Tech & Innovation
Nations Improving Technology Also Improve Sustainability
Nations investing in technology infrastructure make faster, more efficient progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), according to a report released by...
China Missed the Industrial Revolution, But It Won’t Miss the Digital One
In 2016, artificial intelligence defeated a professional player at Go for the first time. The AlphaGo program, developed by DeepMind, first beat three-time European...
A Brave New World without Work
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the soon-to-come widespread introduction of robots and artificial intelligence (AI)? Endless queues...
The new frontiers of political and strategic technology: The future technological singularity
To put it in a generic but understandable way, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technologically mediated ability (but always present in a digital computer...
Building the Future of Construction
Dramatic changes on the horizon indicate an uncertain future for the engineering and construction (E&C) industry and its more than 100 million employees worldwide....
Digital Platforms are Critical for Entrepreneurs
APEC economies boast some of the fastest-growing and most technologically innovative markets in the world. But though rich in culture, craftsmanship and entrepreneurial spirit,...
Can State-of-the-Art Machine Learning Tools Give New Life to Household Survey Data?
In 2014 the UN called for a data revolution to put the best available tools and methods to work in service of achieving the...
Industry 4.0 for smart sustainable cities in Latin America
Innovative policies and regulatory frameworks are key to harnessing the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to revolutionize urban...
It’s not about the technology: Faster, better internet needs different financing models
To connect the as yet unconnected around the world to the internet is only a first step towards ensuring that all societies participate in...
Artificial Intelligence: Everyday Everywhere
May 17 marks the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day with the theme of enabling the positive use of ‘Artificial Intelligence for All’.
The term...