“The Center for the Governance of Change at Spain’s IE University polled 2,500 adults in the UK, Spain, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, and the Netherlands in January.”
“The series of blockchain powered charity schemes in the society have made Dash cryptographic project device a better means that would suite the immediate needs of the needy without the hassle of connecting to internet.”
“Your face may be one in a million, but there are little to no consumer protections regarding how companies using facial recognition technology share your face and other information they capture about you.”
“Back in the 1960s, a Harvard graduate student made a landmark discovery about the nature of human anger. At age 34, Jean Briggs traveled above the Arctic Circle and lived out on the tundra for 17 months. There were no roads, no heating systems, no grocery stores.”
“This month’s Estonian parliamentary elections set a new digital record: almost half the counted votes were cast online — 247,232 out of 561,131.”
“A redeeming feature of the digital age is the shortening of time lags between when new technology first appears in developed countries and its adoption across the world.”
“Meritocracy has become a leading social ideal. Politicians across the ideological spectrum continually return to the theme that the rewards of life – money, power, jobs, university admission – should be distributed according to skill and effort.”
“Why you should care In 50 years, being in good health will depend upon your human connections and medicine made from your own immune system. The first season of The Future of X, in partnership with PSJH, delves into a subject that touches us all: health.”
“Chicago’s middle class, once the backbone of the city, is declining so swiftly that it’s almost gone, and a set of maps from a local university lays that reality bare. The dynamic stands to affect nearly everything about Chicago going forward, from politics to schools to who will live here.”
“Entrepreneur Marc Köhlbrugge has launched Expensive Chat, a web-based chat service where every character typed costs a penny.”
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