The continent must exploit technological change to create new businesses, writes John Thornhill
Europe needs its own breed of unicorn
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Enlightenment and profit starts at office
The incentive structures of many companies are to minimise risk rather than maximise opportunity
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Silicon Valley v Washington
It would be a tragedy if the promise of technology was sideswiped by a neo-Luddite backlash
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Virtual reality is waiting for killer app
An arms race has broken out among tech companies as they speed their products to market
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Review: Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus
Brilliant critique of how the digital revolution took a wrong turn is less good at mapping way back
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Old idea of basic income has new appeal
Developed countries have to reform their welfare states to adapt to technological upheavals
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Apple is standing up for its rights
The company has done the right thing to stress-test these issues in court
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Venture capital alone is not enough
Too much VC money is being invested in start-up companies with daft ideas
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Killer robots create a moral dilemma
Arguments against the use of such machines by armed forces are blurred in the fog of war
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A double-edged stance on regulation
A watchdog with the ‘right touch’ sounds ominously like one with a ‘light touch’
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The second renaissance will be digitised
There are several ironies in a French entrepreneur teaching Silicon Valley geeks how to code
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An iHotline for a brighter future
Expect tension between tech titans and politicians as the third wave of technology crashes in
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Japan is still innovating
Too often we exaggerate the importance of new technologies while underestimating value of the old
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Science needs free movement to flourish
Entrepreneurs fear a brain drain to European tech centres as EU citizens seek more welcoming homes
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Artificial intelligence: can we control it?
It is the world’s greatest opportunity, and its greatest threat, believes Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom
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A job for regulators in the space economy
Nasa has a major role to play in shaping the extraterrestrial private sector
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Rights challenged by desire to stop crime
Already in the US, computer-generated risk scores are being used for sentencing and parole decisions
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Platform businesses may kill traditional companies
Book argues that key to business success now is creating the means of connection
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Russia’s traditions power its innovators
The livewires of Moscow and St Petersburg rely on age-old ploys to make a living
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Review — ‘The Rise of the Machines’
We should be wary of those predicting the future impact of technology
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