Tech & Innovation
The Metaverse: Technology, Privacy and Security Risks, and the Road Ahead
What is the metaverse (MTV)?
A metaverse is a combination of persistent, multi-user, shared, 3D virtual spaces that are intertwined with the physical world and...
BRICS Launches Vaccine R&D Center
The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), an association of five emerging economies, made one huge step forward, perhaps driven by the...
The Dangers of Weaponizing Artificial Intelligence
AI technology has brought many benefits to the world, but could weaponizing AI be a mistake?
Many advancements in AI technology have been made in...
The War of Narratives Over the Origin of COVID-19 and our Virology-Media-Complex
Authors: Dr. Austin Lin and Dr. Jianli Yang*,
Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine is commanding global attention. However, away from the current spotlight,...
Elderly care? Bring in the robots!
Robots have come a long way. For years they have been supporting human activity – enabling exploration in dangerous and unreachable environments like out...
Quantum computing and quantum computers
What is quantum computing? Why do we need quantum computing? According to Moore's law ("The complexity of a microcircuit, measured for example by the...
Future Human Society’s Primary Task will be to Regulate Technology
The widespread application of digital technology has brought profound changes to society, raising the issues of market order and supervision in the digital age...
Ensuring Equality Through and Within Emerging Technology
A Human Rights and International Policy Centric Approach to the Risks and Benefit of Barely Understood Tehnological Systems
Today, Digitalization is all-pervading and is changing...
Observations from space help scientists get one step ahead of the tiny but deadly mosquito
Each year, nearly three-quarters of a million people die from mosquito-borne diseases, and with climate change the problem is getting worse. EU researchers are...
Encourage today’s girls to become ‘tomorrow’s leading scientists and innovators’
In his message marking the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the UN chief on Friday called for an enabling environment where...