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Entrepreneurship
These start-ups are changing the Arab world
From Syrian voice recognition software to mobile games being produced in Gaza, the Arab tech scene is thriving.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
A Glimpse Into the Future: Quantum Computing, Energy and Health
What is quantum computing and how does it work? How will it affect the digital world in the near future? What type of problems will it help us solve?
Fourth Industrial Revolution
MENA has a heart disease problem. The solution is both basic and high-tech
Cardiovascular diseases are responsible for one in five deaths in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one in four adults in Saudi Arabia are likely to have a heart attack within the next 1...
Brain Research
A podcast on the future of brain technology
How does direct brain-computer interaction work? Will we control computers and machines with our thoughts soon? How will the advances in the field of neurotechnologies impact our health a...
ASEAN
Can technology help us tackle illegal fishing?
New technologies around traceability in the seafood supply chain could offer powerful new techniques to address illegal fishing.
Emerging Technologies
Five ways technology will change the mining, oil and gas industries
Technological breakthroughs are producing sweeping changes throughout the economy, from manufacturing to your check-out lane at Wal-Mart, and from legal research to laser surgery.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
How should we regulate genome editing?
A new set of governance principles for human genome editing could apply globally across different political and cultural contexts.
Africa
Here's how Africa can take advantage of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Against a backdrop of huge technological change, there are three things the continent must do to maintain its "Africa rising" narrative.
Brain Research
Five reasons the future of brain enhancement is digital, pervasive and (hopefully) bright
From wearable technologies to artificial intelligence, these five trends are defining the future of brain enhancement.
Environment
The previous industrial revolutions broke the environment. Can the current one fix it?
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a unique opportunity to fix environmental issues and redesign how we manage the environment.
Environment
Technology can help us to save our oceans. Here are three reasons why
The Fourth Industrial Revolution can transform our ability to understand what’s happening in the oceans, and to manage it.
Economy
Could creativity drive the next industrial revolution?
As robots increasingly take on manual labor, we will need to foster what differentiates humans from machines (at least for now): creativity.
Ageing
We're moving fast. But nobody knows where we're going
The telegraph, the internet, and the smartphone reshaped the world for every generation that witnessed them. What if similar inventions show up twice a decade?
Digital
Creating (and filling) jobs in Latin America’s new digital economy
With an extensive and robust network, a way to connect with each other, and a commitment to education, Latin America has an unprecedented opportunity to rise to the top of the market and ...
Digital
Dreaming not coding, a sharing economy in space and other top stories of the week
Also in this week's round-up of top global stories: data without privacy laws and the people who spend six hours a day commuting.