Automation won't destroy jobs, but it will change them
Feb 29, 2016 04:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The last few years have seen numerous studies pointing to a bleak future with technology-induced unemployment on the rise. For example, a pivotal 2013 study by researchers at the University of Oxford found that of 702...
Marketers claim 5G will support the Internet of Things but is that really a thing?
Feb 28, 2016 16:12 pm UTC| Technology
A major focus of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week was around advances in implementing 5G, the version of mobile wireless networks that will replace the current 4G. In a nutshell, 5G will bring massive...
Will self-driving cars reduce energy use and make travel better for the environment?
Feb 26, 2016 14:51 pm UTC| Technology
I started learning driving only three years ago, and inevitably failed my first test. Naturally, I was disappointed: but then it occurred to me that I could avoid the whole issue, if only I could get my hands on a...
When ‘innovation’ fails to fix our finances
Feb 26, 2016 05:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Digital Currency
One of the most unassailable buzzwords of our time is innovation. We are repeatedly told that our economies arent working properly simply because we arent getting enough innovation these days. However, what our singular...
Hacking the terror suspect's iPhone: what the FBI can do now Apple says 'no'
Feb 26, 2016 00:34 am UTC| Technology Law
Tech giant Apple is standing firm behind its decision to refuse a US court order to help the FBI gain access to the iPhone used by one of the shooters in last years mass killing in California. Fourteen people were...
In FBI versus Apple, government strengthened tech's hand on privacy
Feb 26, 2016 00:16 am UTC| Technology Law
The ongoing fight between Apple and the FBI over breaking into the iPhone makers encryption system to access a persons data is becoming an increasingly challenging legal issue. With a deadline looming, Apple filed court...
How driverless vehicles will redefine mobility and change car culture
Feb 24, 2016 16:12 pm UTC| Technology
My grandmother, Christine Johanna Hoffman, was born in 1894 and died in 1990. In the course of her lifetime, she witnessed the advent of indoor plumbing and home electrification, the Wright Brothers first flight, the debut...
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