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Metaverse holds unknowable societal risks

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The metaverse -- immersive 3D virtual environments seen as the next disruptive iteration of the internet -- is attracting hype and investment in equal measure. Proto-metaverses…

Firms to assess human and physical capital needs ahead

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Many may be compelled to reconsider not only their supply chains but also their corporate governance style and the amount of tax they are willing to pay to support state-financed…

Valuing online choices can aid policymakers’ decisions

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Quantifying digital consumption.

NFTs will have wide applications once hype settles

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Yet NFTs divide opinion over whether they are a bubble waiting to burst or will redefine ownership of digital assets and become a core element of the metaverse. The two outcomes…

Commercial metaverse to expand fast but unevenly

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Although the metaverse is in its early days, the enabling technologies are approaching a convergence point where some large companies are starting to experiment with it both as a…

Pandemic will widen major gender gaps

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Gender costs of the pandemic.

AI deployment requires new security awareness

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While the number of cyberattacks on AI-based systems is thus far limited, research suggests a latent potential for malicious actors to exploit new types of vulnerabilities that…

Poor diesel car demand will plague platinum prices

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The mainstay of demand is for catalytic converters on diesel vehicles, which consumers are buying in lower numbers since the 2015 Volkswagen emissions scandal. Reduced supply from…

Rising electricity use will redefine energy security

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The benefits accruing from a whole system approach to the energy transition bring new energy supply threats, including integrating renewable energy sources, cybersecurity and…

Fact-checking on social media will not curb falsehoods

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Falsehoods on social media