Jeremy Corbyn: I’ll tax tech firms to subsidise the BBC licence fee
By: Jim Waterson August 22, 2018 Jeremy Corbyn is to propose a tax on big technology firms such as Facebook, Google and Netflix, to subsidise the BBC licence fee as part of a sweeping range of measures to reform the British media industry. The Labour leader will warn that a “few tech giants and unaccountable […]
What is corporate social responsibility – and does it work?
By: The Conversation August 7, 2018 When you purchase a product, I imagine you hope that the product was made with attention to human rights: that production occurred without unfair wages, human trafficking, forced or child labour, discrimination, abuses, or safety hazards. Perhaps you also hope that the company producing the item is conscious of […]
More than 6m workers fear being replaced by machines – report
By: Richard Partington August 6, 2018 More than six million workers are worried their jobs could be replaced by machines over the next decade, according to a report urging trade unions and the government to provide more support for those at risk. The findings come as Yvette Cooper, the Labour chair of the Commons home […]
Businesses must address impact of next industrial revolution, says Siemens boss
By: The Guardian July 16, 2018 Global workforces will fall as the next industrial revolution gets under way, the head of one of Germany’s biggest firms has warned, unless workers are retrained with new skills. Joe Kaeser, global chief executive of the engineering giant Siemens, said up to almost a third of jobs could be […]
ESG data: availability, transparency, quality and investment applicability
By: THOMSON REUTERS July 16, 2018 ESG Data and its Evolution The sustainable investing space is facing some challenging questions around the availability, transparency, quality and investment application of ESG Data. In a recent webinar and over a series of blog posts we gather expert opinion on the data corporates are reporting and how it […]
Here’s Why The Blockchain Might Change the Future (And Why It May Not Live Up To the Hype)
By: Victor Tangermann July 5, 2018 It’s 2018, and here are some things that people are obsessed with: fizzy water, sriracha, purple everything, and… blockchain. Yes, that blockchain. The thing that everyone — from that guy you know who is suddenly crypto rich, to John Oliver to, well, us — has tried to explain to […]
How AI is transforming the NHS, ‘it’s going to create a revolution
By: Ian Sample July 4, 2018 The tumour is hard to miss on the scan. The size of a golf ball, it sits bold and white on the brain stem, a part of the organ that sends messages back and forth between body and brain. In many ways it is the master controller: from the […]
McDonald’s Says Goodbye Cashiers, Hello Kiosks
By: Ed Rensi July 2, 2018 “Would you like fries with that?” may soon be a phrase of the past. As minimum wage levels approach or surpass $15 nationwide, restaurant customers expecting to be greeted by a smiling face will instead be welcomed by a glowing LED screen. As of 2020, self-service ordering kiosks will […]
Being human: how realistic do we want robots to be?
By: Keza MacDonald June 27, 2018 As our dependence on technology builds and the privacy-destroying, brain-hacking consequences of that start to come to light, we are seeing the return of a science-fiction trope: the rise of the robots. A new wave of television shows, films and video games is grappling with the question of what […]