Is the Future of 4IR Female?

While most of chatter around 4IR centers on seemingly limitless technological potential, there’s one opportunity that has been curiously overlooked: the role of gender.

When Does a Technology Giant Become a Civil Servant?

Facebook is taking steps into the realm of content moderation, but it is missing a balanced global viewpoint.

Opinion, CultureWisam AmidMay 17, 2019UAE, technology, culture, Facebook, Cambridge Analytica

Issue 8: The Next Transformation

New 4IR technologies can make or break old constructs

Regulation (Alone) Won't Fix the Internet

The internet has problems. Innovation can fix it.

Opinion, DataWisam AmidMay 11, 2019technology, data, innovation, regulations, blockchain, entrepreneurship, dubai, UAE

Dubai Opens Global Centre for 4IR

What will Dubai’s Centre for the 4th Industrial Revolution in partnership with World Economic Forum mean for the knowledge economy?

No More Teachers, No More Books?

Silicon Valley courted schools with visions of the digital future of education. Now students are pushing back. Is this EdTech’s moment of reckoning?

Opinion, CultureWisam AmidMay 8, 2019technology, education, schools, curriculum, skills, work, students

Issue 7: Less Disruption, More Innovation

To fix the internet, we need to go back to basics

Finding Dubai's Next Unicorn

The UAE is poised to provide a global payment solution to solve the challenges of the future. This is where Dubai’s next unicorn is going to emerge.

Opinion, Industry 4.0Wisam AmidMay 6, 2019sothebys, technology, investment, payments, dubaipay, uber, careem, unicorn, startup

Issue 6: Dubai's Next Unicorn

What will the startup ecosystem produce next?

BackstoryWisam AmidApril 30, 2019art, technology, Dubai, careem, uber, Souq, unicorn, AI, artificial intelligence, notre dame

When AI Meets the Future of Art

Art is subjective, reactionary, and culturally specific. AI is objective, mathematical and universal. What happens when the two collide?

Opinion, Artificial IntelligenceWisam AmidApril 28, 2019AI, art, culture, neural networks, forgery, sothebys

Issue 5: The Human City

City planners are learning how to put the needs of residents first.

BackstoryWisam AmidApril 22, 2019urbanism, 4IR, technology, Dubai, Autonomous vehicles, blockchain, education

What does Authenticity Mean for Art in the Digital Age?

We face a defining moment in which digital technologies can break down barriers to the creation and experience of art. Is this the end of authenticity?

Opinion, CultureWisam AmidApril 19, 2019AI, art, culture, notre dame

Issue 4: AI's Middle Ground

In a dramatic move last week, American lawmakers made their first major effort to regulate AI.

Issue 3: A Matter of Culture

Do we fully understand the power of digital technology to transform artistic production in the age of augmented realities and intelligences?

Issue 2: Welcome to the Startup Oasis

Put simply: expect more innovation, applications, and platforms to come from Dubai’s startup oasis.

Issue 1: Common AI Ethics?

Smaller markets, like the UAE, can infuse the debate with fresh perspectives that might be left out of western-centric discussions.

What Libraries Can Teach Us About the Internet

We are losing serendipity in our digital lives. Might the experience of browsing through libraries and farmers markets show a new path forward?

Opinion, CultureWisam AmidMarch 28, 2019Dubai, UAE, Amazon, Google, Careem, Uber, DuckDuckGo, Qwant, Buy Local

Silicon Valley Comes Knocking in Dubai

Uber is acquiring Careem for $3.1bn. When the deal is sealed, it will be the largest technology sector transaction in the Middle East since Amazon acquired Souq.com in 2017 for $580mn.

The Super-App: Build Up or Bust Apart?

Can the new breed of super-apps survive global attempts at regulating internet monopolies?

Opinion, DataWisam AmidMarch 21, 2019Data, Facebook, WeChat, Zuckerberg, regulations, Warren, Copyright Directive, GDPR

The Art of Reading in the Age of the Feed

The number of adults who read at least one novel, short story, poem, or play in the last year fell from 57% in 1982 to 43% in 2015. Should we be alarmed?

Opinion, CultureWisam AmidMarch 21, 2019screen time, reading, Arab Reading Challenge, Year of Reading, Dubai, UAE

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