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An attempt to prevent fraud in Ghana’s burgeoning mobile money sector could be a setback for access to financial services.
In some cases, people would hold back from sharing a memory in case it didn’t receive enough likes.
Virtual assistants and robots are frequently given female attributes. To curb the massive use of such gendering in AI, we need to better understand the deep roots of this phenomenon.
Genetic ancestry tests may sound like a bit of fun, but in an era marked by increasing xenophobia, it’s important to be aware of the interplay between genetics and ideas of race.
A lack of consistent mentorship models leads to a skills gap which affects the global competitiveness of Kenya’s students and graduates.
In American Sign Language, some words rhyme, some look like what they mean and some are used more often than others. A new database of these features paves a pathway for ASL research.
We expect chemical recycling to complement its mechanical counterpart, especially for difficult to recycle materials.
The online meetings designed to get things done could be the very things that are harming our productivity.
While AI is intended to help us, it tempts us to abandon judgment and moral responsibility. And without a proper understanding of how it works, we cannot circumvent its negative effects.
This robot can learn how to traverse unforeseen terrain by changing the length of its legs.
Published in 1991, the tale of over-educated, under-employed young people who lament the broken world they’ve inherited speaks to the concerns of today’s youth.
Indigenous foods such as cowpeas can improve people’s nutrition and help them cope with the hunger brought about by the effects of COVID-19 on foreign food imports.
Chief Scientist Cathy Foley says high-tech manufacturing is the way forward for Australia.
New social housing can provide a safe, secure and climate resilient home for tenants.
Internet access should be a basic human right.
Building a mini star on Earth, and holding it together inside a reactor, is not an easy task.
Presenting accounts of technological success in captive lion breeding against the backdrop of rapidly diminishing wildlife loss lets humans off the hook too easily.
Nigeria could close the skills gap in the manufacturing sector by including 3D printing in the curriculum of engineering programmes.
A study published in the journal Nature reveals that global mass of goods produced by humankind now exceeds that of all life on earth. This is a stark warning on our growing domination of the planet.
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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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Director, Center for National Security Initiatives, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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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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Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Professor of Engineering and International Relations, University of Southern California
