New technologies can optimize the way people work. When implemented thoughtfully, such innovations can improve overall business processes. Those changes are accepted as part of progress. But when a ...

Mechanisation and automation have been called the Fourth Industrial Revolution. But these are not inevitable or neutral economic realities. They are political weapons of oppression under capitalism.

The world is on the precipice of a technological revolution that will alter the way we live, communicate, and think about privacy and security. With recent innovations in automation, artificial ...

Data-driven advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are now set to reshape industries and regulatory frameworks around the world. Fusing the physical, digital and biological ...

We’re on the cusp of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0. It’s quite different than the three Industrial Revolutions that preceded it—steam and water power, electricity and assembly ...

I'm a fan of technology and an optimist about its potential. But realizing technology's potential requires a deep understanding. There's a problem with the promise of “digital supply chains,” and with ...

Technology is changing everything--even the way we use our planet’s resources. Smartphones and the internet have changed the way we do business, interact socially, and spend our free time. As tech ...

Most mainstream coverage of artificial intelligence takes one of three forms: what happens to jobs as automation spreads; concern about embedding the results of past unfairness into new AI-fuelled ...

Powell Industries is benefiting from Industry 4.0 trends, diversifying from oil and gas to advanced automation and digital intelligence, driving significant revenue and margin improvements. Despite ...

Retiring Chinese general He Lei recently made news by suggesting that China’s greatest military weakness compared to the United States was that it has never fought a real war. He noted none of Beijing ...