Friday, October 16, 2026

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Learning in the age of information: how access counterfeits understanding, and how to tell knowledge from wisdom

We have quietly collapsed three things that used to be easier to tell apart: information, knowledge, and wisdom. The age of information has delivered an almost violent abundance of the first, more facts, papers, explainers and answers than any...

It doesn’t happen suddenly: how people in their 60s and 70s slowly find themselves alone, with no one to talk to

It doesn’t happen suddenly: how people in their 60s and 70s slowly find themselves alone, with no one to talk to There is rarely a single day when a person becomes lonely. It happens in smaller ways. You retire and no...

Research suggests the move that makes someone feel heard in a disagreement may not be telling them their heart is in the right place...

You have probably used the polite version. Someone disagrees with you about something that matters, and before you explain why they are wrong, you tell them you are sure they want what is best. It costs nothing, and it...

The psychology of why reading makes us smarter and happier, and why one half of that is firmer than the other

That reading makes us happier and smarter is repeated so often it has worn smooth, the sort of claim nobody bothers to examine because everyone already agrees with it. Underneath the slogan, though, there is real psychology, and it...

‘The Ground is Shifting’: Kobalt Leans on Teamwork as AI Disrupts Cybersecurity

Kobalt.io recently unveiled a slew of strategic partnerships. The Vancouver-based cybersecurity upstart has established partnerships with Forward Security, Johanson Group LLP, and Insight Assurance. The “practical” partnerships were forged during Kobalt’s Partner Summit in Vancouver. Kobalt aims to bring the capabilities of...

BC Tech Finalist Viridis Research Is Giving Textile Wastewater a Second Chance

This article is part of a series presented in partnership with BC Tech, profiling the finalists for the 2026 Technology Impact Awards‘ Company of the Year – Startup category. Viridis Research co-founder and CEO Macarena Cataldo-Hernandez’s commitment to clean water...

AI’s first visible employment shock may be hitting the bottom rung of the career ladder: by June 2026, employment among 22–25-year-olds in highly AI-exposed...

The first visible AI jobs shock may not look like a layoff announcement. It may look like a vacancy that was never posted. That is the unsettling possibility raised by a revised Stanford Digital Economy Lab analysis of US payroll...

Energy network management platform Gridsight charges up on $36 million Series B

The round for Gridsight was led by Insight Partners, with support from Galvanize and existing investors Airtree, Energy Transition Ventures and Aera VC. It follows a $7.5m Series A 16 months ago led by Airtree, with cricketer Pat Cummins...

Treasury estimates AI will boost productivity by just 1.2%, but also have a ‘profound’ impact on jobs, as well as interest rates 

These are among the conclusions of a detailed analysis of the economic implications of AI prepared by Treasury for Treasurer Jim Chalmers. As of March, Australia had 162 operational data centres. Another about 130 centres are proposed, taking Australia to...

Between May and December 2025, the share of American students from middle school through college using AI for homework rose from 48% to 62%....

Students did not wait for schools to finish the AI rulebook. Between May and December 2025, the share of American students from middle school through college who said they used AI help for homework rose from 48 to 62 per...
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Snakes, and their ladders

It confirmed the worst suspicions of embittered Australian startup founders and small business owners. We are an afterthought. We...
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