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As it becomes apparent that artificial intelligence will replace ever-more jobs in the coming years, a growing number of politicians, nonprofits, and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have started thinking about how we’ll cope with a world in which not everyone can – or needs to – work. → Read More
Business Insider - Basic income will be widespread by the 2030s, according to Google futurist and director of engineering Ray Kurzweil.. Read more at businessinsider.sg → Read More
Basic income will be widespread by the 2030s, according to Google futurist and director of engineering Ray Kurzweil. → Read More
Even if you opt out of Facebook and all it’s data-sharing tendencies, avoid using a smartphone, and generally stay off the internet, you’re still emitting data every second of every day. As Poppy Crum, the chief scientist at Dolby Labs, demonstrated during a talk at the annual TED Conference in Vancouver, Canada, new technologies could soon make it possible for companies and… → Read More
Floods, famine, drought, fire – these are just some of the consequences of out-of-control climate change. → Read More
The autonomous BMW i3 prototype offers an unremarkable drive, but that's actually a good thing. → Read More
My first experience in a self-driving car was eight years ago. During a visit to Stanford’s Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Lab, I was given the opportunity to take a seat inside Junior 3, a robotic Volkswagen Passat that could drive and park itself autonomously. → Read More
The autonomous BMW i3 prototype offers an unremarkable drive, but that's actually a good thing. → Read More
* TED has launched the $US250 million Audacious Project, an annual initiative to back world-changing ideas. * Funders include The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Dalio Foundation, the Skoll Foundation, and Virgin Unite. * Dr. Raj Panjabi, CEO of Last Mile Health, is one of the first recipients. Dr. Raj Panjabi is probably the last person to ever get the $US1 million TED Prize – a sum of… → Read More
If you love writing about innovative solutions to problems ranging from income disparity to climate change to urban overcrowding, this could be the job for you. → Read More
In the annual Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation letter, Bill Gates explains why he is giving all his money away. → Read More
Business Insider - In the annual Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation letter, Bill Gates explains why he is giving all his money away.. Read more at businessinsider.sg → Read More
President Donald Trump says he will pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. But much of his reasoning Thursday was based on questionable data. → Read More
President Donald Trump says he will pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. But much of his reasoning Thursday was based on questionable... → Read More
As the former deputy mayor of New York City, Dan Doctoroff pushed through projects like the High Line and Hudson Yards and rezoned huge swaths of the city. → Read More
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — Cidade de Deus (“City of God”) is one of the most notorious favelas in Rio de Janeiro. It’s also the most well-known, thanks to the 2002 film of the same name that won four Oscars for its depiction of the City of God as it once was: drug-ridden, lawless, and filled with an impossibly large number of guns. But as I discovered during a recent visit to the City of God, the… → Read More
One of the most popular Kickstarter launches of the last several years was the Glowing Plant campaign. The campaign officially died, but never quite ended. → Read More
One of the most popular Kickstarter launches of the last several years was the Glowing Plant campaign. The campaign officially died, but never quite ended. → Read More
President Trump has announced that he will pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement. Many of Trump's reasons, however, were based on questionable data. → Read More
Business Insider's science section is looking for a full-time science reporter to join our team. → Read More