Tag: Technology

(Innovation/Technology) Twitter Founder’s Auction of First Tweet Draws $2 Million Bid (VoA)

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is selling his first tweet at auction, with bidding Saturday reaching $2 million in a sign of the appetite for...

(Pandemic/Innovation/Technology) COVID-19 has accelerated digital transformation – here’s how companies can adapt (Forbes,WEF)

Ben Crawford Studies show that the pandemic has led to a 20% surge in total internet usage. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/covid-19-accelerated-digital-transformation-how-companies-can-adapt/

(Pandemic/Technology) Technology is Enabling Surveillance, Inequality During the Pandemic (HRW)

Deborah Brown, Amos Toh The Covid-19 pandemic set off a global quest to harness technology to keep us connected and curb the spread of the...

(Innovation/Technology) A 5-step guide to scale responsible AI (WEF)

Lofred Madzou, Danny Lange Deploying AI at scale will remain problematic until companies engage in a fundamental change to become ‘responsible AI’-driven organizations. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/scaling-up-with-responsible-ai-a-5-step-guide-for-companies/

(Technology) 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2021 (MIT Technology Review)

This list marks 20 years since we began compiling an annual selection of the year’s most important technologies. Some, such as mRNA vaccines, are...

(USA/Unemployment System/Technology) The unemployment system is broken. Technology alone won’t fix it (AEI)

Brent Orrell Responding to the horror stories of millions of jobless Americans struggling, and often failing, to register for unemployment benefits during the pandemic, Senator...

(Technology/Growth/Inequality) Technology, growth, and inequality: Changing dynamics in the digital era (Brookings)

Zia Qureshi Ours is a time of exciting technological change. The era of smart machines holds the promise of a more prosperous future for all....

Strategies/City, development, technology: the perspective of migrants and refugees (Lucy Earle, Marco Emanuele, The Science of Where Magazine)

The Science of Where Magazine meets Lucy Earle, a principal researcher in the Human Settlements Research Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development | Linking local...

(USA) How the NSC can better tackle emerging technology threats (Brookings)

Brendan McCord is a technology entrepreneur and a former HQE/SGE at the Department of Defense, where he was an author of the Department of Defense...

(Technology/Free Speech) No Parler? No problem, as more apps claim to allow ‘free speech’ (Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Big tech’s decision to ban the Parler app and block outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is stoking support for alternative social networking sites and...

TRADE/TECHNOLOGY – How COVID-19 accelerated the shift towards TradeTech (Alex Capri, Wolfgang Lehmacher, WEF)

Visibility and data-sharing are critical for 21st century supply chain and logistics management. Trading restrictions caused by COVID-19 create opportunities for start-ups. 3D-printing,...

TECHNOLOGY – How employers use technology to surveil employees (Darrell M. West, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/01/05/how-employers-use-technology-to-surveil-employees/

TECHNOLOGY – HAI Recommended Reading: 10 Books Worth Checking Out (HAI Stanford University)

HAI faculty members share their favorite fiction and nonfiction books with a technology theme. https://hai.stanford.edu/blog/hai-recommended-reading-10-books-worth-checking-out

CHINA/TECHNOLOGY – Whither China’s technology dream? (Andrew Kennedy, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/15/whither-chinas-technology-dream/

TRANSATLANTIC/CHINA/TECHNOLOGY – A Transatlantic Effort to Take on China Starts with Technology (Alina Polyakova, Eileen Donahoe, CEPA)

https://cepa.org/a-transatlantic-effort-to-take-on-china-starts-with-technology/

TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE – Chatbots RESET: A Framework for Governing Responsible Use of Conversational AI in Healthcare (WEF)

When a new technology is introduced in healthcare, especially one based on AI, it invites meticulous scrutiny. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption...