Like oil and other natural resources, the extraction of data requires energy - and we are not using it sustainably, either. It's time for a new approach.

Antonio Neri 02 Mar 2020

Big Data

The digital divide is silencing groups of LGBTI people, those with disabilities and forced migrants - this is how we ensure they're heard

LGBTI people, people with disabilities and forced migrants are all second-class citizens when it comes to data collection – to the detriment of society

Phil Crehan 28 Feb 2020

Big Data

Here's how this EU data-sharing plan could benefit us all

Businesses that understand the value of collaboration and respect data sovereignty and ownership will be the winners.

Aclan Okur 28 Feb 2020

International Trade and Investment

How the new EU data strategy could affect trade and competition

It raises questions about the implications of potential new rules on cross-border data flows and the governance of data-sharing platforms.

Kimberley Botwright and Aditi Sara Verghese 25 Feb 2020

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Lab-made molecules store image of Picasso drawing

The Brown University researchers stored more than 200 kilobytes of data - significant progress in terms of small molecule storage.

Kevin Stacey · Futurity 24 Feb 2020

European Union

This is the EU's plan to compete with Silicon Valley

The European Commissions has announced plans for a single European market for data.

Foo Yun Chee · Reuters 20 Feb 2020

Cities and Urbanization

Here's how technology is tackling inclusion issues in smart cities

By 2050, nearly 70% of people will live in a city. The World Bank's Sameh Wahba explains how its helping cities harness data and cutting-edge technology to grow sustainably.

Sameh Wahba · World Bank 14 Feb 2020

Cybersecurity

To protect trust in the 4IR, we need to become experts in distrust

The digital transformation we are living through is built on data - but trust in the way data is handed is decreasing. Here's how business leaders can turn this around for the benefit of ...

Bill Fryberger, Kai Hermsen, and Daniel Dobrygowski 11 Feb 2020

Behavioural Sciences

This psychologist is using science and data to beat racism

Fixing racism requires measurement of behaviours and actions to change them, argues Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff.

Samantha Sault 23 Jan 2020

Internet Governance

Closing the trust gap: how responsible data use can accelerate a sustainable society

Big data presents a huge opportunity to fuel the next century of innovation, but privacy remains a problem.

JoAnn Stonier 21 Jan 2020

Corporate Governance

Here's how to make stakeholder capitalism a reality

Businesses can make capitalism work for everyone by incorporating basic human decency, says Mastercard's CEO Ajay Banga.

Ajay S. Banga 19 Jan 2020

Davos 2020

How big data can make supply chains better for consumers and the planet

With data and collaboration, companies can create products that are better for both the consumer and the planet.

Carol Fung 16 Jan 2020

Internet Governance

The data debate: Rights of the individual vs institution

Data has become the world’s most valuable currency, but what are the questions that really need to be asked - and answered?

Antonio Zappulla 14 Jan 2020

Forests

4 ways to harness data to stop deforestation in supply chains

Companies can harness the power of data to make commodity supply chain more sustainable.

Toby Gardner 14 Jan 2020

China

The countries leading the world in scientific research

The past decade saw China overtake the United States publishing scientific research. As a whole, the EU accounted for nearly a quarter of all studies published.

Niall McCarthy · Statista 13 Jan 2020

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