Taiwan’s struggle to become an innovation leaderTaiwan became a manufacturing powerhouse and the center of the world's laptop production. However, it's a challenging place to launch successful start-ups. Can it rise to the challenge? With a population half the size of Spain's, packed into a land a...Feb 16, 2025·7 min read
Mobilizing creative learning with OctoStudioA group of schoolchildren in Chile walk on a hillside, using mobile devices to take photos of plants and animals. Later, they use these photos to create animated stories about the local environment. Meanwhile, two friends in Uganda develop an interac...Feb 9, 2025·2 min read
Generating opportunities with generative AIIn conversations with retail executives back in 2010, Rama Ramakrishnan realized two things. First, while retail systems offering personalized recommendations to customers were getting a lot of attention, they often didn't provide much benefit to ret...Feb 9, 2025·2 min read
High school students gain skills by working on digital learning materialsFor Thomas Esayas, now a high school senior in Texas, the move to virtual learning during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic was a chance to explore his interest in computer science. He began learning the basics of Python and working on projects...Feb 9, 2025·2 min read
Learning to code 'will seriously change your life'For Hannah Blair, choosing which A-levels to take came with an extra challenge. Hannah attended an all-girls' school that didn't offer the computing and programming course she wanted, even though the nearby all-boys' school did. "At the girls' school...Feb 2, 2025·1 min read
'Huge shortage' in digital skills says Apprentice winner"Right now, I have 14 roles available immediately, and over the last month, we've had only one application." Mark Wright runs the digital marketing company Climb Online, which he started after winning the BBC TV show The Apprentice in 2014. Even thou...Feb 2, 2025·2 min read
Why coders love the AI that could put them out of a job"When you start coding, it makes you feel smart, like you're in the Matrix [film]," says Janine Luk, a 26-year-old software engineer working in London. Born in Hong Kong, she began her career in yacht marketing in the south of France but found it "a ...Feb 2, 2025·2 min read
