Porsche headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. Photo by: Morio

“3D Printing Could Transform Manufacturing of Vehicles”, Says Philipp Von Hagen, Porsche’s Investment Head

LISBON, Portugal (ViaNews) – We met with Philipp von Hagen in November 2017 for an interview at the Lisbon’s Web Summit to understand more about Porsche’s goals. Mr. Philipp von Hagen has been a Member of the Executive Board at the holding company, Porsche SE, since 2012, where he’s responsible for investment management. Mr. von…

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Paço Alfandega Shopping in Recife, Brazil. Photo by: Paulo Camelo.

Brazil is Embracing Blockchain Technology

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (ViaNews) – The colossal South American country, featuring a population of more than 210 million inhabitants, is having businesses of all kinds (from restaurants to more recently a real estate construction and development company) willing to accept payments with cryptocurrencies, particularly, bitcoin but ethereum, dash, monero, and Iota as well. According to CoinMap.org,…

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Anthony Zador interview at the Web Summit.

Leading Neuroscientist Explains Where Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience Meet, and Dangers Ahead

MADRID (ViaNews) – Anthony Zador is Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Biology at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, wherein 1953, Watson made the first public presentation of DNA’s double-helix structure. Mr. Zador went to this year’s edition of the Web Summit to talk about “Using Artificial Intelligence for good”. He believes AI is “going…

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Zeynep Tufekci. Photo by: J.D. Lasica.

Techno-Sociologist Zeynep Tufekci: Problem Is “How People in Power Will Use AI to Control and Manipulate”.

ANKARA, Turkey (ViaNews) – Zeynep Tufekci is a Turkish writer and a self-described “Techno-sociologist” writing about the influence of technology on politics and society. In April this year, the Yale University Press published her book entitled: Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest. She describes the book as a “quasi-historical account…

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Interview with Pedro Oliveira founder of Landing Jobs

Meet the Company Reshaping the Tech Jobs Marketplace – Landing.jobs Co-Founder Interview

Landing.jobs is a tech jobs marketplace with a human approach to recruitment and aims to increase efficiency between job openings and talent. We met with the founders, Pedro Oliveira and José Paiva, to understand how they managed to come up with a leading European tech jobs marketplace. Miguel Carvalho: Landing.jobs is now leading in the…

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