Samsung Partners With Dezeen for Global 'Re:Create Design Challenge' to Upcycle Old Devices
Jun 02, 2023 06:42 am UTC| Business Life Technology
Samsung Electronics, in collaboration with UK design magazine Dezeen, announces the Re:Create Design Challenge, a global contest aimed at upcycling and recycling old Samsung devices. The initiative reflects Samsungs...
Technology is far from a silver bullet for solving homelessness or child welfare issues
Jun 01, 2023 11:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In 1921, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Christian Lous Lange stated: Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master. A century later in a digital landscape where technology giants strive to move fast and break...
Technology is radically changing sleep as we know it
Jun 01, 2023 11:38 am UTC| Technology
From sleep trackers to wakefulness drugs, the 21st century has seen an influx of new technology that could radically alter the way we sleep. Many of these new technologies chase the dream of optimised slumber. They...
If we're going to label AI an 'extinction risk', we need to clarify how it could happen
Jun 01, 2023 11:38 am UTC| Technology
This week a group of well-known and reputable AI researchers signed a statement consisting of 22 words: Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such...
Jun 01, 2023 11:35 am UTC| Technology Business
On 7 March 2023, just as the European Council was preparing to vote on a ban on the sale of new internal combustion engine cars in Europe from 2035, something went wrong: Germany, whose vote was essential for the measure...
Meet the EU's answer to crypto: the e-euro
Jun 01, 2023 11:34 am UTC| Digital Currency Technology
In a bid to play catch up with technology companies and younger generations of consumers, central banks are finally starting to take digital currencies seriously. Countries such as Sweden, China, and India have establish...
Jun 01, 2023 11:34 am UTC| Technology
Is computational creativity possible? The recent hype around generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Midjourney, Dall-E and many others, raises new questions about whether creativity is a uniquely...
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
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects