Meta has announced it is to launch a new helpline and fact-checking service in India aimed at preventing the spread of AI-generated “deepfake” content on its WhatsApp messaging service.
Whether it’s a murmuration of starlings, herds of wildebeest crossing the plains of Africa, or shoals of salmon leaping up a cascading river, the mass migrations of animals, birds and fis...
Over the past decade, the global financial technology (fintech) industry has experienced a surge in growth. Digital banking and financial services are proving transformative, both in deve...
In a world beset by conflict and rising geopolitical tensions, predicting the trajectory of the global economy isn't always possible. However, leading economists can help us put these ris...
More than 50 years after its inception, the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos now opens its doors to a new kind of delegate: the social media influencer.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has set out her plan for a new era of partnership with African nations.
More than 140 countries have committed to implement a new global tax agreement aimed at ensuring multinational companies pay a minimum rate of tax.
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66% of risk analysts surveyed say extreme weather is an immediate risk. 56% of chief economists expect a weaker global economy in 2024. 40% of potential global digital jobs are in account...
Making buildings more energy efficient offers the potential to reduce global energy demand by 12%. That’s a key finding in the 2024 edition of the World Economic Forum’s Transforming Ener...
A series of new risks is emerging that threaten to further destabilize the global order.
In an age of “fake news” and “alternative facts”, getting messages across on critical issues is becoming ever more challenging. The solid science that sheds light on our warming planet is...
Click into any social media app and it won’t be long until you are confronted with firmly entrenched opinions on a whole range of topics. We live in an increasingly polarized world where ...
Internet companies including Google and Amazon are fighting off the world’s biggest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. They’re warning internet users that these types of attacks...
Despite inflation, a global economic slowdown and a cost-of-living crisis, in purely economic terms there appears to be scope for a so-called soft landing. This phrase has been cropping u...
