Pension inequality at majority of FTSE 100 companies
By: Maria Espadinha May 29, 2019 The pension contribution rates of FTSE 100 chief executives are on average four times higher than those received by employees, research has found. After analysing FTSE 100 companies’ financial reports in 2018, pensions consultancy LCP found about half paid defined benefit pension contributions for their CEOs of 25 per […]
Margrethe Vestager fined Google and Apple billions, now she may lead Europe
By: Gian Volpicelli May 29, 2019 When I meet her, Margrethe Vestager is not one of the frontrunners for the presidency of the European Commission, yet. The European elections haven’t happened yet, and Vestager is still fully focused on enforcing antitrust law across the European Union. She’s very busy. And she has strong ideas about […]
Can think-tanks survive a post-fact world?
By: R.C. May 29, 2019 A HUNDRED years ago this week, diplomats and academics from the British and American delegations at the Versailles peace conference at the end of the first world war met for a dinner at the Hotel Majestic in Paris, a short stroll from the Arc de Triomphe. Their aim was to […]
Unsettling Sex Robot Looks Almost Exactly Like a Real Person
By: Futurism May 29, 2019 Some sex experts predict we’re headed toward a future in which “virtual” lovers replace human ones — and based on advances happening in the field of sex robots, it could eventually be hard to tell the difference. One company in particular, DS Doll Robotics, has cooked up incredibly lifelike robotic […]
‘Spider-like senses’ could help autonomous machines see better
By: Purdue University May 29, 2019 What if drones and self-driving cars had the tingling “spidey senses” of Spider-Man? They might actually detect and avoid objects better, says Andres Arrieta, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University, because they would process sensory information faster. Better sensing capabilities would make it possible for drones […]