Oct 23, 2017 07:30 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Bearish scenarios: Expect NZDUSD to slide below 0.67 if: 1) The housing market slowdown becomes disorderly 2) The migration rolls over due to a shift in government policy; 3) NZ bank funding issues intensify,...
Oct 23, 2017 07:24 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
We continue to look for a lower NZD over the coming year, as tight financial conditions, weaker growth, a housing market that has peaked and a policy rate more likely to go down than up in the next year all weigh on the...
Why marking essays by algorithm risks rewarding the writing of 'bullshit'
Oct 23, 2017 02:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Picture this: you have written an essay. You researched the topic and carefully constructed your argument. You submit your essay online and receive your grade within seconds. But how can anyone read, comprehend and judge...
Google’s new Go-playing AI learns fast, and even thrashed its former self
Oct 23, 2017 02:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Just last year Google DeepMinds AlphaGo took the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by storm, showing that a computer program could beat the worlds best human Go players. But in a demonstration of the feverish rate...
Why we need to improve cloud computing's security
Oct 23, 2017 02:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Do you often use Facebook? How about Snapchat, Gmail, Dropbox, Slack, Google Drive, Spotify or Minecraft? Perhaps all of them? Bottom line, if you use an online social network, e-mail program, data storage service or a...
The burger apocalypse: low carbon eating and avoiding food waste
Oct 23, 2017 02:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
More than 95% of people still eat meat and dont like being told that it is wrong and bad for the planet to do so. But it is now well established that meat production is responsible for a substantial proportion of human...
DNA techniques could transform facial recognition technology
Oct 23, 2017 01:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
When police in London recently trialled a new facial recognition system, they made a worrying and embarrassing mistake. At the Notting Hill Carnival, the technology made roughly 35 false matches between known suspects and...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects