Tech & Innovation
To Prevent a Digital Dark Age: World Economic Forum Launches Global Centre for Cybersecurity
The World Economic Forum announced today a new Global Centre for Cybersecurity to help build a safe and secure global cyberspace. The centre will...
Automation is fuelling populist mistrust of technology and fears about jobs and privacy
The speed of technological change is accelerating convenience at the expense of trust, raising questions about tech companies’ values, intentions and responsibility to consumers,...
The urgent need for new action and thinking on the governance of emerging technologies
The World Economic Forum today released a new book by its Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab entitled Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The...
Cybersecurity Threats Outpacing Abilities of Governments and Companies
Cybersecurity threats are outpacing the ability to overcome them unless all stakeholders begin to cooperate. The increasingly networked, digitized, and connected world is vulnerable...
Buckle up for the new passenger economy
A hundred years ago, few thought that the clunky automobile that broke down so often would ever replace a horse. In the 1970s, people...
5 things to know about connected cars
If you could go back in time and tell people that in the near future there would be a handheld device that would allow...
7 steps to improve cybersecurity
There was a time you could run a small business with a bank account, a telephone, an internet connection and some sort of physical...
Humans’ intimacy with technology: Are we all becoming cyborgs?
Do you think you could live without your mobile phone? What about the navigation and backup camera in your car? Could you drive as...
Teaching Digital Dividends
As the digital revolution unfolds, how can awareness for the opportunities digital technology offers increase? How can basic information on digital features, and ways...
Repealing Net Neutrality: A Dissenting Opinion
I must preface that I am not a certified or self-trained expert in computer networking, the Internet, or Information-Technology (IT). The following views are...