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The education technology sector constantly offers new products to solve old problems. Will anything be different this time?
AI has the potential to diminish the human experience in several ways. One particularly concerning threat is to the ability to make thoughtful decisions.
The Shinkansen bullet train is symbolic of Japan’s position as a railway superpower.
Technology is transnational. It is therefore disrupting traditional notions of legal jurisdiction and regulation.
The age of AI warfare has arrived – and it’s not looking good.
The concept goes back to a 17th century polymath who worked in Germany.
There is a lack of women guiding the booming fintech industry.
From an economic development perspective, the highly skewed nature of AI activity in the US is likely to create large pools of high-skilled workers in some regions while leaving other regions behind.
Brain-computer interfaces may present threats to cognitive liberty. But with or without them, we often overestimate how independent our own minds are, an ethicist writes.
The reason batteries come in so many types has as much to do with history as innovation.
AI needs careful monitoring and the right policies to ensure it can benefit the fight against climate change.
Congress is considering bills to protect kids online. Some of what’s in those bills could help, but some elements could be harmful.
Businesses are increasingly promoting themselves as AI-savvy to attract investment. But as two large US firms discovered, it doesn’t pay to make claims that can’t be backed up.
Technology has made driving safer in many ways, but also provided more opportunities for drivers to distract themselves.
Four Canadian school boards are suing social media giants. This comes as 95 per cent of Ontario schools report needing more resources to support student mental health.
The 485 multiterabit-per-second undersea data cables that span the world’s oceans link the globe and maintain the digital realm.
Chinese state-sponsored hackers are targeting critical infrastructure. Here’s what they’re doing, how the US government is responding and how you can help.
A civil engineer explains why ships taking out bridges is rare, and describes how bridge builders protect the structures from ship collisions.
Quantum computing has huge promise from a technical perspective, but the practical benefits are less clear.
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Director, Center for National Security Initiatives, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor, Informatics and Operations, Kingston University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professor of Practice, Associate Dean, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
