October 1 is the International Day of Older Persons. This year’s theme is “Digital Equity for All Ages.” We asked members of the World Economic Forum's Tech Pioneers and Global Innovators community how technology can improve our...
But industrial agriculture is endangering these microbes. When farmers focus on turning over field after field of the same crop, and kill nonprofitable plants (aka weeds) with chemicals, the microbiome can become less healthy. These methods, traditional tilling, and...
The RISC-V hardware instruction set would get a full-featured port of open source Java, under a proposal being discussed in the OpenJDK community this week. If the project is approved, the port might be ready for Java Development Kit...
Agtech might not be the first thing you associate with northern enterprises but the region is becoming a key focus for the creators of pasture estimation technologyCo founder and managing director of agtech company Cibo Labs, Phil Tickle, believes...
R. Kelly (center), seen here in 2019, has been found guilty on nine counts of sex trafficking and racketeering. | Scott Olson/Getty Images It took decades and dozens of allegations for the singer’s survivors to...
First protein folding, now weather forecasting: London-based AI firm DeepMind is continuing its run applying deep learning to hard science problems. Working with the Met Office, the UK’s national weather service, DeepMind has developed a deep-learning tool called DGMR that...
Getty Images When values are at odds with a company’s bottom line, all too often they won’t win out. “Don’t be evil” —Google
“Creating a culture of warmth and belonging, where everyone is welcome” —Starbucks
“Include...
From chess to Jeopardy to e-sports, AI is increasingly beating humans at their own games. But that was never the ultimate goal. In this first episode of season three of In Machines We Trust, we dig into the symbiotic...
The iPad Pro and Apple Pencil 2 are my favorite art tools, hands down. (Learn all about iPads here.) They've replaced all of my traditional art supplies. I curl up on the couch with my iPad to chill and...
There’s never been more happening in space than there is today. Commercial activity has exploded over the past five years as private space companies have launched rockets, put satellites into orbit, and bid on missions to the moon. But some experts worry this surge of activity is getting too...
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