McKinsey & Co believes that by 2030, 375 million people around the world will have to get a new profession, so as not to be left without work due to the growing process of automation and robotics. If this process goes faster than now, then in 13 years, experts say, up to 800 million people in the world - both in developed and developing countries - can remain unemployed. If the current pace...

Quartz Internet portal calculated that the creator of bitcoin, who hides under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto, has been ranked 44th in the list of the world's richest people Forbes with a fortune of $ 19.4 billion. The anonymous creator of crypto currency, according to some estimates, has 980 thousand bitcoins. Yesterday the cost of Bitcoin reached $ 19.7 thousand, thus setting a new record. This...

North Korean hackers aimed at Bitcoin and other digital tokens. Sanctions, as well as a rapid rise in the price of Bitcoin, led to the fact that cybercrime in North Korea switched from state institutions to crypto-currency exchanges. Companies specializing in cyber security are noting North Korean hackers’ attempts to steal crypto currency. "The fact is that North Korea has repeatedly attacked...

Gadgets are becoming increasingly more "smart" and innovative every year. But it is not always reasonable to buy another technological novelty immediately after its appearance on the market. With which devices techno-geeks should be better off in the coming year 2018? The first step is always troublesome. This folk wisdom can be fully attributed to some devices, which just appeared on the market....

South Korean company LG Display commenced the mass production of light OLED-panels of the fifth generation at its plant in the city of Gumi. "The beginning of mass production of lighting panels based on OLED technology is an important turning point in this industry," said LG Display’s Vice President. The new plant will allow the company to improve the quality of products while reducing its cost....

Increasingly more large corporations are announcing announce introduction of the "Internet of things" (IoT) in their production cycles. Representatives of the Japanese industrial sector, which recently came through several scandals connected with low quality of products and deception of consumers, are no exception. Experts believe that in this way Japanese companies want to improve the current...

Passenger electric vehicles are not exotic anymore, yet electric trucks are still mostly at the level of concepts. However, several companies promise to begin production as early as 2019. In November, American Tesla introduced an electric truck called Semi. The truck will be able to drive about 500 km on one charge and will be unmanned. Production should begin as early as 2019. The price for a...

Apple acknowledged that, despite of all the promises made at the presentation, the company will not be able to release HomePod, a Siri-based speaker, before the New Year. "We are eagerly waiting for people to try HomePod, Apple's revolutionary wireless home speaker, but we need a little more time before it is ready for our customers…We will begin shipping to the US, UK and Australia in early...

Tesla showed its own electric truck Semi and a new electric car model Roadster. According to the company's forecasts, their production can start as early as 2019 and 2020 respectively. However, some analysts doubt that Tesla will be able to launch mass production of new electric vehicles. American manufacturer of electric vehicles Tesla introduced two new cars - Semi electric truck and electric...