Category: Technology

In 1998, I unintentionally created a racially biased artificial intelligence algorithm. There are lessons in that story that resonate even more strongly today. The dangers of bias and errors in AI algorithms are now well known. Why, then, has there been a flurry of blunders by tech companies in recent months, especially in the world […]

People enjoy the comfort of believing that tomorrow will be more or less like today but, hopefully, better. The Covid-19 pandemic rattled that assumption but it has returned labeled as “the new normal.” Alan Weiss, a consultant, speaker, and author of 60 business books, warns that the new normal is a mirage. He has registered the […]

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and Scout Motors president and CEO Scott Keogh discuss leading the charge with a new $2 billion electric vehicle plant. Manufacturers of construction equipment, trucks, building supplies and industrial software are still ringing up sales, despite slowdowns in other parts of the U.S. economy. A backlog of orders stemming from […]

Convergent technological disruption, rapidly changing (and often destabilizing) economic conditions, and increasingly active and demanding stakeholders. These are just some of the challenges facing organizations and their leaders today. These challenges demand ever closer coordination within and between teams — and from their leaders. But even the most effective teams face setbacks from time to […]

The automobile industry is becoming an increasingly important market for chipmakers such as Qualcomm as the number of electric vehicles and cars equipped with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) grows. American multination tech giant Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ: QCOM) is looking at expanding its footprint in the automotive business through the acquisition of Autotalks, an Israeli […]

Are you looking for a productive way to increase sales on your Amazon store? You may not have realized it yet, but stunning product photography can be one of the most powerful marketing strategies to boost conversions. Not only does product photography create interest and appeal around your products, but it also helps customers make […]

The term “gain of function” is often taken to refer to research with viruses that puts society at risk of an infectious disease outbreak for questionable gain. Some research on emerging viruses can result in variants that gain the ability to infect people but this does not necessarily mean the research is dangerous or that […]

John Cleese, the British comedian, once summed up the idea of the Dunning–Kruger effect as, “If you are really, really stupid, then it’s impossible for you to know you are really, really stupid.” A quick search of the news brings up dozens of headlines connecting the Dunning–Kruger effect to everything from work to empathy and […]

In a recent video introducing the United Nations’ flagship Climate Report, UN Secretary-General António Guterres referenced the title of this year’s absurdist Oscar-winning film as he called for urgent climate action “on all fronts – everything, everywhere, all at once.” It’s a caveat Canada’s Greenest Employers 2023, selected by Mediacorp Canada Inc., take to heart; […]

Every day, I come into the lab to check the moth jar. The jar, which previously housed a liter of honey, now contains a multitude of small golden moths and their wriggly caterpillar offspring. The author in the lab with her prized moth jar. Isabel Novick, CC BY-ND The founding population came from within my […]