Three things we can all learn from people who don't use smartphones or social media
Sep 25, 2018 18:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Many of us spend hours every day tethered to our devices, pawing at the screen to see if it will deliver a few more likes or emails, monitoring the world and honing our online presence. Social networking platforms such as...
AI could help us manage natural disasters – but only to an extent
Sep 25, 2018 18:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In the last few years, AI has become ever more powerful. It can diagnose diseases, book restaurants, fake presidential speeches, and even compose hit music and produce trailers for horror movies. So in this new era of big...
AI could help drones ride air currents like birds
Sep 25, 2018 17:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Birds have long inspired humans to create their own ways to fly. We know that soaring bird species that migrate long distances use thermal updrafts to stay in the air without using up energy flapping their wings. And...
Automated vehicles may encourage a new breed of distracted drivers
Sep 25, 2018 10:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Few people pay close attention to the traffic situation unfolding around them when theyre travelling as a passenger in a car, even if theyre in the front seat. And that could make partially automated vehicles, which are...
Police on Twitter: Talking to the community, or just to themselves?
Sep 25, 2018 10:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
North American police departments have been using Twitter for operational and public relations purposes for more than a decade. While some departments are more Twitter-savvy than others, they all seem to herald the...
Worried about AI taking over the world? You may be making some rather unscientific assumptions
Sep 25, 2018 09:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Should we be afraid of artificial intelligence? For me, this is a simple question with an even simpler, two letter answer: no. But not everyone agrees many people, including the late physicist Stephen Hawking, have raised...
Sep 25, 2018 08:06 am UTC| Technology
The past few weeks saw a goldmine for footage of Kingdom Hearts 3 as Square Enix bombarded fans with one teaser clip after another. Among those that caught the attention of fans is the battle between Sora and Aqua, Comic...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight