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Blockchain development could boost the global economy US$1.76 trillion by 2030 according to PWC. The size of the market will be determined by the scope of its applications as well as the adoption rate in various industries and regions across…

The days of technology companies operating in the ‘wild west’ are gone. Civil society and governments are beginning to hold companies accountable for how their products are deployed by end users, as well as the impact they can have on…

An ecosystem integration strategy enables enterprises to fully embrace new technology in previously cumbersome ways. Now, companies can take advantage of modern cloud services and SaaS solutions rather than rely on outdated legacy software that cannot keep up with the…

The idea is simple: We’ll sell you a car with a dash cam, or that can be driven hands-free, or that can coach you with telematics data to be a better driver. But if you actually want to use any…

Lack of access to physical galleries opened people’s eyes to digital possibilities. Will they revolutionize how we interact with art—or just be a placebo? We don’t need to ship anything, move anything, or insure anything. If a gallery isn’t big…

A reality-check pilot project has been launched in the Netherlands to see if a proposed governance framework can mitigate the risks inherent in facial recognition surveillance. The result is not suggested as a standard for ethical use of biometric surveillance…

Till the end of this year at least 30% of organizations will accelerate innovation to support business and operating model reinvention By 2023, 60% of G2000 companies will build their own business innovation platform to support innovation and growth in…

Jeanne Ross from MIT summarized a common aphorism about digital transformation as follows: “All the digitization in the world won’t, on its own, make a business a digital company.” Read more in ekathimerini The seven battlefields of digital transformation By…

New breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s diagnostics may someday soon let us substantially alter the course of the disease. Read more in gatesnotes The reason I feel optimistic about the future of Alzheimer’s research By Bill Gates was last modified: September 21st,…