The way children learn about artificial intelligence, robotics, and machine learning today will shape their relationship with those technologies in the future. The question is, are kids learning about artificial intelligence in a balanced way or are they inheriting our collective fear of future tech? AI is here to stay, so it’s time children are given the talk about algorithmic birds and cybernetic bees.

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Facial recognition technologies installed in at least a dozen government-funded schools in Delhi are an “overreach” by Indian authorities and an invasion of children’s privacy, digital rights advocates said on March 2.

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Malaysia’s 10-year MyDigital plan has come under fire from startups and other tech industry executives for both aiming too wide and too low for the country to become the tech hub it wants to be.

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Feelings are hard work—if the past year has taught us anything, it’s that. And the work of managing feelings is an important part of many jobs. 

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After months of closure due to MCO 2.0, cinemas nationwide will be allowed to reopen on March 5 and resume business. This comes on the verge of a few big cinematic releases that should help with revenue. Furthermore, Malaysia’s largest cinema chain operator, GSC, has acquired the country’s third largest player, MBO Cinemas, after the latter filed for liquidation in 2020.

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Thanks to Microsoft, your virtual meetings could look a little more like science fiction with the help of augmented reality; you could start seeing your colleagues in holographic form!

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The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been happening in stages, all around the world, since the end of 2020. Interestingly absent from the overall picture is big tech with its usual connections and solutions. What’s keeping these tech giants in the corner in arguably the biggest outreach program of our time? 

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In the UK, the debate is raging on whether companies can legally insist that incoming staff be vaccinated before being confirmed for employment.

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Food waste is one of the biggest costs in the F&B industry, and so Japan’s convenience stores and drinks makers are attempting to fight that battle with the help of artificial intelligence.

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