Category: Technology
A new on-demand battle is speeding toward the US, and VCs are seeing dollar signs
While Uber’s woes take center stage in the U.S., a different on-demand battle that’s been playing out in China is coming to the States. The battle isn’t over car sharing. It’s not over bus sharing, either, though that, too, is a growing focus for investors and automotive companies that are desperate to understand how cities […]
Journalism faces a crisis worldwide we might be entering a new dark age | Margaret Simons
Almost anyone can use the worldwide web to be a media outlet, so how will we differentiate between truth, myth and lies? Australia’s two largest legacy media organisations recently announced big cuts to their journalistic staff. Many editorial positions, perhaps up to 120, will disappear at Fairfax Media, publisher of The Age and The Sydney […]
Is technology contributing to increased inequality?
Christoffer O. Herns Contributor Christoffer O. Herns is chief digital officer of Skandiabanken, Norway’s first pure internet bank and leading challenger bank. More posts by this contributor: Cash is no longer king What Facebook’s European payment license could mean for banks As global poverty continues to decline, another issue emerges. According to the World Economic Forum, rising […]
Intel is ready to unleash its super fast secret weapon
Intel is ready to unleash Optane. If you’ve ever waited for a webpage to load, took a lap around the office while your computer rendered 4K video or watched in dismay as your favorite video game stuttered to life, you know that computers are struggling to keep up with all the data. Intel isn’t down […]
Disrupt NY 2017
Instagram is killing it. The photo-sharing behemoth has topped 600 million users, with the most recent 100 million joining in the last year. Plus, the company now has more than 1 million active advertisers, building on Facebooks already-dominant advertising business. But there is also a question of whether Instagram can continue iterating in a unique […]