EIT’s open call for new Cultural and Creative Knowledge and Innovation Community
The culture and creativity sectors are getting a major kick in the right direction with a little help from the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT). This week the…
Smartphones and PCs, an open source world is possible
Gaël Duval is not just a dreamer but a man who does not give in to the dominance of big tech Never before has privacy become a central issue in…
Welcome is the hi-tech door that marks the entrance to a new world
If we look at the power that technology has wielded in changing objects and processes that have remained unchanged for decades, we can find few elements untouched by the hi-tech…
The risk and reward of biometric technologies
Biometric technologies use an individual’s biological traits to identify them. Digital fingerprint scanners on mobile phones and in airports, or intelligent facial recognition camera systems are examples. When combined with…
Fuchsia is the future of Google and microkernels
The first appearance of Fuchsia dates back to the summer of 2016, when a piece of code on the GitHub portal revealed plans for an entirely new operating system that…
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau calls us to act against climate change
The ‘Global Mindpool’ was presented at the Web Summit 2021 in Lisbon The ‘Global Mindpool’, a collective intelligence platform that engages with people across the world to find solutions to…
IronWeave: blockchain security at enterprise scale
Beyond facilitating Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, Blockchain is a potential remedy to global challenges such as data insecurity. But fundamental limitations stand in the way of its adoption by large…
A startup in Nairobi applies nanotech research to solve the waste problem in the food industry of the Saharan Africa
Nanotec_KE is a social enterprise company that offers Nano solutions for the food systems. It addresses a number of environmental problems related to waste materials that can be recycled and…
Prometeo: safeguarding firefighter health during wildfires
With wildfires raging around the world during last summer, global warming is baring its teeth. Beyond the devastation and human displacement, the prevalence of extreme weather events is putting overstretched…
Frances Haugen calls Zuckerberg to quit Facebook
Whistleblower says Facebook has ‘a Meta problem’ Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen called Mark Zuckerberg to step down as CEO and said that the social media empire has ‘a Meta problem’.…