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Europe needs its own breed of unicorn

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The continent must exploit technological change to create new businesses, writes John Thornhill

Enlightenment and profit starts at office

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The incentive structures of many companies are to minimise risk rather than maximise opportunity

Silicon Valley v Washington

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It would be a tragedy if the promise of technology was sideswiped by a neo-Luddite backlash

Virtual reality is waiting for killer app

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An arms race has broken out among tech companies as they speed their products to market

Review: Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus

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Brilliant critique of how the digital revolution took a wrong turn is less good at mapping way back

Old idea of basic income has new appeal

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Developed countries have to reform their welfare states to adapt to technological upheavals

Apple is standing up for its rights

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The company has done the right thing to stress-test these issues in court

Venture capital alone is not enough

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Too much VC money is being invested in start-up companies with daft ideas

Killer robots create a moral dilemma

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Arguments against the use of such machines by armed forces are blurred in the fog of war

A double-edged stance on regulation

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A watchdog with the ‘right touch’ sounds ominously like one with a ‘light touch’

The second renaissance will be digitised

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There are several ironies in a French entrepreneur teaching Silicon Valley geeks how to code

An iHotline for a brighter future

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Expect tension between tech titans and politicians as the third wave of technology crashes in

Japan is still innovating

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Too often we exaggerate the importance of new technologies while underestimating value of the old

Science needs free movement to flourish

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Entrepreneurs fear a brain drain to European tech centres as EU citizens seek more welcoming homes

Artificial intelligence: can we control it?

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It is the world’s greatest opportunity, and its greatest threat, believes Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom

A job for regulators in the space economy

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Nasa has a major role to play in shaping the extraterrestrial private sector

Rights challenged by desire to stop crime

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Already in the US, computer-generated risk scores are being used for sentencing and parole decisions

Platform businesses may kill traditional companies

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Book argues that key to business success now is creating the means of connection

Russia’s traditions power its innovators

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The livewires of Moscow and St Petersburg rely on age-old ploys to make a living

Review — ‘The Rise of the Machines’

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We should be wary of those predicting the future impact of technology
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