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

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

Innovation

Want to use drag-and-drop digital tech like Iron Man? Now you can

Researchers from MIT and Brown University have developed Northstar, a system for interactive data analytics that runs on touchscreens.

Rob Matheson · MIT News 02 Jul 2019

Global Risks

Resiliency is the key to strong investments in a chaotic world

With climate change and environmental degradation looming, technologies that can build greater resiliency into planetary and man-made systems are the new prize.

Zachary Bogue 29 Jun 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

How data exchanges can level the digital playing field

Developing countries are hampered by a lack of large datasets for AI, machine-learning algorithms and deep learning neural networks. What if we could solve the shortfall through pacts?

Murat Sönmez 28 Jun 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Latin America is a mass-transit powerhouse. But it needs fine-tuning

With their strong culture of mass-transit systems, Latin American and Caribbean cities could become urban mobility success stories by going digital.

Michelle Avary and Sandra Caballero 27 Jun 2019

Africa

What Africa can learn from China about data privacy

One-size-fits-all data-use regulation like Europe's GDPR isn't appropriate for a fragmented, developing continent like Africa.

Stephany Zoo 26 Jun 2019

Big Data

How male bias in data collection puts female lives at risk

Caroline Criado Perez, campaigner and author of 'Invisible Women', says the male bias in data collection is putting female lives at risk and needs to be countered.

Caroline Criado Perez · Chatham House 14 Jun 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Time to make a fundamental choice about the future of healthcare

Healthcare is increasingly burdened with non-communicable disease in an ageing population. Here's how technology and the British NHS model can help it adapt.

Nicholas Peters 11 Jun 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

How the future of computing can make or break the AI revolution

The computing ecosystem must continue to evolve – maybe into the quantum realm – if AI is to come to full fruition.

Ghida Ibrahim 10 Jun 2019

Big Data

Data is the oil of the digital world. What if tech giants had to buy it from us?

Plans are afoot to transform the data on which tech giants depend an asset class with the power to make money for its creators: us. But how far can this idea go in reality?

Agnes Budzyn 30 Apr 2019

Big Data

Data and the future of financial services

"The transformation of the financial system as we know has only just begun. Everybody should be able to reap the benefits of this transformation. At the same time, consumers must be assur...

Kai Keller 10 Apr 2019

Climate Change

5 ways cities can use emerging technologies to fight climate change

Big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain, virtual reality and 3D printing will be vital in mitigating the worst consequences of global warming. Here are some solutions already in the...

Mounir Kabbara 05 Apr 2019

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