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Jobs of the future: Deep freeze your digital memorabilia, don’t throw away the keys
Cyber and Technology Oct 01, 2018

Jobs of the future: Deep freeze your digital memorabilia, don’t throw away the keys

In the far corners of our world, jobs of the future are taking shape via people who are imagining new possibilities around customer problems and creating entire businesses around the solutions. ...

Data localisation: The regulatory sledgehammer
Cyber Security | Internet Governance | Privacy and Surveillance Sep 24, 2018

Data localisation: The regulatory sledgehammer

The requirement of retaining one “serving copy” of all personal data collected within India is shrouded in mystery. ...

The networked K-12 school — the next big idea in disruptive ed-tech innovation
Development | Education | Cyber and Technology Sep 24, 2018

The networked K-12 school — the next big idea in disruptive ed-tech innovation

Online mentoring, volunteering and expert networks have the real potential to diversify even students' weak tie networks which can lead to new opportunity. ...

“Thinking about AI as a drop in the cost of prediction is transformational” — Avi Goldfarb
Cyber and Technology Aug 30, 2018

“Thinking about AI as a drop in the cost of prediction is transformational” — Avi Goldfarb

Human roles that are all about prediction are not going to be important, but it’s the other aspects — judgement and action — that will gain in value. ...

There’s a bot of gold on the AI horizon, but is past data enough to navigate the future?
Skilling | Cyber and Technology Aug 18, 2018

There’s a bot of gold on the AI horizon, but is past data enough to navigate the future?

Artificial intelligence is turbocharging individual companies’ stock market valuations but overall economic productivity is sliding. These are not contradictory trends, they are deeply symptomatic of a transition phase when stunning new technological advances seep into society and slowly become general purpose technology — like the ...

“Managers who know how to use machine learning will replace managers who don’t” — Erik Brynjolfsson
Media and Internet | Cyber and Technology Aug 07, 2018

“Managers who know how to use machine learning will replace managers who don’t” — Erik Brynjolfsson

Want to future proof your job? Embrace machine learning and you’ll likely stay ahead of your colleague who chose to take a ringside seat, says Erik Brynjolfsson, Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and Professor at MIT Sloan School, in a wide ...

Answering the call: Putting the world in women’s hands
Gender | Digital Inclusion Jan 12, 2018

Answering the call: Putting the world in women’s hands

What is driving India’s abnormally high gender gap in phone ownership? What can be done about it?

Circa 2018: Digital dragon and lessons for Digital India
Cyber Security | Cyber and Technology Jan 06, 2018

Circa 2018: Digital dragon and lessons for Digital India

To ride the next wave of innovation, India needs its own strategy. Its agenda for 2018 should be to leverage the hundreds of millions it brought online in recent years and the 1,500 million GB of monthly data consumption that now powers a Digital India.

Four lessons for companies from Apple’s iPhone apology
Cyber and Technology Dec 29, 2017

Four lessons for companies from Apple’s iPhone apology

Not the best of times for Apple, the issue will be the running theme through 2018.

Why the Commonwealth should prioritise cyber security, and deepen cooperation in cyber capacity building
Media and Internet | Internet Governance Nov 24, 2017

Why the Commonwealth should prioritise cyber security, and deepen cooperation in cyber capacity building

The Global Conference on Cyberspace offers Commonwealth members the opportunity to share expertise and work together to enhance collective capability in cyber security.

Lethal Autonomous Dragon: China’s approach to artificial intelligence weapons
Defence and Security | Cyber Security Nov 15, 2017

Lethal Autonomous Dragon: China’s approach to artificial intelligence weapons

China does not want to be at the receiving end of a technological asymmetry in what may very well be the conventional approach to war in the future. In part, it is guided by its own ambitions and more importantly confidence in being a step ...

China’s innovation boom: Lessons for India
Cyber and Technology Nov 08, 2017

China’s innovation boom: Lessons for India

China’s most fascinating online experiments are taking place beyond the borders of its traditional technology sector.

The Equustek decision of the Canadian Supreme Court is a victory for the Internet
Media and Internet Jul 20, 2017

The Equustek decision of the Canadian Supreme Court is a victory for the Internet

The Internet serves as a unique prospect for empowerment and a powerful tool for realising the freedom of expression. ...

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