Technology & Innovation

The prototype of an autonomous weeding machine by Swiss start-up ecoRobotix is pictured during tests on a sugar beet field near Bavois, Switzerland May 18, 2018. Picture taken May, 18, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse - RC18908CB500

Farm and food policy innovations for the digital age

Juergen Voegele

Thursday, October 11, 2018

A man holds up his mobile phone showing a M-Pesa mobile money transaction page for the photographer at an open air market in Kibera in Kenya's capital Nairobi December 31, 2014. Safaricom, Kenya's biggest telecoms firm, is a model of how technology can be used to financially include millions of people with mobile telephones but without access to traditional infrastructure such as the banks that are available to the wealthy or those living in cities. Safaricom in 2007 pioneered its M-Pesa mobile money transfer technology, now used across Africa, Asia and Europe. It proved that money can be made from people who earn a few dollars a day. REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TELECOMS) - GM1EACV1IZY01

The future of inclusive growth

Shanta Devarajan

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Photo illustration of Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange website taken September 27, 2017. Picture taken September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration - RC1BDA5D5500

The future of cryptocurrency regulation

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Apple Inc.'s new campus, Cupertino, CA

Big tech’s role in regional inequality

Mark Muro and Robert Maxim

October 9, 2018

Facial recognition technology is shown at DeepGlint booth during the China Public Security Expo in Shenzhen, China October 30, 2017. Picture taken October 30, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip - RC1688FFCBB0

Brookings survey finds 50 percent of people are unfavorable to facial recognition software in retail stores to prevent theft

Darrell M. West

Monday, October 8, 2018

A lab worker holds up a test-tube of blood before conducting HIV tests at Medecins Sans Frontieres-Holland (AZG)'s clinic in Yangon February 21, 2012. Tens of thousands of lives are at risk in Myanmar due to an anticipated funding shortfall to treat people living with HIV and tuberculosis, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned Wednesday, urging international donors to provide immediate support to the impoverished country. Myanmar is already facing "a devastating gap" between people's needs and access to treatment and a decision by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to cancel funding for 2013 because of a lack of donor money could worsen the situation, the report "Lives in the balance: the urgent need for HIV and TB treatment in Myanmar" said. Picture taken February 21, 2012. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) - GM1E82M0ZJO01

We need breakthrough technologies to reach the Sustainable Development Goal targets for health

Gavin Yamey and Alexander Gunn

Friday, October 5, 2018

Technician Matthew Smith loads a robotic DNA sample automation machine

Sharing digitized DNA sequences must balance scientific progress with fair use

John Malone and Bart Kolodziejczyk

Friday, October 5, 2018

People are seen inside the world's first autonomous pods which was launched by the Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates February, 28, 2018. Picture taken February, 28, 2018. REUTERS/Satish Kumar - RC1DBA1AFD20

Dubai offers lessons for using artificial intelligence in local government

David Swindell, Kevin C. Desouza, and Rachel Hudgens

Friday, September 28, 2018

People walk past a 5G banner during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain

The real 5G ‘race’ is to serve all Americans

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

A smartphone user shows the Facebook application on his phone in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, in this photo illustration, May 2, 2013. Facebook Inc's mobile advertising revenue growth gained momentum in the first three months of the year as the social network sold more ads to users on smartphones and tablets, partially offsetting higher spending which weighed on profits. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) - GM1E9530ENS01

Regulating free speech on social media is dangerous and futile

Friday, September 21, 2018