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„Iedereen kan aan het roer staan als de zee kalm is”, schreef Publilius in de eerste eeuw voor Christus in Sententiae. De afgelopen decennia brachten Europa ongekende voorspoed. Zonder oorlogen, zonder al te veel malaise. Dit soort tijden brengt vooral … Lees verder →

In the year 2021, it’s almost impossible not to be a techno-pessimist. Silicon Valley’s promises of revolutionary technological advancement just a decade ago have gone unfulfilled. No self-driving cars, just more expensive cabs. Sure, we got next-day delivery with Amazon … Lees verder →

Chinese companies or universities took first and second place in all five categories of the AI City Challenge. Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Baidu swept the AI City Challenge, beating competitors from nearly 40 nations. The international AI City Challenge … Lees verder →

All those videos, emails, bank statements, photos, shopping carts, airline reservations, and so, so, so much more sluicing around the internet eventually end up in the millions of data centers scattered across the globe. With all that stuff coming and … Lees verder →

Discoverers have high R&D, intellectual property, and capital income. They include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as well as some household products companies that rely heavily on R&D and intellectual property to differentiate their products. Deliverers have high employment levels and … Lees verder →

Het vertrouwen in de economie van industriële ondernemers keert terug. Zij verwachten dit jaar 6% meer te investeren in materiële vaste activa zoals machines dan een jaar eerder. Dat meldt het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) op basis van … Lees verder →

The Covid-19 pandemic was devastating for many industries, but it only accelerated the use of artificial intelligence across the U.S. economy. Amid the crisis, companies scrambled to create new services for remote workers and students, beef up online shopping and … Lees verder →

Analysts from Goldman Sachs expect the economy to be more productive over the next few years thanks to three digital trends that have been accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic and are unlikely to fade away in the near- to medium-term. … Lees verder →

A fire at a data center in France last month created a lot of havoc, with millions of news sites, government agencies, banks, shops, and more websites reportedly knocked out. Such disasters remind me of the implications of over-dependence on … Lees verder →

„Grote nationale bedrijven veranderen overal in wereldwijde netwerken zonder specifieke verbinding met een afzonderlijk land […], terwijl de opbrengsten ook overal vandaan komen”, schreef de Amerikaanse econoom Robert Reich al in 1991 in het standaardwerk The Work of Nations. Sinds … Lees verder →