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Retroscope 2018: Technological cycle

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Open-source software is eating the world

Open-source software is crucial in our daily lives, and recent acquisitions of GitHub and Red Hat highlight its importance.

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The protein folding revolution

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Open data empowerment

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From bits to atoms

Will platforms like Uber and Airbnb continue to succeed without physical assets?

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The age of genetic information

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Google predicts a rising Chinese internet

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Facebook’s flirt with crypto and blockchain

Will Big Tech companies like Facebook have a role in the crypto landscape?

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Technical hurdles towards the cryptoworld

Arief Hühn outlines possible solutions to the current limitations of the crypto world.

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Rise of online education in the corporate education sector

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Exporting surveillance

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Will local-multiplayer survive in the video game industry?

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The intelligence of AI

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Technological momentum

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Bullshit jobs in the digital age

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The bigger picture economy

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Arbitrary decisions

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Europe's innovation horizon

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Galactic hegemony

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China’s challenges towards semiconductor autonomy

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One grid to rule them all

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Narrative of Big Tech

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Shadow power in the global technological arms race

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Fewer staff, more data

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The CRISPR’d era

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Apple’s quest for the disappearing computer

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The shaky rise of digital gambling

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The selfish ledger

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Who owns the data of the city?

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The API Economy

"Creative" AI is recreating the creative industry

In the past few months, creative AI systems such as DALL-E and Midjourney have taken the internet by storm with their “artistic” creations.

How will the metaverse and web3 influence social media?

Brace yourself, the 2D newsfeeds gracing our screens might soon be part of internet history.

The early days of cyberpunk

As man becomes machine and machine becomes man.

AI regulations may see a Beijing effect

Is Europe too late to cause a Brussels effect on AI technology?

When the selfie becomes an avatar

How Instagram is preparing itself for the metaverse

Is Texas becoming too self-confident?

Texan rebellion is likely to shake up federal politics in the U.S.

Picking up the crypto pieces

Companies are on the lookout for opportunities during the crypto crash

From labor to exploitation: the dark side of blockchain games

What does it take to create a flourishing virtual economy?

Gen Z chooses anonymity over fame

Why are Gen Zers more likely to prefer online anonymity compared to millennials?

Resurrecting the dead in the digital era

Will deepfake videos, the latest and most versatile medium to eternalize the dead, impel us to regulate digital immortality?