Opinion

COVID-19 Exposes Imprudence Of Age-Based School Structure

The current education system is a relic of the Industrial Revolution.

How Can We Take Back Control Of Our Data?

Rather than have individuals labor to avail themselves of legal protections against the corporate data collectors, we need to promote tech tools that automate the complicated processes to exert the...

Investing In The Power Grid’s Sustainable Future With Lithium-Ion Batteries

At the institutional level, major universities and corporations are slowly divesting their stake in fossil fuels, while at the retail level more investors are drawn to clean technology companies...

Do Crypto Stablecoins Threaten Financial Stability?

Fiat-backed stablecoins often find themselves in an impossible position because the lack of bank cooperation means that they cannot have the transparency that regulators and investors rightly demand.

Donald Trump has repeatedly called for the economy to be reopened even as the virus kills more than 1,000 people each day in the US

How To Build Resilience For A Post-COVID-19 World

Organizations should consider fast-tracking plans to migrate more applications to the cloud to guarantee consistent access.

T-Mobile says it has the largest 5G network in the United States following its rollout of next generation wireless service

How COVID-19 Will Change 5G’s Future

COVID-19 will temporarily cause 5G rollout to slow.

How We Will Be Different Post-Coronavirus Pandemic

It’s not just that a pandemic is worse than a financial meltdown and collapse in house prices. A pandemic threatens us in a deeper and more personal way.

What to Check before Buying CBD?

What defines quality CBD, and what makes a high-quality product? As much as you would like to have a simple answer to this, there are many factors that comprise a quality CBD product, and buying a...

For many, the COVID-19 crisis has shown how fragile our civilisation is

Why The Coronavirus Is Not An Excuse For More Climate Chaos

Just like the COVID-19 crisis, the climate crisis threatens public health, economic well-being and political stability.

Tech Titan Patents Mean We Have To Get Serious About Data Privacy

The tech giants’ patent filings give no indication they care to research and develop devices that will put data in consumers’ hands.

New York has been shut down for weeks as the coronavirus pandemic's global death toll soars past 100,000

Viruses Cannot Understand Stories: Bubbles, Crashes, And COVID-19

Donald Trump may have believed he could shape the future by telling an all-is-well story. But storytelling-as-a-strategy can work only up to a point.

Blockchain Can Protect Privacy During Coronavirus Crisis

It is clear there must be some restrictions on normal life to fight a pandemic. But we risk the crisis response becoming an overreach and imposing limits on personal freedoms that could last long...

Americans express concerns about Facebook's privacy and data practices, but a majority would be disappointed if the social network disappeared, according to a survey

How Will Privacy Regulations Impact US Consumers?

The days of collecting and monetizing data unbeknownst to the consumer are quickly coming to an end.

5G Technology: Key Questions That Need To Be Answered In 2020

5G is changing the network’s anatomy. With 5G, a network can be arranged into different slices – at different price points – to cater to the diverse needs of applications and content.

The fifth generation or 5G mobile networks will offer super-fast data transfer for technologies such as self-driving cars and remotely operated factory robots

5G Is Here, But How Can Carriers Market And Monetize It?

5G subscribers will initially experience 30-50% increase in speeds over 4G. Over the next five years the technology could offer speeds that are a hundred times faster than today’s networks.

An Entrepreneurial Approach Can Defeat Wealth Inequality?

Would-be entrepreneurs face significant barriers to entry. More than 80 percent of viable new businesses are unable to secure the loans or investments they need to grow.

How Good Workplace Culture Can Improve Productivity

A short break of (somewhat) unstructured, yet supervised play, recess is easily dismissed as something we outgrow, even if research shows it is incredibly beneficial.

Who’s Wrong On Bitcoin – The Simpsons Or Warren Buffett?

Traditional investors have often been wary of the emerging asset class, questioning what underpins its value, while many millennials have rushed to add riskier cryptocurrencies to their younger...

Is YouTube Getting Too Cozy With Its Enemy In New Partnership?

It may be more accurate to say the enemy sees its grim future, and is choosing to team up with a winner.

High Seas Piracy Is Alive And Well. Can We Kill It?

Pirates who steal cargo or, increasingly, kidnap crews and hold them for ransom “earn” tens of millions of dollars a year. New developments in technology will hopefully put this scourge to a stop...

Fifth-generation or 5G mobile networks promise ultra-fast downloads, but will there be a rapid rollout and uptake of the technology?

Getting Ready For 5G: Investing In Fiber Infrastructure Is Key

5G will present new opportunities and experiences to end-users. It’s important not to lose sight of the need to invest in the underlying fiber infrastructure, and the intelligence that helps it...

Market Watch: What To Expect Amid Coronavirus Scare, Middle East Tensions

The market began its turn-around at the beginning of October, surprisingly after economic data came in worse than expected, and corporate buy-backs went into effect again after their perfunctory...