Location and voice technology are the future of retail
Apr 12, 2018 15:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Retailers, struggling to connect with their customers, have been trialling new technologies to blend in-store and digital experiences. Interactive kiosks, mobile-friendly websites and transactional apps have become the...
To serve a free society, social media must evolve beyond data mining
Apr 12, 2018 14:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
As Congress and the public wrestle with the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, many people are now realizing the risks data collection poses to civic institutions, public discourse and individual privacy. The U.K.-based...
Would regulation cement Facebook's market power? It's unlikely
Apr 12, 2018 14:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced a four-hour grilling from the US Senate Commerce and Judiciary panels yesterday in response to a number of revelations that Russian operatives had targeted Facebook users to influence...
Facebook has become a vital part of our democracy
Apr 12, 2018 14:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In the wake of the scandal over the misuse of user data by Cambridge Analytica, Facebook has been branded a threat to democracy. But would democracy actually function better without the social networks upon which weve come...
This Implant Is An Alcoholic’s Worst Nightmare And Best Chance At Quitting
Apr 12, 2018 14:10 pm UTC| Technology Health
Alcoholism is a difficult addiction to overcome. Alcoholics Anonymous and other similar support groups wouldnt exist if heavy drinkers could just give up the bottle any time they wanted, like so many of them...
VirnetX Takes A Big $502 Million Bite Out Of Apple
Apr 12, 2018 14:09 pm UTC| Technology
Having been ordered to pay $502.6 million in damages to internet security company VirnetX, Apple might as well make the bite on its logo a bit bigger. A federal jury just awarded the victory to the plaintiff in a...
PS5 Is Definitely Coming… In 2020, Maybe
Apr 12, 2018 14:09 pm UTC| Technology
The internet has been abuzz with reports, rumors, and speculations about Sony potentially revealing the PlayStation 5 this year for weeks now. Some new developments have recently shed some light on this particular issue,...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects