“Cutting-edge solutions”: The African software developers using AI to fight inequality
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the growing number of African developers pioneering the use of artificial intelligence to tackle their continent’s challenges…
Wow!: Africa’s innovators turn to tech to tackle transport woes
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how technology is driving some innovative solutions to provide bettee access to public transport in sub-Saharan Africa…
Bridging the digital divide: The rise of community internet in Africa
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the role decentralised networks are playing in increasing access to the internet…
People skills
When I went to school, computers were new. We were still handing in hand written essays. We were told, if you want a job, study computing. So I did! PICTURE: Dylan Gillis/Unsplash. Talking to ParentTV’s Samantha Jockel, she was reflecting on the future job market. Her observation was that in the future it’s not technology, […]
Sight Helpdesk: What is Pegasus? A cybersecurity expert explains how the spyware invades phones and what it does when it gets in
The Pegasus spyware technology has been making headlines around the world. BHANUKIRAN GURIJALA, of West Virginia University, explains, in an article first published on The Conversation, how it works…
Out of my mind: Advances in brain tech spur calls for ‘neuro-rights’
AVI ASHER-SCHAPIRO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the push to protect how a person’s brain data is accessed and used…
Wow!: Japanese smart city offers residents quake, privacy protection
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a new technological push to safeguard residents in Aizuwakamatsu city…
Sight Helpdesk: Digital hoarders – we’ve identified four types; which are you?
In an article first published on The Conversation, NICK NEAVE, associate professor in psychology, and director of the Hoarding Research Group at Northumbria University in the UK, looks at the problem of digital hoarding…
Singapore to limit police access to COVID-19 contact-tracing data
Thomson Reuters Foundation Singapore’s government has tabled a bill in parliament to allow the use of personal data from its coronavirus contact-tracing app in “serious” criminal investigations, a move aimed at addressing privacy concerns among users of such technologies. An amendment to its COVID-19 bill – presented to parliament this week – will limit the […]
Davos 2021: Billionaires, big tech and vaccines top the WEF agenda
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The World Economic Forum’s gathering of global political and business elites in Davos, Switzerland took place online this year because of COVID-19 and was covered less avidly than usual by the media. But, through its digital platform, the forum’s organisers laid out an agenda more ambitious than usual, invoking the need […]