Tag: Technology
117 Articles
- Dialogues
Technorealism–Book Conversation with Mohamed Zayani and Joe F. Khalil on the Digital Double Bind
GJIA: Could you explain what the book is about and share what motivated you to write it? Joe Khalil (JK): What we set out to do in the book is explore how the digital turn is…
September 8, 2024
- Business & Economics
Illuminating Nigeria: Blurring the Lines Between the Grid and Off-Grid Electricity
With less than six years to the target date of the United Nations’ Seventh Sustainable Development Goal, which focuses on achieving universal access to clean energy, over 86…
August 7, 2024
- Conflict & Security
Opportunities and Challenges of AUKUS
What is AUKUS? AUKUS was announced in September 2021 to support the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. The significance of this decision, with…
February 7, 2024
- Conflict & Security
The Information War: Russia-Ukraine Conflict Through the Eyes Of Social Media
The Digital Backdrop Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has set new precedents and pushed existing boundaries in all realms. It is being called the first commercial space…
February 2, 2024
- Science & Technology
GPTs, Software Engineering, and a New Age of Hacking
Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPTs) are the technology of the moment. From GPT-based like Chat-GPT and Bard to programming assistants like Copilot, this newest form of…
August 16, 2023
- Science & Technology
Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Promises and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine with ChatGPT
Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly evolved in recent years and is transforming various industries, including healthcare. The application of AI in medicine can…
June 28, 2023
- Science & Technology
The Ethics and Security Challenge of Gene Editing
The weaponization of the scientific and technological breakthroughs stemming from human genome research presents a serious global security challenge. Gene-editing pioneer and…
June 26, 2023
- Science & Technology
Should the United States or the European Union Follow China’s Lead and Require Watermarks for Generative AI?
AI-generated content is becoming increasingly prevalent and realistic, leading to concerns about its potential misuse. China has been a fast mover in regulating AI and recently…
May 24, 2023
- Conflict & Security
TikTok: A Casualty of US-China Geopolitical and Economic Tensions?
In March 2023, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) reportedly recommended banning or divesting from TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is based…
May 19, 2023
- Business & Economics
State-Owned Enterprises’ Responses to China’s Carbon Neutrality Goals and Implications for Foreign Investors
SOEs as two-faced actors in China’s climate actions SOEs play a wide variety of roles within China’s national settings. There are 97 central SOEs directly overseen by the…
February 15, 2023