Signals from the future

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25 April 2024

Power struggle: Crypto vs Chatbots

During the energy crisis of 2022, analysts were quick to point out that crypto mining, especially bitcoin, consumes as much...

Power struggle: Crypto vs Chatbots

During the energy crisis of 2022, analysts were quick to point out that crypto mining, especially bitcoin, consumes as much...

The future is never urgent

A message from our now-retired founder Wolfgang Grulke that was as prescient twelve years ago as it is today.

Zero carbon, zero cost

Ahmad wipes the sweat from his brow, having just installed another solar farm under the scorching Jakarta sun. As a...

Life’s a gas no longer

When climate concerned biochemists were looking for ways to reduce potent greenhouse gasses, they developed bacteria that could curtail methane...

Nudge, Nudge… Oops!

In an ironic twist of fate, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) that slammed into the perfectly harmless asteroid Dimorphos...

Life gets smart

“We as humans are an intrinsically technological species,” said Mustafa Suleyman in 2024, “and everything in our world flows from...

Insect swarms descend on crops

In what looked like a scene from Terminator 14, earlier this year the first commercial swarm of bio-mechanical insects descended...

Fast food takes a body blow

Four years ago, 800 million people globally were classed as obese, including 40% of the US population, and Novo Nordisk...

Power struggle: Crypto vs Chatbots

During the energy crisis of 2022, analysts were quick to point out that crypto mining, especially bitcoin, consumes as much...

The future is never urgent

A message from our now-retired founder Wolfgang Grulke that was as prescient twelve years ago as it is today.

Zero carbon, zero cost

Ahmad wipes the sweat from his brow, having just installed another solar farm under the scorching Jakarta sun. As a...

Life’s a gas no longer

When climate concerned biochemists were looking for ways to reduce potent greenhouse gasses, they developed bacteria that could curtail methane...

Nudge, Nudge… Oops!

In an ironic twist of fate, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) that slammed into the perfectly harmless asteroid Dimorphos...

Life gets smart

“We as humans are an intrinsically technological species,” said Mustafa Suleyman in 2024, “and everything in our world flows from...

Insect swarms descend on crops

In what looked like a scene from Terminator 14, earlier this year the first commercial swarm of bio-mechanical insects descended...

Fast food takes a body blow

Four years ago, 800 million people globally were classed as obese, including 40% of the US population, and Novo Nordisk...

The Smart City was a red herring

In the early 2020s, Smart City was the darling buzzword of progressive urban planners. Catch phrases like “We are transforming...

David beats Goliath with AI

There was a time when big business was the only game in town, and you needed scale, capital, buildings, and...

Democracy heads for the door

Never before in recent human history have so many votes been cast by so many citizens, with so few admirable...

Cupid swaps his bow for a lab coat

Tomorrow’s Valentine’s Day marks a new era – the game of love is forever changed. Do you remember those magic...

I like to move it, move it

Gone are the days when your heartrate monitor training coach smartwatch needed a battery. Actually, gone are the days of...

The Magnificent Seven blow out

The wild ride of the US tech giants has begun to falter. The ‘Magnificent Seven’ biggest companies – Microsoft, Apple,...

The Great AI Money Heist of Europe

The romantic image of a thief is a well-educated gentleman who eases in through a window, silently cracks the safe...

Technologies triumph over commodities. Sometimes.

There was a time when agricultural and mineral commodities were the source of most economic value, and the favourite investment...

Solving the million ton space puzzle

As basic as it might sound, until we solve cryogenic sleep, the key to space travel and colonizing asteroids and...

New Year: New World

It’s been a decade since the tumultuous events of 2024, when a slew of elections in major economies helped reset...

AI killed the Christmas romcom

Imagine channel surfing, looking for a feelgood movie while the snow is falling outside, the Christmas tree is lit up,...

Dollar breaks parity with Euro

It’s been several decades since the Euro was launched at roughly one to the Dollar. For years after that, the...

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Signals from the future

Power struggle: Crypto vs Chatbots

Power struggle: Crypto vs Chatbots

The future is never urgent

Zero carbon, zero cost

Life’s a gas no longer

Nudge, Nudge… Oops!

Life gets smart

Insect swarms descend on crops

Fast food takes a body blow

Power struggle: Crypto vs Chatbots

The future is never urgent

Zero carbon, zero cost

Life’s a gas no longer

Nudge, Nudge… Oops!

Life gets smart

Insect swarms descend on crops

Fast food takes a body blow

The Smart City was a red herring

David beats Goliath with AI

Democracy heads for the door

Cupid swaps his bow for a lab coat

I like to move it, move it

The Magnificent Seven blow out

The Great AI Money Heist of Europe

Technologies triumph over commodities. Sometimes.

Solving the million ton space puzzle

New Year: New World

AI killed the Christmas romcom

Dollar breaks parity with Euro

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