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Climate Change
How Smart Tech Helps Brazilian Farmers Adapt To A Changing Climate
Emerging Technologies
'Agile governance' could redesign policy on data protection. Here's why that matters
Technology rules are increasingly fragmented across regions, but agile governance can create a nimbler and more adaptive approach to regulation.
Virtual and Augmented Reality
Making the metaverse mainstream is about the user experience. Here's why
The metaverse is technology's next big thing, but platforms need to reduce entry costs and improve user experience in the metaverse to boost uptake among mainstream users.
Digital Communications
The digital revolution is leaving poorer kids behind
More people than ever are working and learning online as a result of the pandemic, yet this has not helped close the digital gap in America. Here's why.
Artificial Intelligence
AI: This is why the developing world is far behind – and that’s a problem for all of us
Artificial intelligence is already part of public life, but its increasing use carries an environmental cost and could widen the global digital divide.
Virtual and Augmented Reality
The metaverse is coming. Here are 4 things businesses can expect
Meet Me in the Metaverse, a new report from Accenture, outlines four trends that will shape how companies from BMW to Gucci prepare for the new immersive internet.
COVID-19
This is how COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of website technology
Digital technologies have played a crucial role in helping firms weather the worst of the COVID shock, including contactless payments and online technologies.
The Metaverse
How can we make sure the metaverse will be safer than the internet?
Questions are already being asked about security in the metaverse, as it could present new opportunities for phishing, identity theft and even spying.
Digital Communications
Why don't people listen to health advice?
People who don't trust healthcare providers are less likely to get vaccinations. Rethinking the way that health information is delivered is key to changing this
The Metaverse
Will the metaverse lead to metawork?
Gen Z are most likely to see themselves using virtual spaces in their jobs. And only 16 percent of people don't see themselves working in the metaverse.
Cybersecurity
Why global harmonisation of cybersecurity would be music to everyone's ears
The three major areas that would benefit from industry-wide harmonization of cybersecurity regulations are data protection, interoperability and cost.
Gender Inequality
Meet the women entrepreneurs who are breaking down ‘glass walls’
Women entrepreneurs are breaking barriers by increasingly entering occupations traditionally dominated by men, helping economies recover after COVID-19.
Nigeria
For 25 cents a day, poor Nigerians get a shot at science education
With millions of Nigerian children and their families facing poverty, the founder or Knosk believes STEM school with low fees could help Nigerians escape poverty.
Emerging Technologies
This new algorithm could help computers predict tipping points for the climate
Machine learning has faced difficulties in understanding dynamic systems, such as water movements. But a new algorithm is able to model such movements.
Digital Communications
These AI tools are teaching themselves to improve how they classify images
MIT researchers have created a machine-learning model for image classification that uses synthetic data - and it can rival one trained on real data, they say.