Tag: OPINION
Self-help authors and politicians seem to agree on at least one thing: mindset matters. The shelves of bookstores worldwide are awash with motivational books...
A term first coined by the Japanese government, “Society 5.0” describes "A human-centered society that balances economic advancement with the resolution of social problems...
Neil Harbisson calls himself a cyborg. Without the antenna implanted in his skull, he would not be able to see colour of any kind....
The human will to innovate is seemingly relentless. The history of our species is one of continual development, with the last 350 years, in...
Recently, in the science journal Nature, Google claimed ‘quantum supremacy’ saying that its quantum computer is the first to perform a calculation that would...
When microwave ovens first arrived on the market in 1967 they were met with public skepticism. Perhaps it was because, not long before, the...
The timeline of human history is marked by inflection points of major technological advancement. The plow, the printing press, the telegraph, the steam engine,...
In 1956, at a workshop on the campus of Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire, the field of artificial intelligence (AI) was born. Attendants...
Not even 30 years separate us from the end of the Cold War. Yet, we appear to be witnessing the emergence of a new...
Emerging Technology and Geopolitics of 5G
There are several reasons emerging technology is a highly competitive industry, notwithstanding the race for intellectual property that can...
Don’t let the “5G” in the title confuse you. This post is not only about the telcos’ core networks, but about the 5G security...
More than half of the world’s population lives in cities. The UN estimates that by 2050 that proportion will be 68% - more than...
Since the dawn of the 21st Century, the ways in which people and organizations that use the Internet experience, perceive and act in the...
Getting smart about security in smart systems
Smart used to be something we called people or pets. It wasn't a term one would use to...
Cybersecuring railway systems from potential attackers must become paramount in the digitization that those systems currently undergo. Their cybersecurity is too closely interlinked with...