It weighs, photographs, and monitors all the food thrown into it, and now this smart bin will be helping boost sustainability at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

Sean Fleming 17 Jan 2020

How 5G and the Internet of Things can create a winning business

New technologies will impact every market and every industry in a way that many of us have not yet begun to consider. Here is how to make the most of it.

Åsa Tamsons 08 Jan 2020

Cybersecurity

Hardware is a cybersecurity risk. Here's what we need to know

Cybersecurity is not just a software issue. The underlying technology on which our software runs is vulnerable, too - which is why it's time to talk about hardware security

Edlyn V. Levine and Algirde Pipikaite 19 Dec 2019

Innovation

The importance of social networks for innovation and productivity

Social networks facilitate the diffusion of ideas across individuals and firms, which in turn plays an important role in productivity growth.

Esteban Ortiz-Ospina · Our World in Data 13 Dec 2019

Internet of Things

A billion people live in data poverty – but what does it mean?

The ability to exercise many of our most basic rights and privileges – from voting to travelling – requires standardized information to determine who is eligible for what. But, in the age...

Anne-Marie Slaughter and Yuliya Panfil · Project Syndicate 06 Dec 2019

Global Health

4 ways data is improving healthcare

Harnessing medical data can, and will, improve healthcare, writes GE Healthcare President and CEO Kieran Murphy in the Global Innovation Index 2019.

Global Innovation Index · Global Innovation Index 05 Dec 2019

Global Risks

This secret vault stores humanity’s most valuable knowledge – in case of an apocalypse

The Arctic World Archive holds Vatican archives, movies, and now, all of GitHub’s open source code.

Dan Robitzski · Futurism 29 Nov 2019

Digital Economy and Society

How the inventor of the web plans to make it safe and accessible for everyone

When Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989, he envisioned it as an information management system for CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

Katharine Rooney 27 Nov 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

From Sesame Street to supersonic flight, 50th anniversaries are all the rage this year

Many of the cultural institutions born in 1969 are still going strong half a century later.

Sean Fleming 15 Nov 2019

Information Technology

This is what hurricanes and cybersecurity have in common

When it comes to natural disasters, information sharing is paramount to overcome adversity, so why when it comes to cybersecurity is data hoarded by companies and governments?

Algirde Pipikaite and Haiyan Song · Scientific American 12 Nov 2019

Internet of Things

How many websites do you think exist? Your guess won't come close

By the end of 1992, there were a mere 10 sites to visit online.

Martin Armstrong · Statista 08 Nov 2019

Digital Economy and Society

3 ways digitalization will help end crime

The enhanced traceability of digital currencies and internet-connected items will make criminal transactions far more difficult in future.

Henrik Hvid Jensen 29 Oct 2019

Social Media

This graph tells us who's using social media the most

This infographic from Global Web Index compares key generational and regional differences of social media use based on data from nearly 114,000 internet users.

Ashley Viens · Visual Capitalist 02 Oct 2019

Mental Health

Mothers are more tired, more stressed and far unhappier than fathers. Here’s why

New research has studied the happiness of moms and dads. The type of childcare activity, when and where it took place, who was present, and how much care was involved were all examined.

Katie Bohn · Futurity 26 Sep 2019

5G will change the world - but who will keep it safe?

Recent initiatives in the UK and in the EU states have sought to develop approaches to testing 5G equipment security before it is embedded in critical networks and systems.

Amy Jordan and David Rogers 11 Sep 2019

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