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Explore our collection of articles on the leading megatrends in technology, politics, and society.

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China’s CBDC-as-a-standard?

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India’s rise as a digital superpower

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The emergence of big tech mesh networks

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Digital advertising in a post-cookie world

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Harvest now, decrypt later

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Non-fungible tokens are all the rage

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The unique strength of Chinese business alliances

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Crowdsourcing morality for autonomous systems

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Democratization of finance

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The Retroscope 2020

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Disinformation and the false believe we are autonomous in our search for knowledge

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The 'Brussels effect' on digital legislation

Europe is reinventing its digital Stack by taking the lead in legislation implementation

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Biden: neither friend nor foe to big tech

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Are we sharing enough data?

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The sharing economy is dead, long live the rental economy

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The geopolitics of rare earth metals

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Who do we trust in the Stack war?

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The new power of technical standards

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Blurring boundaries with mixed reality toys

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The resistance to the hegemony of the App Store

As emerging tech companies become more influential their relationships with big tech are increasingly strained

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Today’s class of uncontrollable technology

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Could Europe fix the internet?

Europe aims to restore competitiveness and sovereignty in the digital realm through policies on data-sharing, AI, and open internet.

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In the back end of our cities

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Game engines are revolutionizing filmmaking

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Retroscope 2019: Technological cycle

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When we really become hybrid beings

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Interactive elements in movies and series

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Everybody is a self-tracker

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The age of digital mega-ecosystems

Digital ecosystems have the potential to address consumer needs, but obstacles still exist in their implementation.

Scaling bitcoin with the lightning network

21st century Luddites target self-driving cars

The VAR system and the datafication of everyday life

Facebook’s strategy for a decentralized future

Will Facebook orchestrate its own disruption?

Sports wearables: When the amateur goes pro

The widespread use of performance-tracking technologies has changed the practice of sports

Netflix’s Bandersnatch: the beginning of embedded content interfaces

Netflix's interactive film 'Bandersnatch' could set the trend for embedded content interfaces in films and shows.

Farming in the Anthropocene by improving photosynthesis

Managing your digital identity

Volatility in the Tech Stack

A closer look at the fundamental trajectories and interdependent nature of new technologies

Retroscope 2018: Technological cycle