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What does the future hold for quantum computing? Experts explain
A World Economic Forum issue briefing on quantum computing explores the technology, where it's come from and what the future might hold.
Information Technology
This Company Is Making Smartphones You Can Upgrade Yourself
Information Technology
No, technology doesn't make us less intelligent
Could over-reliance on technology could take away from our cognitive ability? Academics from the University of Toronto explore whether this could be true.
Tech for Good
Could autonomous drones be the future of search and rescue missions?
A research team have been exploring how autonomous drones could aid rescue teams searching for people after hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters.
Science
Meeting the crypto regulatory challenge
Crypto adoption soared during the pandemic. With the right rules, it could help boost the formal economy and secure financial inclusion on a global scale.
Information Technology
Have we passed the peak of the smartphone era?
The smartphone market has slowed in recent years, with shipments of Apple, Samsung and others at 1,292 million units in 2020, its lowest total since 2013.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
What is the metaverse? 2 experts explain
The metaverse is a concept from science fiction that many people in the technology industry envision as the successor to today’s internet.
Internet of Things
This is how many websites there are
Tim Berners-Lee published the world's first website in August 1991. Today there are more than 1.8 billion websites - and the number is increasing fast.
Space
This visualization shows the gravitational pull of objects in our solar system
A Planetary Astronomer has created an animation that demonstrates gravitational pull in our solar system, by showing the time it takes a ball to drop from 1,000 meters.
Internet of Things
As threats to IoT devices evolve, can security keep up?
IoT security solutions can solve one problem but create others, causing mixed feelings among researchers about certain efforts to tackle connectivity risk.
COVID-19
How has COVID-19 affected business investments in digital technology?
Survey data from Germany shows that the pandemic has increased the diffusion of digital technologies, especially in combination with working from home.
Blockchain
This bird has become the world’s first ‘digital species’ for conservation
A digital version of the endangered Seychelles magpie-robin is being offered as a non-fungible token to find new income streams for wildlife conservation.
Cybersecurity
How to succeed in an increasingly risky cyber environment
Effective public/private collaboration can help nations become cyber resilient. CISOs must also hone skills to tackle the rising threat of cyber attacks.
Emerging Technologies
What is cybersickness and should you be worried?
Cybersickness refers to a cluster of symptoms from device use that include nausea, oculomotor issues like eye strain and general disorientation.
United States
To what extent does race affect computer ownership in the US?
A Pew Research Center survey has shown that Black and Hispanic adults in the U.S. are less likely than white adults to say they own a traditional computer.