Future Tech
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AI, blockchain top this season's companies to watch hot list
Both domains are surrounded by more hype than meaningful application, but early innovators are setting the standards and roadmap for the technologies.
By Alex Hickey • June 14, 2018
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11 technologies set to shape smart manufacturing
Tools like 3D printing and AI have created a paradigm shift in technology and revealed a new world of supply chain efficiencies yet to be unlocked.
By Jordan Branch , Edwin Lopez • May 22, 2018
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San Francisco leads list of top cities for blockchain jobs
The city came out on top due for its blockchain companies, including crypto exchange Coinbase and payment solutions companies like Ripple and Tezos.
By Kristin Musulin • May 21, 2018
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After 50 years of Intel, Moore's Law is alive and well — sort of
For some experts, the pace of Moore's Law is not sustainable — technology innovation cannot maintain an exponential pace.
By Naomi Eide • May 18, 2018
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Fujitsu launches quantum-inspired compute tech as cloud-based service
The company is working on a quantum-inspired Digital Annealer in tandem with high-performance computing and deep learning.
By Alex Hickey • May 17, 2018
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Facebook has a new head of blockchain — wait, what?
Blockchain mania has set in at Facebook; the social network is establishing a dedicated group to experiment with the ledger technology.
By Naomi Eide • May 09, 2018
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Only 1% of CIOs are adopting blockchain for the enterprise, Gartner says
Much to the dismay of those who think blockchain will solve an array of tech woes, the technology may not be not living up to its hype in the enterprise.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • May 03, 2018
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Diamonds and blockchain are a CIO's best friend
The TrustChain Initiative is not the first blockchain partnership IBM has cultivated recently, and it won't be the last.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • April 27, 2018
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Walmart's courier, blockchain patents dig up data privacy questions
The issue was addressed once across the patents with a note that "user's partiality vectors can be locally stored and utilized ... [to] better comport with a particular user's privacy concerns."
By Alex Hickey • April 24, 2018
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Deep DiveFaces, fingers and behavior: The future of passwords
A passwordless future would place the onus of securing identities on biometrics and behavioral insights, rather than words, numbers, characters and phrases.
By Naomi Eide • April 23, 2018
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Is AWS gearing up for Blockchain as a Service?
AWS joins competitors like Oracle, Microsoft and Google in creating a place on cloud platforms for blockchain technologies.
By Alex Hickey • April 23, 2018
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Deep DiveLet's be blunt: Business tech rides the high of cannabis boom
There's a bit and byte more to the cannabis industry than its all-natural products, and a multi-billion dollar market is welcoming savvy enterprise tech providers with open arms.
By Alex Hickey • April 20, 2018
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JPMorgan eyes spinoff of successful blockchain unit
The company recently partnered with the National Bank of Canada to test a blockchain-based debt issuance platform.
By Alex Hickey • April 20, 2018
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To implement new technology, think big, but start small
However, learning to make a financial case for visibility or digital initiatives remains a widespread challenge.
By Edwin Lopez • April 17, 2018
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'Spooky' quantum correlations making truly random numbers attainable
Is it really important that a "2454267" generated by a quantum machine is more random than the "4632456" generated by classical computing? Actually, yes.
By Alex Hickey • April 13, 2018
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Nike is running on ... computer vision?
The purchase of a computer vision company comes on the heels of Nike's acquisition of a data analytics firm in late March.
By Alex Hickey • April 10, 2018
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DHS graduated from blockchain research to use cases
"Blockchain has made Napster sexy" — or, that is to say, made peer-to-peer synchronized networks sexy again, said DHS Program Manager John Anil.
By Alex Hickey • April 06, 2018
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Deep Dive
4 early, real-world quantum computing applications
From traffic optimization to ad placement and election modeling, quantum researchers are steadily using the tech for everyday problems.
By Alex Hickey • April 05, 2018
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Deep DiveAs concern grows over bitcoin's energy use, what's next for cryptocurrency?
There are many cryptocurrencies out there, but bitcoin is the biggest. Cities and towns with increasing energy demand from mining are taking action.
By Robert Walton • March 29, 2018
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OpinionHow to make AI work for everyone
AI's journey to the mainstream still has some hurdles, such as the global data power divide and how to integrate AI with humans in the workplace.
By Kriti Sharma
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Is Google getting ready to make a splash in blockchain?
After years of heavy investment and research, reports are circulating that the Google is looking for blockchain applications for its cloud platform.
By Alex Hickey • March 22, 2018
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Starbucks is brewing up blockchain for 'bean to cup' tracking
The coffee company has an inventive supply chain not limited to a single system of process.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • March 22, 2018
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L.L. Bean drops blockchain bid, won't put sensors in coats and boots
The outdoors retailer intended to build a data tracking and analytics system to leverage customer data reserved on Ethereum.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • March 19, 2018
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The world's tiniest computer among IBM's expected 'crypto-anchors'
Big Blue expects to augment blockchain technologies in the supply chain with crypto-anchors to offset product fraud.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • March 19, 2018
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OpinionIoT fact vs. fiction: Setting the record straight for your business
The hype around the IoT is compounded by several common misconceptions about how it should be used and how it should be implemented.
By Maciej Kranz