Have you got your Brexit parachute on yet?
Businesses in Leave’s north-east heartland are preparing for an EU deal that – good or bad – will have far-reaching consequences for the local economy, writes Adam Jezard. There was jubilation on…
Regulations
AI provokes revolutionary minds
Artificial intelligence is no longer the sole preserve of data scientists and science fiction writers, with its technological applications now pervading daily life, says James Fitzgerald. The “Fourth Industrial Revolution”…
The Big Read: GMO scientist plants seeds of doubt
Taking on a biotech giant is tough. James Fitzgerald talks to one researcher who came out fighting. The release of the “Monsanto Papers” late last year made headlines around the world and…
Pressure grows to weed out glyphosate
Scientific evidence is mounting against the world’s most common herbicide, writes James Fitzgerald. This may be the knock-out round for Roundup, Monsanto’s top selling weed killer, after the European Parliament late last…
When regulation is not a dirty word
In a week of political brinkmanship regulations have become a thorny subject, but aligning regulations is a practical way to make relationships work, as is eminently demonstrated in healthcare, John Egan writes….
Healthcare & AI: making the black box transparent
Combine two immiscible and complex topics and the outcome is a devil’s amalgam of issues to resolve, as a House of Lords select committee exploring uses of artificial intelligence in healthcare discovered…
Innovating in an information-dominated world
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) yesterday presented their analysis of how emerging digital technologies will profoundly disrupt the operations of global industry and commerce, reports John Egan from Paris….
New data rules for an age of hacking and the hacked
In a new legal landscape fines of up to 4 per cent of global turnover, or €20 million, are on the cards if companies fail to comply, reports James Fitzgerald. In the…
Globalisation: the fightback for a fairer world begins
International trade has led to an equally global backlash from citizens of advanced economies against the economic deprivation to which they feel exposed, John Egan writes. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…
Artificial knee replacement – a Brexit canary
Are your aching knees becoming rather more painful? If the answer is yes, the United Kingdom industrial strategy could have particular pertinence. John Egan traces the path medical technologies might take as…