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Africa is set to become world’s largest free trade area

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Illegal streaming holds the media industry in check

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21st century Luddites target self-driving cars

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Scaling bitcoin with the lightning network

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The future of Europe from an Asian perspective

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Particularly deadly matter

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The VAR system and the datafication of everyday life

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Facebook’s strategy for a decentralized future

Will Facebook orchestrate its own disruption?

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Slowing down fast fashion

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Inequality in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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Netflix’s Bandersnatch: the beginning of embedded content interfaces

Netflix's interactive film 'Bandersnatch' could set the trend for embedded content interfaces in films and shows.

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Farming in the Anthropocene by improving photosynthesis

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Retroscope 2018: Hegemonic cycle

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Retroscope 2018: Socio-cultural

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Retroscope 2018: Disruption in the making

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Open-source software is eating the world

Open-source software is crucial in our daily lives, and recent acquisitions of GitHub and Red Hat highlight its importance.

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The protein folding revolution

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Our polygenic scores tell us who we are

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Fighting terrorism has been a recurring issue in the history of Europe

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From bits to atoms

Will platforms like Uber and Airbnb continue to succeed without physical assets?

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Divided Brazil will be urged to look inwards

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A return to utopian thinking

In the last decade, pragmatic utopian thinking has gained considerable popularity in different domains.

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Google predicts a rising Chinese internet

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Facebook’s flirt with crypto and blockchain

Will Big Tech companies like Facebook have a role in the crypto landscape?

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Technical hurdles towards the cryptoworld

Arief Hühn outlines possible solutions to the current limitations of the crypto world.

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Apple’s quest for the disappearing computer

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Solar power nears terminal velocity

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Shadow power in the global technological arms race

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Migration concentration

Perspectives on the post-truth era

The 'enshittification' of society

Magic in metamodern times

To be(lieve) or not to be(lieve), that is the question

The European elections and the next five years

What themes will drive European political discourse?

The weather is changing

What home insurance tells us about climate change

Knit’s Island and the future of the metaverse

An immersive and fascinating documentary about life in a virtual world

Short-sighted AI regulations miss the big picture

How can we ensure that AI is not only safe but also resonates with our broader norms and values?

What would it take for us to believe in aliens?

Believing the unbelievable in times of disinformation and deepfakes

The Indian Stack goes global

Is a decentralized, open-source Indian-European Stack emerging?

Will generative AI bring the productivity increases we need?

Information technology and the lack of corresponding increases in productivity

The hottest farmers' debate

On the power of Big Food over farmers