"Metaverse" was one of the Oxford words of the year 2022, although it’s been in the Oxford English Dictionary for 30 years, from its inception in the …
Davos 2023: Latest in Tech and Innovation
New technology is always disruptive, ushering in profound social change. But the breakneck speed and sheer scale of this round of technical change is something else – it threatens the very definition of what it is to be human. We're being presented with a vast range of ethical dilemmas. How do we get together to agree on the rules on things like genetically modified babies, the robots of war, and the algorithms that determine our life chances? Should we slow things down a bit?
DEEP DIVE: TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
Globally, many communities are being left behind in a world where so much of life – learning, working, commerce, and healthcare – happens online. …
The modern world generates huge quantities of data and, if subjected to the right analysis, this can deliver crucial insights into business …
According to the 2022 Global AI Index, the United States is ranked first in artificial intelligence (AI) based on talent, research and development …
In January 2007, Apple boss Steve Jobs strolled onstage to introduce a new piece of technology he called the iPhone. Fifteen years on, it is …
Distributed ledger technology (DLT) has been hailed as a solution to many different problems, from economic risks present in financial services to …
We all know the challenges the world is facing, and I believe the current situation reinforces our responsibility to stand up and act, to match the …
Any time I use my phone, new data is created. The same is true whenever I glance at my smartwatch, when I travel to work, when I use a smart speaker …
In the wake of newly released models such as Stable Diffusion and ChatGPT, generative AI has become a 'hot topic' for technologists, investors, …
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with small countries. Specifically, small nations with superpowers that larger nations covet. I …
Andreas De Neve, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TechWolf Curiosity. The world is changing on a fundamental level and leaders will need to …
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming ubiquitous. It underpins all kinds of functions, including critical ones. It impacts our work, life and …
From transport to telecommunications, technology has helped transform our lives. In Kenya, for example, the introduction of M-Pesa brought a level of …
The impact of cybersecurity in the energy industry. Cyber resilience is a challenge for organizations globally and for the electricity industry in …
While the cryptocurrency industry has experienced explosive growth in the past decade, it has had its fair share of setbacks and scandals, like any …
The world is in a precarious condition due to climate change. Not surprisingly, companies are facing immense pressure from investors and customers to …
Business objectives beyond shareholder value—commonly packaged as ESG goals— typically elicit something between healthy skepticism and outright …
There are many ways to define Web3, but fundamentally it is a decentralized internet, owned by builders and users, based on blockchain. The global …
The effects of climate change are impossible to ignore, particularly as record-breaking temperatures, tides and weather events wreak havoc across the …
Automation is the future of work. Already, 74% of businesses use automation to drive efficiency and navigate the convergence of problems we face at …
Cybercrime is high on the agenda of nation states, corporations and international organizations everywhere. As the forthcoming 2023 Global Risk …
There is no single road that leads to a carbon-neutral future. More often than not, the global dialogue around decarbonization centres around policy …
I’ve always been fascinated by the idea that the languages we speak shape the way that we think. I spent the early years of my life in Belarus …
In PCMC smart city just outside Pune, India, it used to take an hour to call an ambulance. Now, using integrated data systems for traffic management, …
Amid global challenges – such as the war in Ukraine, supply chain disruptions and soaring food and energy prices – global growth is forecast to slow …
Indigenous peoples’ and local community lands cover a third of the earth’s territories. The fact that 91% of them are in good or fair ecological …
Poor air quality is now one of the three main causes of premature morbidity, resulting in nearly 7 million deaths globally in 2022. Moreover, 99% of …
The COVID-19 pandemic further exposed the global digital divide, underscoring that “billions of people remain without the universal human right of …
Many organizations are betting big on the metaverse, which allows people to interact with others in a computer-generated, multidimensional and …
Supply chains have rarely known stress like this. Geopolitical turmoil, labor shortages, extreme weather conditions, and demand shifts have combined …
The economic and environmental crises facing the world are exacerbated by rising global economic fragmentation. At this year's meeting in Davos, we …
Throughout the 20th century, science fiction books and film and TV spinoffs have imagined what the future would look like. Isaac Asimov’s robot …