile technologies help in creating employment. Some 700,000 people in the region have moved away from the poverty trap. They are now middle class citizens.”Read the full article
The premise that intelligent machines will perform tasks more efficiently and at a lower cost than human beings is by no means far-fetched. The challenges facing the workers of the future are multiplying before our very eyes.Read the full article
The debate over relationships between humans and machines often raises alarm and hope in equal measure. But now it is no longer science fiction: robots with incipient artificial intelligence are here and are calling at our door (or quite the [...]Read the full article
