Facebook and friends threaten to Libralise the world

On 17 June, a Facebook white paper proposed a new global digital currency it plans to launch in the first half of 2020. The Libra will be managed by a 'not for profit' Swiss-based Facebook-led consortium of 'for profit corporations', with Uber, eBay, Lyft, Mastercard and PayPal among its founding...

How an AI utopia would work

It is more than 500 years since Sir Thomas More found inspiration for the "Kingdom of Utopia" while strolling the streets of Antwerp. So, when I travelled there from Dubai in May to speak about artificial intelligence (AI), I couldn't help but draw parallels to Raphael Hythloday, the character in...