If you’ve ever thought about becoming a tech investor, read this – learn why investors are the quiet force shaping the future of the industry.
Tech generalists will enable emerging technologies to integrate across industries and societies in meaningful ways. We still need specialists – but we also need big-picture people.
Discover three tech sectors facing a talent shortage this year. Could you find your ideal role in a high-demand sector like cybersecurity, cloud computing, or artificial intelligence?
We’ve gathered advice from tech leaders to help you find your career in tech – so you can get in, stay in, and thrive.
Tan Wooi Leong (Managing Director, Energy and Industrial at Surbana Jurong) says collaboration is critical to drive progress in clean energy transformation. Discover the latest clean energy tech developments this year.
Scientists have created an easy-to-assemble system to create four-legged robots that can stand up and walk out of the 3D printer they’re made in.
Three tech leaders share the lessons they’ve learned through scaling businesses. Essential advice for all tech entrepreneurs.
Careers in STEM can be full of wonder, driven by curiosity and exploration. Spark your imagination with Bill Diamond (President and CEO at the SETI Institute).
In 2008, anthropologist Tom Boellstorff published a book called Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human. It was an outlier in the field of social anthropology; the account of a field study that had been conducted entirely online, inside the online game Second Life. The
Everyone has a drawer full of batteries in their house. But beyond the standard power devices that everyone’s familiar with, researchers continue to explore different materials and techniques that can generate power and change the resources we rely on – so more and more novel power devices are in development.
We’ve written before about the way that connectivity and access to digital tools can enable people from a wide variety of backgrounds to exercise their entrepreneurial spirit. With low-cost, high quality technological tools, almost anyone can start a business in minutes. And the same goes for people working in
Having emerged from the University of Michigan’s Direct-Brain Interface Laboratory, Neurable is developing cutting-edge brain-computer interfaces that measure brain activity and generate real-time insights. Far from being complex devices, Neurable tech is easy to use – and has the potential to transform how we interact with technology, and with each
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates are in increasingly high demand. So much so that many countries around the world are working to boost enrollment in STEM higher education – because skilled graduates are needed across technological and computer science sectors. In the US, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports
Isaac Applbaum (Founder and Partner at MizMaa Ventures) is an investor with extensive experience in international markets, and a specific interest in Saudi Arabia. Based in California, he has visited Saudi Arabia 28 times. He’s a proactive investor in early-stage startups – including startups he discovered at LEAP. And he’
The rise in global internet penetration, along with major improvements in mobile connectivity with the advent of 4G and 5G, have enabled a generation of digital nomads. According to data from Digital Nomad, there are about 35 million digital nomads worldwide in 2023 – and 47% of them are from the
In The Economist’s future-gazing segment, The World Ahead 2024, technology is featuring heavily in predictions for transformation as we move into a new year.
