Post-Brexit UK must remain a place for tech ideas to flourish
Calls to cut immigration must be squared with the industry’s need to remain open
Vices and virtues of Uber’s insolence
Humans may remain useful but the service is vulnerable to a competitive backlash
Digital disruption and the next ‘innocent fraud’
Government institutions need to protect us as citizens as much as consumers
Conductor Valery Gergiev on Putin, power and performance
The legendary but controversial conductor talks to John Thornhill
Technology eats the truth
The paradox is that veracity has never been easier to unearth or disseminate is : life is on the record
Artificial intelligence is too important to leave unmanaged
Investors are scrambling to understand how technology will enable wealth to be created and destroyed
A digital idealist’s path to peace in the Middle East
Betting on innovation to fix a region in which suspicions run so deep may seem an act of blind faith
Bruton criticises Brussels over €13bn Apple tax bill
Former prime minister says ruling undermines 50 years of policy certainty
Planet of the apps — have we paved the way for our own extinction?
Yuval Noah Harari’s new book imagines a future in which machines take charge
Humans are the main obstacle to the driverless revolution
For many people, cars are an extension of their identity, a mechanical symbol of freedom
Review — ‘The Rise of the Machines’, by Thomas Rid
We should be wary of those predicting the future impact of technology
Russia’s traditions of resistance and reinvention power its innovators
The livewires of Moscow and St Petersburg rely on age-old ploys to make a living
Platform businesses may wipe out classic 20th century companies
Book argues that key to business success now is creating the means of connection
Human rights challenged by desire for a crime-free world
Already in the US, computer-generated risk scores are being used for sentencing and parole decisions
There is a job for regulators in the space economy
Nasa has a major role to play in shaping the extraterrestrial private sector
Artificial intelligence: can we control it?
It is the world’s greatest opportunity, and its greatest threat, believes Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom
Science professionals need free movement to flourish
Entrepreneurs fear a brain drain to European tech centres as EU citizens seek more welcoming homes
Ignore Silicon Valley, Japan is still innovating
Too often we exaggerate the importance of new technologies while underestimating value of the old
Tricks that help big companies innovate
How ‘spin-in’ investments give incumbents direct access to start-up skills
An iHotline could deliver a brighter future
Expect tension between tech titans and politicians as the third wave of technology crashes in
Universal basic income: Money for nothing
Amid anxiety over technological disruption, is a guaranteed payment from the state the future of welfare?
The second renaissance will be digitised
There are several ironies in a French entrepreneur teaching Silicon Valley geeks how to code
An innovative yet double-edged approach to financial regulation
A watchdog with the ‘right touch’ sounds ominously like one with a ‘light touch’
Military killer robots create a moral dilemma
Arguments against the use of such machines by armed forces are blurred in the fog of war
More than venture capital is needed for success
Too much VC money is being invested in start-up companies with daft ideas
