Tag: software

• What Insurgency Will Look Like in 2030

  May 5, 2019

  Robots, artificial intelligence, cyberwar, 3D printing, bio-enhancements, and a new geopolitical competition; the 21st century is being shaped by a range of momentous, and scary, new trends and technologies. We… more ›

• The Most Valuable Company (for Now) Is Having a Nadellaissance

  May 3, 2019

  Under Satya Nadella, Microsoft has more subscribers than Netflix, more cloud computing revenue than Google, and a near-trillion-dollar market cap. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-05-02/satya-nadella-remade-microsoft-as-world-s-most-valuable-company more ›

• Camera Above the Classroom

  April 23, 2019

  BEIJING — Jason Todd first discovered his school’s secret on the internet. It was late September 2018, less than a month after high school had started. https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1003759/camera-above-the-classroom more ›

• Who’s using your face? The ugly truth about facial recognition

  April 21, 2019

  Gain a global perspective on the US and go beyond with curated news and analysis from 600 journalists in 50+ countries covering politics, business, innovation, trends and more. https://www.ft.com/content/cf19b956-60a2-11e9-b285-3acd5d43599e more ›

• Smile, You’re Speaking Emoji: The Rapid Evolution of a Wordless Tongue

  April 13, 2019

  The rapid evolution of a wordless tongue. Consider the tilde. There it is, that little squiggle, hanging out on the far-upper-left-hand side of your ­computer keyboard. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/11/emojis-rapid-evolution.html more ›

• The Hottest App in China Teaches Citizens About Their Leader — and, Yes, There’s a Test

  April 8, 2019

  CHANGSHA, China — Inside a fishing gear store on a busy city street, the owner sits behind a counter, furiously tapping a smartphone to improve his score on an app… more ›

• Russia Is Tricking GPS to Protect Putin

  April 8, 2019

  The Kremlin’s manipulation of global navigation systems is more extensive than previously understood. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/03/russia-is-tricking-gps-to-protect-putin/ more ›

• Smart weapons

  April 8, 2019

  “Smart weapons need smart people to tell them smart things. They need positioning coordinates. They need navigation systems,” https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/03/russia-is-tricking-gps-to-protect-putin/ more ›

• DeepMind and Google: the battle to control artificial intelligence

  March 18, 2019

  One afternoon in August 2010, in a conference hall perched on the edge of San Francisco Bay, a 34-year-old Londoner called Demis Hassabis took to the stage. https://www.1843magazine.com/features/deepmind-and-google-the-battle-to-control-artificial-intelligence more ›

• Stores get smart about AI

  March 18, 2019

    From personalised recommendations to targeted newsletter offers, artificial intelligence is a bedrock of e-commerce. Key takeaways: https://www.voguebusiness.com/technology/artificial-intelligence-physical-stores-kering-nike-alibaba more ›