Protecting our digital heritage in the age of cyber threats
Dec 16, 2018 13:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
One of the key functions of the government is to collect and archive national records. This includes everything from property records and registers of births, deaths and taxes, to Parliamentary proceedings, and even the...
3 ways Facebook and other social media companies could clean up their acts – if they wanted to
Dec 16, 2018 13:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Facebook is in crisis mode, but the company can take major steps to fix itself and the global community it says it wants to promote. Facebook founder, CEO and majority shareholder Mark Zuckerberg need not wait for...
Why Apple is no longer a by-word for innovation – just ask the markets
Dec 16, 2018 13:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Economy
Which company would you say is going to grow faster in the coming years: Apple or Dominos Pizza? Intuitively, we see Apple as an innovative firm with a forward-looking culture and disruptive ideas, while Dominos Pizza...
Tech giants need to take more responsibility for the advertising that makes them billions
Dec 16, 2018 13:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Last week I was followed around the Internet by a pair of shoes. I had looked at them online as a gift for my father-in-law, but he didnt like them, and neither did I. Yet no matter what site I visited, there they were,...
How new media platforms have become powerful across Africa
Dec 16, 2018 13:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Online platforms have become an important site for political and social engagement. On the one hand they have been praised for their progressive characteristics. This is because they offer great organising potential,...
Silicon Valley's quest for immortality – and its worrying sacrifices
Dec 16, 2018 13:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Somewhere in Silicon Valley, a man wakes early with the sunrise. Venturing into the kitchen, he pacifies his rumbling belly with a cup of coffee infused with a large knob of grass-fed butter. Hes in the middle of a fast,...
Digital platforms. Why the ACCC's proposals for Google and Facebook matter big time
Dec 16, 2018 13:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released the preliminary report of its Digital Platforms Inquiry, and Google and Facebook wont be happy. Rather than adopting a gently-gently approach, the ACCC has...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects