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A new player is shaking up the Indian mobile market. But will it be enough?
Our citizen science project was designed to record bird sounds but produced some surprisingly funny impressions.
Business Briefing: we’re overusing and underestimating ‘disruption’
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Disruption might be a buzz word at the moment but it shouldn't be ignored. It may be impossible to predict but businesses can have stakes in creating it.
Two criminologists wanted to learn the tricks of the trade so they went to the source, interviewing over 70 pimps.
Many of HG Wells’s futuristic prophecies have come true, but the one on which his heart was most set – the establishment of a world state – remains unfulfilled.
Humans have invented many technologies to survive better – spears, pots, calculators, even language. With language, however, the raw material used to fashion the technology is the human body itself.
There is no doubt that virtual reality is the next big thing. But for families with young children, it may be wiser to wait a little before leaping headlong into this new reality.
Unlike their counterparts in Europe, U.S. antitrust regulators and courts have tended to view ‘free’ products as outside their purview for enforcement.
Very few organisations in the field of civic technology are choosing the right tools for the job.
When it comes to using technology, businesses don’t always get it right.
A large number of adult learners are going back to community colleges to acquire new skills. Are they acquiring the skills necessary for today’s technology-rich job environments?
The GDS has built the foundations of digital government, but they’re being undermined.
As technology becomes fully integrated into our everyday lives, we may see athletes as the last vestiges of our humanity.
The majority of parents in the UK believe social media harms their children’s moral development.
To be innovative, companies need to employ people with a wide range of technical and non-technical skills, a new study has found.
The Cambridge-based chip designer offers a useful blueprint for others.
A human development researcher decided to find out if people who are anxious about dating or about what their partner thinks of them are more likely to sext.
Technology’s burgeoning possibilities have put pressure on our law courts when it comes to the principle of ‘open justice’.
Human resistance to innovation can be an obstacle to solving major global challenges.
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