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Explore our collection of articles on the leading megatrends in technology, politics, and society.

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Open data empowerment

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From bits to atoms

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

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The age of genetic information

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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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The CRISPR’d era

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Fewer staff, more data

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Shadow power in the global technological arms race

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Narrative of Big Tech

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One grid to rule them all

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China’s challenges towards semiconductor autonomy

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Galactic hegemony

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Europe's innovation horizon

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Arbitrary decisions

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The bigger picture economy

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Bullshit jobs in the digital age

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Technological momentum

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The intelligence of AI

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Will local-multiplayer survive in the video game industry?

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Exporting surveillance

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Rise of online education in the corporate education sector

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The selfish ledger

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The shaky rise of digital gambling

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Who owns the data of the city?

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Can E-learning bridge Africa’s education gap?

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The medium is (liable for) the message

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The walls of the home are breaking down

AI regulations may see a Beijing effect

Is Europe too late to cause a Brussels effect on AI technology?

When the selfie becomes an avatar

How Instagram is preparing itself for the metaverse

Is Texas becoming too self-confident?

Texan rebellion is likely to shake up federal politics in the U.S.

Picking up the crypto pieces

Companies are on the lookout for opportunities during the crypto crash

Gen Z chooses anonymity over fame

Why are Gen Zers more likely to prefer online anonymity compared to millennials?

From labor to exploitation: the dark side of blockchain games

What does it take to create a flourishing virtual economy?

Resurrecting the dead in the digital era

Will deepfake videos, the latest and most versatile medium to eternalize the dead, impel us to regulate digital immortality?

Extending the self with Instagram's augmented-reality face filters

Are we moving towards a culture in which our digitally positioned self is more important than our actual self?

Technology on a leash

By sharing ownership and control with producers and governments, our smart devices are no longer what they seem

The rise of CBDCs

Pim Korsten gives a rundown on the opportunities and risks of the rise of central bank digital currencies.