Technology

by Charlotte Edmond, Jun 16, 2017 Tech companies from Google to Apple may be ploughing resources into driverless cars, but on our oceans, automated ships could be making bigger waves by the end of the decade.

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by Murray Goulden, Jun 9, 2017 A father finds out his daughter is pregnant after algorithms identify tell-tale patterns in the family’s store card data. Police charge suspects in two separate murder cases based on evidence taken from a Fitbit tracker and a smart water meter. A man sues Uber for revealing his affair to…

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By Alison DeNisco, May 17, 2017 As cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence (AI) gain prominence in the enterprise, tech and business leaders alike must reconsider risk management plans and how they impact business objectives, according to French Caldwell, a former White House cybersecurity advisor, former Gartner fellow and vice president, and…

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by Nir Kshetri, May 1, 2017 Big Wall Street companies are using a complicated technology called blockchain to further increase the already lightning-fast speed of international finance. But it’s not just the upper crust of high finance who can benefit from this new technology.

Every technology rises, then falls: soon it will be the turn of the smartphone. But what will replace it? By Steve Ranger, Apr 23, 2017 Each technology rises, and then falls and finds a niche. Soon it will be the smartphone’s turn. The arrival of the original iPhone back in 2007 heralded a revolution in…

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There are legitimate concerns around AI and how it will impact the job market. But the real impact will depend on how businesses leverage and implement AI tools to support employees, rather than replace them. By Sarah K. White, CIO, Apr 17, 2017

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Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse, Mar 27, 2017 WASHINGTON – Are robots coming for your job? Although technology has long affected the labor force, recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics are heightening concerns about automation replacing a growing number of occupations, including highly skilled or “knowledge-based” jobs.

INQUIRER.net US Bureau, Mar 15, 2017 Businesses that can match the speed of progress tend to do well out of the tech revolution. Here we look three very different but equally established industries that have been invigorated by the advent of new tech.

By Jason Schenker, Mar 6, 2017 In the debate about the impact of automation and robotics on the future of work, there is often a reductive push toward a Robocalypse, in which machines take all of the jobs. While a total displacement of humans is unlikely, a number of different types of jobs face an…

by Shelly Palmer, Mar 5, 2017 Last week, I compiled a list of the 5 jobs robots will take first. Today, let’s have a go at the 5 jobs robots will take last. For this article only, let’s define “robots” as technologies, such as machine learning algorithms running on purpose-built computer platforms, that have been…

The construction industry is turning to technology in a big way to enhance building processes. By Bob Violino, Mar 1, 2017 Advancements in the robotics field are helping to transform a number of industries, construction being one of them. Companies that build things can expect to see a host of new machines that perform a…

ByPYMNTS, Mar 1, 2017 After disrupting the retail market, Amazon is going after another industry, this time setting its sights on call centers. According to a report citing information from the firm The Information, Amazon’s Web Services unit is working a suite of cloud-based tools that it plans to sell to companies to help them…

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by Shelly Palmer, Feb 26, 2017 Oxford University researchers have estimated that 47 percent of U.S. jobs could be automated within the next two decades. But which white-collar jobs will robots take first?

GOTCHA By Jarius Bondoc (The Philippine Star), Feb 24, 2017 Two years ago when a vacancy occurred in a Hong Kong firm’s board of directors, they appointed an algorithm. The robot called Vital gets no executive pay, and is fed only large amounts of data. In microseconds it picks up on market trends “not immediately…

Despite intelligent machines’ limitations, they will continue to play a bigger role in health care. by Spencer Nam, Jan 11, 2017 This new trade agreement will add $1 trillion to the world economy by Alex Gray 22 Feb 2017 Too hot, too cold. What porridge can tell us about women in science Although intelligent machines…

by Abby Jackson, Feb 21, 2017 This new trade agreement will add $1 trillion to the world economy Self-driving cars threaten the job security of millions of American truck drivers. At banks, automated tellers are increasingly common. And at wealth management firms, robo -advisers are replacing humans.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates thinks governments should impose something akin to an income tax on each robot that replaces a human. By Liam Tung, Feb 20, 2017 Bill Gates: “Taxation is certainly a better way to handle it than just banning some elements of it.” Robots should be taxed at the same level as the…

By Daniel Kurt, Feb 20, 2017 What are the jobs that can’t be automated? Today automation is making it possible to perform tasks more efficiently and precisely than any human could ever hope to do. While that’s great for companies, it’s a not-so-comforting thought for workers who could one day lose their jobs because of…

By Jonathan Woetzel, Richard Sellschop, Michael Chui, Sree Ramaswamy, Scott Nyquist, Harry Robinson, Occo Roelofsen, Matt Rogers, and Rebecca Ross, Feb 2017 The ways we consume energy and produce commodities are changing. This transformation could benefit the global economy, but resource producers will have to adapt to stay competitive.

Being out of cellphone reception is no problem if you own a satellite phone. Here’s how to never miss a call again no matter where you are in the world, and yet still keep your iPhone or Android device. By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Feb 18, 2017 I find it pretty weird that there’s cellphone coverage on…