COVID-19 Is Posing Ethical Challenges For Policymakers
The dilemma can be framed as lives versus livelihoods; at its most pointed, lives versus lives.
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Quantum Computing Would Be A World-Changing Technological Leap
But a breakthrough in sub-atomic computing might be a while off.
Read MoreTechnology Is Reshaping Modern Medicine
But ethical and economic challenges could limit the benefits medtech brings to healthcare.
Read MoreThe Gig Economy Is Facing A Crackdown
Policymakers are cooling to a business model that lowers wages and skirts regulations.
Read MoreUS Policymakers Learnt In 1937 That Cutting Stimulus Can Lead To A Recession
But prolonging a recovery with stimulus could lead to a worse slump later.
Read MoreThe ‘Streaming Wars’ Could Penalise Viewers
Signs have emerged that Netflix’s dominance is weakening even before the new competition lands. And it’s likely to get tougher for Netflix and others when the Hollywood household names arrive.
Read MoreCentral Banks Risk Seeing Their Feted ‘Independence’ Watered Down
Their autonomy will prove superfluous in a low-inflation, stagnant world.
Read MoreA Privately Issued Digital Currency Could One Day Deserve ‘Reserve’ Status
Such are the prospects for mainstream acceptance for something like Facebook’s Libra. But the hurdles are daunting too.
Read MoreJournalism’s ‘Fourth Estate’ Role Is Crumbling In The Internet Age
The telling blow is the damage wrought on local newspapers.
Read MoreAI Is Running Far Ahead Of Attempts To Resolve Its Ethical Issues
The response in time is likely to be more regulation.
Read More5G Mobile Promises To Connect And Speed Up Everything
But security and political concerns could delay, distort and add costs to its deployment.
Read MoreItaly Risks Reigniting The Eurozone Crisis
In this article, Michael Collins from Magellan Asset Management discusses how another eurosceptic and indebted country is testing Brussels’s power over the eurozone project.
Read MoreFintechs Could Challenge The Business Model Of Savings Banks
Fintechs, especially if big tech gets serious about finance, are likely to peck away over time at the oligopolistic industry structures protecting savings banks due to two key advantages.
Read MoreUS Vs China In The Global AI Race
China is achieving AI milestones in voice recognition, autonomous driving and manufacturing robotics. The country is amassing databases that no other country can for algorithm-based analysis, while ‘localising’ and directing them to where they might be most beneficial.
Read MoreConsumers Are Driving China’s Economic Growth – And Foreign Investors Have Noticed
Where does the US café chain Starbucks have the largest of its 28,200 company-owned and licensed outlets that are found in 76 countries? In Shanghai, China.
Read MoreRobots And Algorithms Are Likely To Automate Workplaces At A Frenzied Pace
Believe it or not, a motion to the European parliament recommends that autonomous robots be deemed “electronic persons”. The motion for resolution suggests that self-learning robots, those that make independent decisions and interact freely, be held to have an “electronic personality”.
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