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60 Countries’ Digital Competitiveness, Indexed by https://is.gd/afvGsP

It is barely 20 years since Sergey Brin and Larry Page registered the domain name google.com, and only 10 years since Steve Jobs walked onto a stage in San Francisco and introduced the iPhone. Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world.

We introduced the Digital Evolution Index in HBR in 2015 to trace the emergence of a “digital planet,” how physical interactions — in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment — are being displaced by digitally mediated ones.

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Everybody lies: how Google search reveals our darkest secrets by https://is.gd/8fE5gM

What can we learn about ourselves from the things we ask online? US data scientist Seth Stephens‑Davidowitz analysed anonymous Google search results, uncovering disturbing truths about our desires, beliefs and prejudices

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Polynesian people used binary numbers 600 years ago by https://is.gd/pim1gM

Binary arithmetic, the basis of all virtually digital computation today, is usually said to have been invented at the start of the eighteenth century by the German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz.

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The link between video games and unemployment by https://is.gd/7lgFnj

IN 2016 the video-gaming industry racked up sales of about $100bn, making it one of the world’s largest entertainment industries. The games on offer run the gamut from time-wasting smartphone apps to immersive fantasy worlds in which players can get lost for days or weeks.

But are video games causing the young to turn on and drop out?

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‘In reality, we are a content company’: Football clubs embrace the role of digital publisher by https://is.gd/wa7ILp

Sports franchises are quickly becoming media brands of their own. For the world’s top football teams — yes, we’re talking soccer here, Americans — digital media is a chance to realize that ambition. It’s particularly handy in erasing geographical boundaries.

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The rise of the machines: AI and machine learning in infosec by https://is.gd/gsLFML

While AI and machine learning are buzzwords, Symantec’s Nick Savvides said, during this year’s AusCERT conference they have been a big deal in computing circles since the 1950s. But it was in the 1980s when AI came into mainstream thinking a culture.

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Experts say there’s a 50% chance AI will outperform humans in every job in 45 years by https://is.gd/THJapX

There’s a 50% chance that artificial intelligence (AI) systems will be able to perform every single task better than their human counterparts in the next 45 years, according to researchers from Oxford and Yale University.

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A pioneering computer scientist wants algorithms to be regulated like cars, banks, and drugs by https://is.gd/7FOiY3

It’s convenient when Facebook can tag your friends in photos for you, and it’s fun when Snapchat can apply a filter to your face. Both are examples of algorithms that have been trained to recognize eyes, noses, and mouths with consistent accuracy.

When these programs are wrong—like when Facebook mistakes you for your sibling or even your mom—it’s hardly a problem. In other situations, though, we give artificial intelligence much more responsibility, with larger consequences when it inevitably backfires.

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Leak reveals Facebook’s rules for controversial content by https://is.gd/0ftzN2

It’s no secret that Facebook’s judgment calls on risky content are sometimes more than a little problematic. But just what are the rules guiding those decisions? You’ll know after today.

The Guardian has obtained leaked copies of over 100 internal documents outlining Facebook’s rules for handling sensitive content, and it’s clear that the social network is struggling to walk a fine line between freedom of expression and protecting users. At least some of it is understandable, but there are areas where its decision-making might rub you the wrong way.

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