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Ghana’s ineffective land administration system has serious implications
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Older people are often labelled technophobic, but since lockdown the digital divide is closing as more and more use technology to connect with others.
The STM Kargu attack drone.
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Like atomic bombs and chemical and biological weapons, deadly drones that make their own decisions must be tightly controlled by an international treaty.
Poster showing ‘The Leader of the Luddites’ (1812)
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Why a workers’ rebellion in 19th-century England is relevant in the age of data extraction, gig labour and management by algorithm.
Parents and caregivers may need to continue in the role of education facilitator and technology specialist this fall.
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Teachers and students are likely to use a lot more online learning tools than they did pre-pandemic even after in-person classes resume.
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There is something beautiful about African languages carrying science, fictionalised of course, into imagined futures.
Technology has been key in tackling fraud.
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Countries have adopted a wide array of measures involving a proliferation of fraud agencies.
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Entrepreneurs can create entirely new ways of providing goods and services if they’re adequately trained to take advantage of technological advances.
An engineer demonstrates a car phone five months before the historic first call on a competing company’s commercial mobile telephone service in 1946.
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The ubiquity of mobile phones is a defining feature of the 21st century, but it’s been possible to place a phone call on the go since shortly after World War II.
Informal businesses face numerous challenges which hinder their growth.
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It’s time African governments supported the development of online platforms designed to support local people in the informal sector.
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When the weather gets wild, your internet connection can suffer. But other users are as much to blame as the wind and rain
Satellites can quickly detect and monitor wildfires from space, like this 2017 fire that encroached on Ventura, California.
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Satellites can already spot a new fire within minutes, but the information they beam back to Earth isn’t getting to everyone who needs it or used as well as it could be.
Pro-Black STEM classes can lead to more Black scientists.
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Applying cultural sensitivity in teaching STEM to Black students can help them engage in the sciences more.
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The focus of quantum science has shifted from theoretical physics to the advent of new technologies such as quantum computers. The benefits could be immense, but there are also potential pitfalls.
Phil Mickleson uses a rangefinder at the PGA Championship golf tournament.
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How psychological factors may have influenced the opinions about the use of rangefinders during the 2021 PGA championships.
In happier days. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (centre) and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (left) pose as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg takes a selfie during his visit to the country in 2016.
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Nigeria risks losing its recent status as Africa’s most attractive tech hub following its decision to suspend Twitter’s operations.
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Sweden electrified at the turn of the 20th century, leading to over 8,000 work stoppages – but the strikers were no Luddites.
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Pipelines, dams, gadgets: does water management really need to be all about control and power? Adopting less masculine ideas and working with nature may be more prudent.
Many still make their passwords too simple.
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Passwords have been around for decades and we’re still getting it wrong.
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The growth in information production appears unstoppable.