Live Breaking News & Updates on எதிர்காலங்கள் சிந்தனை
Stay updated with breaking news from எதிர்காலங்கள் சிந்தனை. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: Anticipating, Avoiding Unintended Consequences railpage.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from railpage.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Economic constraints and scenarios April 29, 2021 There are some important policy issues that need immediate attention but do not get the priority they deserve in policy discussions about the future direction of the economy. This is because targets relating to the current IMF programme such as the size of the fiscal deficit or the debt-to-GDP ratio top the policy agenda as does the country’s struggle with the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. One way of compensating for short-term thinking is to create a ‘Futures Thinking and Foresights Unit’ of the type examined by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in a recent report. The ‘Futures Thinking and Foresights Unit’ should induct experts in agricultural development and water resources management apart from economists and public health experts (the last because the age of the pandemic will persist for some years). ....
Share Lancaster University lecturers are to lead projects tackling cybersecurity issues at the edge of the internet. The PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for IoT Systems Cybersecurity today announced 16 new research projects supporting collaboration and activities in this area. In collaboration with BBC R&D, the ET project, led by Dr Adrian Gradinar, a lecturer in Smart Home Futures and Dr Michael Stead, a lecturer in Design at Lancaster University, aims to improve the acceptability and adoption of more secure and sustainable IoT devices and systems. With the number of active IoT devices expected to double in 2020-2025 comes more opportunities for human and machine actors to carry out cyber-attacks on devices and systems, leading to an increase in both the volume of datafication generated and the amount of energy consumed by the IoT. ....
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: Anticipating, Avoiding Unintended Consequences Photo by Nathan Cervantes The digital disruption doesn’t have to be disruptive. Here’s how to recognize and address volatility. Digital disruption, the transformation caused by emerging digital technologies and business models, is a reality across industries worldwide, including railroading. It is a paradigm shift that is here to stay, with bone-deep effects for all organizations. Organizations are now challenged to think about their operating principles. They must realize that while strategy is of paramount importance, strategy must be informed by near-real-time understanding of an organization’s operating models and the stresses they undergo. Experimentation needs to be part of the new strategic spirit, where “failing” small and fast is part of the culture, so that the organization can learn quickly, and pivot as needed: guiding globally but acting regionally or locally as needed. ....
Ariana Maralit In the year 2030, an inventor created a device that enabled cow language to be automatically translated to human speech. The invention quickly gained global attention from the media and became the most talked about in popular culture, so much so that a documentary and a reality show featuring cows were aired on TV. Because cows were simple, funny, and smart, more people began to see them as individuals, prompting many of them to stop consuming them for food. But it was only until later, when an insider publicly leaked a speech from a survivor cow, that more people began to pay attention. ....