If big data is to solve Britain's productivity crisis, then we need to get cracking now
Feb 18, 2016 13:20 pm UTC| Technology
Britain has a serious productivity problem levels have not risen since 2008, and are now around 20% lower even than in strike-prone France. The gap with our competitors in Europe and further afield is estimated to cost...
Don’t be alarmed: AI won’t leave half the world unemployed
Feb 18, 2016 08:06 am UTC| Technology
Recent alarmist headlines this week claim artificial intelligence (AI) will put half of us out of work. These headlines and there were several stem from comments by Rice Universitys computer scientist Moshe Vardi who...
How online advertising can work in a world of ad blockers
Feb 18, 2016 04:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Ask online advertisers what their biggest headache is today, and they will probably say ad blockers, which are browser extensions and add-ons that can remove adverts from websites. The growth of ad blocking has been...
Digital payment providers yet to win war on cash
Feb 18, 2016 04:27 am UTC| Technology
There is mounting evidence from many countries around the world that the use of cash is declining. In Sweden, around 80% of all transactions in the retail industry are made by cards. In the United Kingdom, Transport...
What is ransomware and how to protect your precious files from it
Feb 18, 2016 04:22 am UTC| Technology
What would it mean if you lost all of your personal documents, such as your family photos, research or business records? How much would you pay to get them back? Theres a burgeoning form of cybercrime that hinges on the...
How new energy technologies can help South Africa ease its energy crunch
Feb 18, 2016 04:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Energy is an economic driver of both developed and developing countries. South Africa over the past few years has faced an energy crisis with rolling blackouts between 2008 and 2015. Part of the problem has been attributed...
Modern tablets with pens may save handwriting from certain death by computer
Feb 17, 2016 14:10 pm UTC| Technology
Of all of the manual skills that computers are in the process of replacing, handwriting is taking its time to fade completely. Despite the fact that a great deal of written work is now done on a computer, universities for...
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