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The societal impact of digitisation Deliveroo has not made it onto the Financial Times' list of European digital champions this year, after splitting the jury over its decision to treat delivery drivers as self-employed. Despite the undeniable impact the company has had on disrupting the re... AI: dressed for success An AI algorithm has successfully learned how to dress itself, even adapting when researchers changed the starting position and shape of the clothing. In a way that might seem familiar to those of us who are not naturally "morning people", researchers "rew... Busting myths about blockchain and operational costs The Global Data Thematic Research Summit held today raised some interesting questions about the promises made by distributed ledger tech and blockchain evangelists. One of the biggest myths is that blockchain could save organisations millions in operation... Taxing GIG workers Uber is apparently going to collect tax from its Mexican drivers.  The UK is also struggling to work out how to collect tax from GIG workers. Self-employment numbers are rising and the proportion of UK tax revenues collected via PAYE are falling. The UK’s... UK Court of Appeal goes live on YouTube - a win or loss for access to justice? Yesterday for the first time in UK legal history, a Court of Appeal case was streamed live on YouTube.  The case, WH Holding Limited and Anr v E20 Stadium LLP, involves a dispute over how many West Ham fans are allowed into the former Olympic stadium for ... Innovating for diversity: 2 Following on from my recent post on diversity driving innovation and my experience of this at S and M, it's great to see innovation driving diversity in law further afield at the second Diversity in Law Hackathon in San Francisco. At the Hackathon earlier... Automation: a question of more than cost Early conversations around automation often focus on the financials: how much will it cost to implement, and what is the potential future saving? However, as the technology has become more familiar and more widely adopted, data suggests that companies' mo... Hydrogen is making a comeback For years, most of the talk in the renewables sector has been around solar, wind, nuclear, hydro and bio-fuels. But now hydrogen is making a play to return to the mainstream - Hyundai recently released its Nexo range, powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. With... AI Military Solutions? In recent years, China has looked to private start-ups to share any new technologies developed with the military in efforts to improve defences by way of AI. Now, the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) has selected 31 students to trial an experimental ... Innovating for diversity: 1 Diverse teams are better at innovation. And in the 21st-century business model, where innovation is key to harness digital transformation, the gig economy and a barrage of other developments, organisations that promote and increase diversity are at a majo...