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• Smart cities are an AI-powered dystopia that's already happening

  Separating the futuristic from the dystopian in the minds of the general public can be a challenge, particularly when trying ...

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• Meet the biohackers who are putting technology into their own bodies

  Technology has become increasingly intrusive. Just a few decades ago, the idea of being near-constantly tethered to a device ...

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• AIs are being trained on racist data – and it’s starting to show

  Machine learning algorithms process vast quantities of data and spot correlations, trends and anomalies, at levels far beyond ...

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• Machine learning academics are flocking to tech giants and that might be a problem

  The die is very much cast when it comes to the growth of machine learning. With the expansion of tech companies like Google, ...

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• We were promised digitized health care... what’s the delay?

  The issues faced by many in the healthcare industry when it comes to digitization are vast, not only in the UK and Europe ...

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• Why 5G matters to VR adoption

  When 4G was introduced towards the end of the 00s, it led to an explosion in mobile internet usage. Using the mobile web ...

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• Smart cities are for the rich — we need to change that

  Chandigarh, the capital of both India’s Punjab and its neighboring state Haryana, is a very special city. It rose from ...

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• Here’s how GDPR and the blockchain can coexist

  Can blockchain technology co-exist with GDPR laws? Here's what happens when data integrity immutes with the right to delete ...

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• The fact that we want blockchain to solve every problem is a problem

  Like the Holy Trinity, the blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and ICOs are all independent and interdependent of each ...

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• People are VR's killer content

  Thanks to an almost inconceivable rate of progress in the virtual and augmented reality industries, technology once consigned ...

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• VR WILL REIGN

  Virtual reality may still feel a little like the brash new kid on the block, but its origins can actually be traced back ...

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• Futures contracts could turn Bitcoin into a zero-sum game

  In Greek mythology, the Titan, Prometheus, brought fire to mankind against the will of the supreme Olympian god, Zeus. As ...

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