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It’s a beautiful conundrum. We often talk about trust as the belief to strive for. Yet one emerging technology, which is built upon the principle of mistrust, is being explored by those in the “trust business” – the likes of banks and financial institutions – as a way of putting trust back into our system.

Isn’t big data brilliant? It has the power to transform our lives and fuel a whole raft of applications. It can even tell us how good our selfies are.

No, Twitter, no! Recently, it was revealed that the world’s most popular social networking site (depending on who you listen to) is considering upping its character limit from a nice and pithy 140 to a whopping 10,000.

What we discovered was quite stark. While the trust gaps for NGOs and media were high at 10 and 12 percentage points respectively, when it came to trust in government, the gap widened dramatically to 28 points (54% for the rich group compared to 26% for the poorer) and for business, even further to 32 points (67% vs 35%).

So it looks like the dip in tech trust reported in last year’s Edelman Trust Barometer has quickly rebounded. Through this uplift in trust, the tech sector has retained its number-one spot in the Trust Barometer 2016.

Last year the number of people displaced by conflict and crisis hit a new world record: 60 million. 20 million people crossed borders, and 40 million were displaced within their own country.

Two dynamics will loom large over Wednesday’s ‘Transformation of Energy’ session at the World Economic Forum: the oil price’s relentless slide to recent 12-year lows and November’s COP21 deal in Paris where political leaders surprised many with their determination to agree climate targets.

The 2016 Edelman Trust Barometer shows trust in all institutions at its highest since the Great Recession, with business seeing the largest gain, positioning it uniquely to bridge the growing trust gap.

This year’s CES has divided opinion: Was it the most exciting Consumer Electronics Show yet, or simply “CES 2015 reloaded”?

Stay. With. Us. For many a millennial with a smartphone and a pair of headphones, Ira Glass’ breezy Baltimore cadence will be familiar.