IBM, CLS bring blockchain marketplace to fintech

By providing a common secure network, the companies hope the POC will overcome costs and resources spent by institutions on individual distributed ledger technology infrastructures. 

By Alex Hickey • July 31, 2018

Blockchain experts call for regulatory sandboxes at state, federal level

The ledger technology hinges on distributed networks and data, and this structure needs to carry over to a distributed governance regulatory scheme.

By Alex Hickey • July 25, 2018

GE files patent to trace 3-D printed parts with blockchain

3-D printing is nothing new for GE, but finding a practical use case for blockchain holds steep supply chain implications.

By Kate Patrick Macri • July 9, 2018

RPA is having a moment: What you need to know about the automation technology

Robotic process automation gained steam in the past few years as vendors worked to automate rote tasks, such as data entry or financial calculations.

By Naomi Eide • July 9, 2018

For computers discerning linguistic ambiguities, the struggle is real

Mr. Computer Head tries to understand: Jane had a picnic by the bank. Jane ate spaghetti with a fork.

By Samantha Schwartz • June 29, 2018

New tech, low costs create 'utopia' for robotics growth within facilities

Investors are pouring millions into robotics startups that are developing technology to improve supply chain and manufacturing efficiencies. 

By Shefali Kapadia • June 28, 2018

'EU Blockathon' hopes to find a solution to eliminate counterfeits

The worldwide blockchain competition, hosted by the European Union Intellectual Property Office, is the first step in protecting supply chains and e-commerce sites from fakes.

By Kate Patrick Macri • June 25, 2018

Brussels Airport digitizes transactions with blockchain

A new app will eliminate the need for paper transactions between handlers and forwarders, according to the airport's head of cargo and logistics.

By Kate Patrick Macri • June 19, 2018

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

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

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

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

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

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 9, 2018

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 Schwartz • May 3, 2018

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 Schwartz • April 27, 2018

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

Faces, 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

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

Let'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

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

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

'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

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

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 6, 2018