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Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. [1] The word technology can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, [2] [3] including both tangible tools such as utensils or machines, and intangible ones such as software.
Nikos Smyrnaios described Big Tech as an oligopoly that dominates the information technology market through anti-competitive practices, ever-increasing economic power, and intellectual property. [79] Smyrnaios argued that the current situation is the result of deregulation , globalization , and the failure of politicians to understand and ...
The history of technology is the history of the invention of tools and techniques by humans. Technology includes methods ranging from simple stone tools to the complex genetic engineering and information technology that has emerged since the 1980s.
11.1 Science and technology think tanks. 12 Technology media. Toggle Technology media subsection. 12.1 Books on technology. 12.2 Technology periodicals. 12.3 Websites.
Martin Ford [74] postulates a "technology paradox" in that before the singularity could occur most routine jobs in the economy would be automated, since this would require a level of technology inferior to that of the singularity. This would cause massive unemployment and plummeting consumer demand, which in turn would destroy the incentive to ...
The total number of people living in extreme absolute poverty globally, by the widely used metric of $1.00/day (in 1990 U.S. dollars) has decreased over the last several decades, but most people surveyed in several countries incorrectly think it has increased or stayed the same. [205] However, this depends on the poverty line calculation used.
Technological change (TC) or technological development is the overall process of invention, innovation and diffusion of technology or processes. [1] [2] In essence, technological change covers the invention of technologies (including processes) and their commercialization or release as open source via research and development (producing emerging technologies), the continual improvement of ...
If the process of technological innovation is formalized (typically within an organization: a company, a public body, a think tank, a university, etc.) it can be referred to as technological innovation management (or Technology Innovation Management - TIM). The "management" aspect refers to the inputs, outputs and constraints a "manager" or ...