Where cars are going…
...bought thousands of Chrysler mini vans and will launch autonomous ridesharing services in selected US cities next year. So we...
Taking no for an answer: how governments can keep citizens engaged on digital platforms
...co-create services and co-design policies for more sustainable communities and cities. The International Association for Public Participation, whose community engagement...
Explainer: how wage growth contributes to the economy
...and services a business would produce. Crudely put, this means the proportion of the value of a day’s production that...
Facial recognition for gamers, app store bans for Didi: what’s behind China’s recent crackdown on big tech?
...90% of China’s taxi and rideshare services — would end up in the hands of the US government following its...
Big tech – how big is big enough?
...we do. So Apple does not just sell consumers hardware – it sells services to use on its devices. Apple...
Breaking the internet (badly)
...public service. And let’s remember who owns the means of delivering that public service, oh that’s right, a private organisation....
The Future, This Week 19 May 2017
This week: the Frightful Five, white men designing apps, and the ten thousand phones enslaved to like you. Sandra Peter...
We don’t own data like we own a car
...contacts”, rather than specific meaningful contacts, such as “your mother’s phone number”. Because consumers often assign a similar value to...
Hats and fly swatters: big data and audience profiling are changing elections
...help the campaign collect their supporters’ contact details. With each political sale, purchasers are required to provide their address, phone...
Transcendent not transactional: igniting global change one student at a time
...legacy. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target addressed: Target 4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who...
Two paths to prosperity in post-pandemic China
...coming out of Beijing is the idea of two circulations. Circulation number one is the idea that Chinese business should...
How China’s AI experts can beat Google and Microsoft by 2030
...and English. Large numbers of Chinese science and engineering graduates are now flocking to the industry. With its large population...