Sat.Feb 10, 2018 - Fri.Feb 16, 2018

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Sustainable solutions as cities are running out of water

Edouard Stenger

It is estimated that 40 percent of the world population is already experiencing water scarcity and as the global climate keeps on warming and weirding, this situation will most unfortunately worsen and spread. Cape Town in South Africa is just one among these cities. As a consequence of climate change , a drought has stricken the region for the past three years and the city will run out of water in just a few months.

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The Good and Bad of “Fake”

Daniel Burrus

The term “fake” has been in the news quite a bit of late—and not just in terms of politics. A recent article in the MIT Technology Review examined technologies shared in other blogs that illustrate the growing capacity of artificial intelligence (AI) and other forms of technology to effectively blur the line between what is genuine and what’s an illusion.