Reimaginging the bank: why financial services need digital transformation | Information Age

The financial services industry needs better technology to adapt to the changing economic climate and regulatory landscape … Read More

Dubai ranks 16th for innovative cities – Khaleej Times

Dubai ranks 16th across 28 global cities, ahead of cities such as Madrid, Milan, Sao Paulo, Mumbai, Shanghai and Beijing. … Read More

DoorDash Misses $1 Billion Valuation Target

DoorDash is close to completing a round of investment valuing the food-delivery startup at around $700 million, a steep discount to the $1 billion valuation it sought when it began fundraising last fall, according to people familiar with the deal. … Read More

The three steps to building an innovation culture | Information Age

Many organisations treat innovation as something outside of their daily work, but how can they ingrain innovation as part of their everyday processes? … Read More

Shipping container-based student housing planned for Copenhagen

CPH Containers aims to offer affordable student housing based on shipping containers. … Read More

Route-planning software guides autonomous drones through cluttered spaces

Among the many computer scientists working on crash avoidance systems for drones is a team of MIT researchers, who have developed route-planning software that allows the aircraft to make intricate turns to autonomously navigate tight spaces. … Read More

UK roads to become connected and autonomous vehicle test-track

Miles of roads in the UK are to be used for testing connected and autonomous vehicle technologies. The UK Connected Intelligent Transport Environment project will evaluate new tech in real-world driving conditions. … Read More

Digital disruption has only just begun

The Fourth Industrial Revolution demands that CEOs take responsibility for the massive transformation of their businesses and for the extraordinary impact that this transformation will have on wider society… … Read More

20-Year-Old Inventor’s Idea For How To Make Ocean Clean Itself Will Be Launched In Japan

Boyan Slat, a 20-year-old innovator in the Netherlands, has a lot on his plate – he’s set out to do nothing less than rid the oceans of the millions of tons of plastic garbage that circle along their currents. … Read More

SpaceX selects 124 engineering teams to do battle in Hyperloop pod design competition

SpaceX has invited over 120 engineering teams to show off design concepts for a Hyperloop pod to a panel of judges in January. … Read More