Data is at the heart of a profound transformation in insurance. How can we give customers the next generation of products while reassuring them we will protect their privacy?

Mario Greco · Zurich Knowledge Hub 18 Sep 2019

Infrastructure

6 innovative technologies about to transform our infrastructure

From design that keeps costs to plastic roads, there are plenty of new developments promising to shake up the sometimes-frustrating world of infrastructure.

Joseph Losavio 17 Sep 2019

China

Why the internet is yesterday's news in China's digital leap forward

Everyone – including emerging economies looking to emulate it – is looking at China's recent transition towards AI-driven industry.

Winston Wenyan Ma 16 Sep 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

A roadmap for destination management in the digital economy

The digital economy is revolutionizing the way we travel, and posing new challenges for tourist destinations as a result. Luckily, however, it can also be the answer to these issues. Here...

Sérgio Guerreiro 04 Sep 2019

Africa

Revolutionary technologies will drive African prosperity - this is why

The technologies of the 4IR don't necessarily need massive infrastructural support – so they could transform public service delivery in Africa all the more directly.

Cathy Smith 01 Sep 2019

Virtual and Augmented Reality

Industry review boards are needed to protect VR user privacy

A 20-minute virtual reality game can capture 20 million data points about the player - and yet the collection and use of this information is, as yet, unregulated. Last year, a group of pr...

Jessica Outlaw and Susan Persky 29 Aug 2019

Cities and Urbanization

The difference between urban intelligence and urban knowledge - and why we need to bridge the gap

While nation states in the global North and South have embraced the transforming potential of technology and data, it is clear that the roles of the two must differ given the vast variati...

Zarina Patel 29 Aug 2019

Big Data

The creative industries' gender equality secret has been exposed by big data

Creative industries have been opened up by big data. Analysis shows that there is an alarming amount of gender inequality.

Cath Sleeman · The Conversation 29 Aug 2019

Big Data

From drones to social media, how big data helps Asia weather disaster

Advancements in big data can better predict increasingly complex disasters in the Asia-Pacific region and limit their impact on vulnerable people.

Rina Chandran · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 27 Aug 2019

Africa

5 policy hotspots that are key to Africa's digital transformation

Equitable digital taxation and sensible radio-spectrum management could affect whether the continent puts in place internet access accessible by all.

Alice Munyua 26 Aug 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

The new assembly lines: Why AI needs low-skilled workers too

It's often said that AI revolution will only benefit the highly skilled workers. But there is a hidden army of labor labelling the data on which it relies

Nicola Croce and Moh Musa 12 Aug 2019

Big Data

Squishy 'Rubik's cube' could one day store tons of data

Information could be encoded into a new cube of coloured hydrogel blocks, according to a team of researchers.

Marc Airhart · Futurity 12 Aug 2019

Biotechnology

Why home DNA tests might not be as private as you think

Until direct-to-consumer genetic testing is more strongly regulated, then dipping into your DNA will continue to have unintended consequences

Cameron Fox 09 Aug 2019

Future of Mobility

Data is the key to a new mobility future - here's how

More information is available than ever before on our transportation habits. But perhaps it isn't yet priced in a way that serves the public good

Mouchka Heller and Maya Ben Dror 09 Aug 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Voice technology could soon be your new best friend. Here's why

As AI-backed voice technology evolved, it will come to understand its users in deeply intimate ways.

David Mattin 10 Jul 2019

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