The future of work is remote
And the future is here The 5G era will bring unprecedented and transformative opportunities across industries. As a leader in enterprise mobility, T-Mobile for Business experts weigh in on how […]
My daughter prayed to Alexa – Here’s the incredible thing that happened next
Source: Fox News By Jeremiah J. Johnston The most meaningful parenting experiences often come in the unplanned, organic moments of life. The problem is, all the interruptions of our always […]
‘Green gold’: Pakistan plants hundreds of millions of trees
Source: Al Jazeera News The change is drastic: around the region of Heroshah, previously arid hills are now covered with forest as far as the horizon. In northwestern Pakistan, hundreds […]
A.I. will be ‘billions of times’ smarter than humans and man needs to merge with it, expert says
Source: CNBC BY Arjun Kharpal A.I. will be ‘billions of times’ smarter than humans, says expert Artificial intelligence could be “billions of times smarter” than humans and people may need to […]
The future of getting dressed: AI, VR and smart fabrics
Source: CNN By Kaya Yurieff Cher Horowitz’s closet from the film “Clueless” had a futuristic computer system that helped her put together outfits. Back in 1995, the concept teased what […]
As Artificial Intelligence Advances, What Are its Religious Implications?
Source: Religion and Politics By Ellen Duffer The concept of artificial intelligence has been fuel for science fiction since at least 1920, when the Czech writer Karel Čapek published R.U.R., his play […]
Is ‘killer robot’ warfare closer than we think?
Source: BBC News More than 100 of the world’s top robotics experts wrote a letter to the United Nations recently calling for a ban on the development of “killer robots” […]
The automation-resistant skills we should nurture
Source: BBC News By Livia Gershon 26 July 2017 Disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data are changing the world of work. Retail jobs are disappearing in the US while […]
Meet the Millennials Who Are Changing the World
Source: Time The pioneers are daring to cross boundaries, forge new paths, take their crafts to unexpected places—and also improve the world. These are TIME’s 2016 Next Generation Leaders 2016 […]
This is how to store human knowledge for eternity
Source: BBC It’s easy to assume that human knowledge is stable – that everything we have learnt will endure for millennia. Yet oral history can evolve as it passes between […]
Could Islamic finance save capitalism?
Guardian: Is there a place for ethics and morality in the global economy? Should we continue to rely on governments to tweak at the margins of financial regulation, or is […]
The Terasem Faith is a new-age religion designed to allow God and technology co-exist
Mail Online — ‘Life is purposeful, death is optional, God is technological and love is essential’: The new tech-inspired religion that uses ‘mindfiles’ and robots to store your soul for ‘future revival’ Why can’t God and science exist concurrently? And why shouldn’t we remain relgious while embracing the ways technology […]
First Ahmadi Muslim Appointed as Honorary Judge, in Germany
Source: Kashmir Life: By Zubair Khan Note by Editor: About honorary Judges in German judicial system; It is a constitutional judicial tradition in German higher courts regulated through relevant laws that a division bench of three judges sits in a particular case hearing, out of which only one judge is […]
Vladimir Putin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Epigraph: Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for […]
Pakistan, 10 others to surpass EU by 2030: US govt report
Dawn: WASHINGTON: The “Next Eleven,” which include Pakistan, will collectively overtake EU-27 in global power by 2030, says a US government report released on Monday. Although America’s influence will reduce, it will remain the “first among equals,” adds the report prepared by the US National Intelligence Council with inputs from […]
AMERICA 2050: Three Decades From Now
Suggested Reading Focus on Islam, Christianity and Environment Business Insider: When economists forecast the future, they have to consider one key variable: people. Using charts and info from Pew, the Census, and a Ph.D presentation put together by Elise Barrella & Sara Beck of Georgia Tech, we’ve found some interesting facts about what America will […]
Msheireb – Heart of Doha wins Future Project of the Year Award at WAF 2012
Masterplan successfully combines modernity and tradition to capture jury’s respect Msheireb – Heart of Doha, Qatar, designed by AECOM, has won the ‘Future Project of the Year’ Award at the […]
Salafism and Arab Democratization
Source: Stratfor By Kamran Bokhari Vice President of Middle Eastern & South Asian Affairs (“Salafism and Arab Democratizationis republished with permission of Stratfor.”) Read more: Salafism and Arab Democratization | Stratfor The outbreak of the Arab Spring in 2011 brought significant attention to groups — known as Islamists — seeking to […]
At UN: The Limits of Free speech divides the West and the Muslim Nations
At UN, free speech divides West and Muslim nations Los Angeles Times Prompted by the anti-Islam video produced in California that has stirred deadly riots around the world, delegations from major Muslim nations have arrived at the U.N. prepared to demand international curbs on speech or media that they believe defame … […]
At 15 Indonesian Boy Claims Record as World ‘Grand Master of Memory’
The Jakarta Globe: Denpasar. Fifteen-year-old Bali resident Dominic Brian Hindarto set a new Guinness World Record for memorization over the weekend, breaking a record that he previously set three years […]