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December 2017
Many people perceive software as being free from bias, but it’s not. In a TEDx Talk, Joy Buolamwini, a researcher at the MIT Research Lab and an African-American, discusses how she dons a white mask because her face is often not detected by generic facial-recognition software […]
November 2017
Following the old saying that “knowledge is power”, companies are seeking to infer increasingly intimate properties about their customers as a way to gain an edge over their competitors. The growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI), algorithms that use machine learning to analyse large multifaceted data sets, provides […]
November 2017
When Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web, he surely didn’t anticipate that children would end up becoming some of its main users. Most start using the internet at the average age of three – and as recent research shows, children now spend more time playing and socialising online […]
October 2017
Digital technologies for culture and heritage is a topic that has kept me busy for the past 20 years and still intrigues me, as it is challenging, complex and very exciting. In the latest major project I worked on – the meSch Project – we […]
October 2017
First platform to give policymakers and innovators expert analysis on the impact of technology on society. Corsham Institute (Ci) and RAND Europe launch the Observatory for a Connected Society, bringing together all the latest research, analysis and expert comment on a connected society in one […]
June 2017
Photo caption: Taken at 2017 annual Israel EdTech Summit It’s no exaggeration to say: It’s an open question whether students will even physically go to university in two or three years’ time. Around the world, governments and elite universities are introducing dramatic changes into their education […]
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