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.
From the depths of the dark web, the identities and location of pimps can be scrubbed.
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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 co-opted the anatomical structures for breathing and chewing to create speech.
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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.
When it comes to children and virtual reality, proceed with caution.
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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.
Google employees may be getting a free lunch, but not its customers.
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Unlike their counterparts in Europe, U.S. antitrust regulators and courts have tended to view ‘free’ products as outside their purview for enforcement.
However powerful technologies may seem, choices are made by people – not the machines they invent.
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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?
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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.
Pokemon Go has been a worldwide phenomenon, but it is not welcome in NSW law courts.
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Fast fashion is the second most wasteful industry on Earth. But with the creation of dresses that charge cellphones and clothes made from recycled bottles, we could be on the verge of a green fashion revolution.
Some countries in Africa are well placed to follow the path of development pioneered by a number of Asian countries.
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It’s important to interrogate the key factors that pushed countries from Third World to First World status in the 20th century. Asia’s experiences hold many lessons for Africa.
Race relations with the US police are again under focus.
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