How AI can solve manufacturing’s waste problem
By: EBR | Thursday, April 22, 2021
Earth Day inspires many consumers to examine their recycling, composting and consumption. That’s all good, but it isn’t where the heart of the waste problem lies
Most major companies failing climate targets: study
By: EBR | Thursday, April 22, 2021
Fewer than one in four of the world’s largest companies are on track to meet basic climate change targets, according to a new study
5 key lessons for energy transition from COVID-19 recovery
By: EBR | Wednesday, April 21, 2021
The COVID-19 recovery efforts offer five lessons to accelerate the energy transition in the next decade
AI rules must help increase public trust
By: EBR | Wednesday, April 21, 2021
EU regulation on artificial intelligence must be designed to increase user trust, while unlocking innovation
Sustainable transport can’t just depend on batteries
By: EBR | Wednesday, April 21, 2021
When we try to envision what our future world will be like, we picture cleaner, quieter, emission-free streets and transport corridors
Embracing technology as a service will fuel the circular economy
By: EBR | Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Offering as-a-service requires the overhaul of a company’s business and digital transformation strategy but yields significant benefits for all
Video conferencing is here to stay, so how can we beat the fatigue?
By: EBR | Tuesday, April 20, 2021
“The blurring of lines between home and work and the relentlessness of the pandemic workday have taken a toll on our well-being”
Here’s why post-COVID-19 recovery plans should focus on care work
By: EBR | Monday, April 19, 2021
The pandemic has highlighted just how vital care workers are to society. But the people who work in this sector have been neglected for too long
Why COVID-19 government support needs to be tailored and targeted
By: EBR | Friday, April 16, 2021
The race to vaccinate against COVID-19 continues, but the pace of inoculation varies widely across countries, with access unavailable to many
Why philanthropy needs to prepare itself for a world powered by AI
By: EBR | Friday, April 16, 2021
Artificial intelligence presents itself in both grand and mundane ways. It accelerates the scientific process, leading most recently to the development of COVID-19 vaccines at record speed
The hidden downside to ocean data and how to make it more sustainable
By: EBR | Thursday, April 15, 2021
Scientists and planners are increasingly turning to digital technology to save the ocean. Data is needed to map and monitor ocean conditions, assess the impacts of climate change, warn about ocean-related natural disasters, and manage the ocean’s valuable economic and ecological resources
It will take another 136 years to close the global gender gap
By: EBR | Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Based on 2020 trends, the global gender gap was not expected to be closed for another 100 years
Three Key Steps to Prepare for Data and AI Leadership
By: EBR | Monday, April 12, 2021
With Big Data and artificial intelligence (AI) transforming business, it is becoming almost certain that every executive will sooner or later need to leverage these technologies to advance their organisation – and their career
The rise in automation and what it means for the future
By: EBR | Friday, April 9, 2021
Last year’s historic SpaceX launch may have marked another small step for spaceflight, but it was a giant leap for automation
6 ways data sharing can shape a better future
By: EBR | Thursday, April 8, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic surfaced the shortcomings of the world’s collective approach to data
7 Views On How Technology Will Shape Geopolitics
By: EBR | Thursday, April 8, 2021
A year into a new digital normal caused by the pandemic – and well into the Fourth Industrial Revolution – a new picture of the relationship between technology and geopolitics is emerging
A fairer world requires fairer tech. Here’s why
By: EBR | Wednesday, April 7, 2021
In the decade ahead, a wave of technological solutions will touch and transform every part of our lives
3 critical challenges for governing digitalization
By: EBR | Tuesday, April 6, 2021
The mob attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, was a turning point – not just in political history, but also in technology governance
How data is transforming the way we care for the ocean
By: EBR | Monday, April 5, 2021
There is now overwhelming evidence that the future economic and ecological prosperity of the planet depends on a healthy ocean
3 ways to make technologies more inclusive for people with disabilities
By: EBR | Thursday, April 1, 2021
Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies are drastically changing every aspect of our lives. McKinsey estimates that digital transformation during the pandemic has fast tracked progress for what would have been achieved in five years
By: N. Peter Kramer
