‘Google’s power is extraordinary’: businesses turn to the courts over bad reviews
By: Josh Taylor July 9, 2019 Mark Fletcher says he never paid much attention to Google reviews left by customers for his Victorian-based software business Tower Systems – until five months ago. He was told he had lost a sale due to a negative review from a person called Ashley T. The comment, made a […]
Things are changing so fast’: the benefits and dangers of robots in the UK workplace
By: Richard Partington June 30, 2019 “We are under the threat of closure all the time,” says Andrew Peters without a hint of fear in his voice. As though repeating himself for the hundredth time, the managing director of Siemens’ Congleton factory in Cheshire explains his workers are battling for survival. Competition in this historic […]
Threat or promise? E-auto boom could cost industry jobs
By: David Mchugh May 22, 2019 Over 115 years the auto industry in the east German town of Zwickau has lived through wrenching upheavals including World War II and the collapse of communism. Now the city’s 90,000 people are plunging headlong into another era of change: top employer Volkswagen’s total shift into electric cars at […]
Robots activated by water may be the next frontier
By: Columbia University May 22, 2019 New research from the laboratory of Ozgur Sahin, associate professor of biological sciences and physics at Columbia University, shows that materials can be fabricated to create soft actuators — devices that convert energy into physical motion — that are strong and flexible, and, most important, resistant to water damage. […]
A Great Leap Forward in Fuel Cell Technology Made at NTHU
By: Tech News May 09,2019 Scientists have long been struggling to develop high-performance fuel cells as environmentally friendly power in electric vehicles. However, Prof. Chen Tsan-Yao of the Department of Engineering and System Science (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan) has recently made a major breakthrough by using ultrasonic waves to make tiny grooves in the […]
We need a reskilling revolution. Here’s how to make it happen
By: Børge Brende April 15, 2019 As the world faces the transformative economic, social and environmental challenges of Globalization 4.0, it has never been more important to invest in people. Valuing human capital not only serves to equip individuals with the knowledge and skills to respond to systemic shifts, it also empowers them to take […]
The Retraining Paradox
By: Ruth Graham Feb 23, 2017 When Nathan Kecy graduated from Plymouth State University in New Hampshire a decade ago with a bachelor’s degree in communications, he found himself with about $10,000 in debt and few clear career options. He first found work as a door-to-door salesman (“a pyramid scheme,” he recalls) and then in […]
How Leaders Are Reshaping Society in a Digital Age New Order
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Societal structures developed to enable the Industrial Age are failing to adequately address the seismic shifts of an exponentially advancing Digital Age. In today’s globalized world, corporate lifespans are rapidly shortening, the value of traditional human labor is depreciating, and coordinated political movements can reshape national governments in mere weeks. These realities […]
‘AI’ to hit hardest in U.S. heartland and among less-skilled: study
By: Reuters January 24,2019 The Midwestern states hit hardest by job automation in recent decades, places that were pivotal to U.S. President Donald Trump’s election, will be under the most pressure again as advances in artificial intelligence reshape the workplace, according to a new study by Brookings Institution researchers. The spread of computer-driven technology into […]