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Explore over 500 articles on prevailing megatrends in tech, politics and society.

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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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A multipolar military world

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Solar power nears terminal velocity

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Fewer staff, more data

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Shadow power in the global technological arms race

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Migration concentration

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Narrative of Big Tech

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Meaningful entertainment in the digital age

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What can the U.S. learn from European schools?

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One grid to rule them all

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Eurasian momentum

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China’s challenges towards semiconductor autonomy

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Galactic hegemony

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Emerging markets have their moment to shine

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Early celebrations in Turkey

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Personalized competence-based learning

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A tale of two Indias

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Europe's innovation horizon

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Arbitrary decisions

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The “good” consumer

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China’s financial reform

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The bigger picture economy

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Bullshit jobs in the digital age

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Mexico charts a new course

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A new generation of American social democrats

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Technological momentum

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Germany’s growing realpolitik

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The intelligence of AI

The planet as an emerging category

On living with – not on – the planet.

A new dawn for nationalist parties?

For many, the brutal geopolitical awakening caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China threatening to invade Taiwan means freedom is back on the political agenda...

Vibegeist: rave until the grave

The revival of rave and rage in the roaring twenties.

Who has to pay the costs of climate change?

Issuing appeals for hundreds of millions in emergency funding to help victims of climate change might soon be a standard procedure.

"Creative" AI is recreating the creative industry

In the past few months, creative AI systems such as DALL-E and Midjourney have taken the internet by storm with their “artistic” creations.

To cyberspace and beyond

How the cyborg movies of the ‘90s made us fantasize about mind uploading, sentient AI and immortality.

How will the metaverse and web3 influence social media?

Brace yourself, the 2D newsfeeds gracing our screens might soon be part of internet history.

Geopolitical nonalignment in the 21st century

Escalating tensions in Taiwan and Ukraine are pressuring the world to choose an alignment, yet many nations refuse to choose sides.

The fragmentation of social media

When Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian are starting to revolt, you know Instagram is getting into trouble...

The early days of cyberpunk

As man becomes machine and machine becomes man.