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Marijuana means business: Everything you need to know about the cannabis industry
With the legal status of medical and recreational marijuana in constant flux, and varying wildly from state to state, the opportunities and risks of this market are mind-alteringly complex. Here are the basics.
For CBD products, legal questions linger
CBD can be extracted using marijuana strains, or marijuana's non-psychoactive cousin, industrial hemp. But its legal status is still uncertain.
How the marijuana industry is organized in legal states
NIMBY-ism is not a problem only in vertically integrated states like Florida; even highly permissive, horizontally integrated states like California have these challenges.
Starbucks leveraging Alibaba to convert China into a country of coffee lovers
In partnership with Alibaba, Starbucks is using its largest store to trial new concepts, including using technologies such as augmented reality.
Nautilus launches AI platform to coach, train Bowflex customers
Max Intelligence is a cloud-based subscription service delivered through Samsung's Knox platform and tablets to move users toward health and fitness goals.
CIOs, don't put the cart before the horse
CIOs will shift away from AI, blockchain, and tech-of-the-day moonshots in 2019 to focus on more methodical approaches to innovation, according to Forrester.
Digital transformation spending to approach $2 trillion by 2022
Funds are pouring into digital transformation efforts as business leaders see the category as a long-term investment.
NHS and technology: Making the case for innovation
Physician, reboot thyself! The health service is caught between its creaky past and a shiny future. But change is needed, and fast.
Digital transformation in 2019: AI, robotics, and IoT to play starring roles
New report from Forrester predicts how these and other technologies will impact business.
Transformation goes pragmatic
Pace and diversity of technology continues to challenge prioritization and budgets. Forrester's 2019 predictions offer insight to help understand the 14 major dynamics that will impact firms next year.
Gap picks Microsoft Azure as preferred cloud vendor: Here's a look at the digital transformation plan
Gap is moving inventory and commerce systems to Microsoft Azure, but the bigger play will revolve around leveraging data for AI.
Airservices completes 'massive' cloud migration
The migration took around 21,000 hours of engineering and project 'man-effort', but Airservices CIO Chris Seller told ZDNet it was worth it.
Human Services wants to get 'agile'
Standing up another government panel as a result.
Westpac boosts tech spend in flat year that reaps AU$8 billion
The bank spent over AU$2 billion on technology as it continued its digital transformation push.
Wayfair plays long game as online furniture war with Amazon looms
Here's a look at a few Wayfair initiatives that are designed to help the online furniture retailer gain share, acquire customers and help it leverage new technology.
Fog computing, artificial intelligence, mobility and cloud computing: Research round-up
Using data to tell the story of the last month in technology news.
16 office furniture upgrades and other work space must-haves
From standing desks to telepresence robots, we dug deep, to find interesting tech buys for your office.
Driven from distraction: Products that won't steal your focus
While smartphone and PC vendors respond to the backlash against excessive notifications, a range of products have been designed to keep you in the flow, whether you're striving for productivity or relaxation.
IT spending, smartwatches, AI and the cloud: Research round-up
We tell the story of key technology trends from the past month.
Maker Faire New York 2018 shows the play's the thing
This year's version of the annual event for makers shows that imaginative play can come from 15-foot tall robots or humans using no gadgets at all.
Emerging technologies, IT jobs, IoT and more: Research round-up
12 graphs and tables that tell the tale of the past month in technology.
13 highest-paying tech jobs in the US for 2018
Job search site Glassdoor released its list of the highest paying jobs in the US for 2018, and 13 of them were in the technology field -- up from 11 last year, and more than any other field.
Retailing, digital transformation, IT skills, and personal computing: Research round-up
Our analysis of the data that matters from the past month.
Cloud computing battles, AI and digital transformation: Research round-up
Our analysis of the stats that matter from the past month.
AI, blockchain, servers, smartphones and more: Research round-up
We summarise the charts that tell the tech story of the past month.
Useful devices for your smart home office
From audio-augmenting ear buds to automated coffee machines, here are the best devices for an effective home office set-up.
Get geeky for Father's Day 2018
We've selected a dozen unique, affordable, and geeky gifts your dad is sure to love.
Research round-up: Cloud computing, IoT and cybersecurity, iPhone X and more
12 graphs which explain the tech news of the last month.
Top tech inventions that drive modern life expectancy
We are living longer than ever before -- thanks to these tech inventions.
Photos: Cold War ZX Spectrum clones spawned behind the Iron Curtain
Fitted inside telephone cases, or even toy organs, these Speccy replicas were less expensive but arguably more creative than the original Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
A Willy Wonka elevator comes to life
Web Summit 2018: The era of elevators just going up and down is over. By taking away ropes and creating a whole new transport system, now elevators can move in every direction imaginable, changing urban mobility for all of us. Think of the Wonkavator from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, only in real life, and you have MULTI. Thyssenkrupp Elevator's CEO Andreas Schierenbeck gives the wider context about why such a futuristic innovation is crucial for our cities.
Airbus' airborne journey ahead
Web Summit 2018: Autonomous flight is no longer a sci-fi pipe dream. While we'll most likely first discover autonomous flight in the form of parcel delivery, Grazia Vittadini the newly-appointed Chief Technology Officer of Airbus sits down with Axel Bugge to give us a high-level look at how autonomy is set to impact drones, the future of helicopters, all the way up to commercial and freighter planes.
Is AI more hype than reality?
Web Summit 2018: Artificial intelligence is being hailed and feared, sometimes in equal measure, as the ultimate gamechanger. Onlookers wonder whether AI will deprive us of jobs, change how we run businesses or, on the flipside, fundamentally improve our quality of life. But is the reality that AI has actually been overhyped and is now severely under-delivering? We sit down with Greg Brockman, Nagraj Kashyap, Emily Orton and Jeremy Kahn as they talk AI.
Rethinking technology at large enterprises
Web Summit 2018: Modernising corporate IT means correcting the sins of the past to invigorate and innovate in the future. Procter & Gamble's CTO Alan Boheme draws on his wealth of experience to explore how large enterprises can transform their businesses in the digital age.
When man and machine get creative together
Web Summit 2018: It's become a common refrain to assume that robots will steal jobs outright and conquer the workforce, displacing human workers entirely. But in so many industries and settings, there's an in-between where man and machine are collaborating, interacting and sharing the stage. We join Nancy Bennett, Dor Skuler and Steve Ranger to talk about using machines to benefit our creative outputs.
Your privacy is compromised, what are you going to do about it?
Web Summit 2018: The world's most famous whistleblower, Christopher Wylie, speaks to Krishnan Guru Murthy about the biggest threats to our personal data.
Will humans merge with machines?
Web Summit 2018: Technology is transforming our society at unprecedented speed. Join Amir Banifatemi and Anne-Marie Tomchak as they jump into the future of how humans may interact with machines.
How to engage with Generation Z in the workplace
Ian Golding, interim CIO at the Natural History Museum, talks about the evolving CIO role and how to lead people successfully.
Researchers develop optical fibre capable of over 1 petabit per second
Boffins claim new fibre can transmit 12 times as much data as existing optic fibres.
Starbucks leveraging Alibaba to convert China into a country of coffee lovers
In partnership with Alibaba, Starbucks is using its largest store to trial new concepts, including using technologies such as augmented reality.
How cloud apps are helping record breakers
Dedication's what you need if you want to create a successful approach to technology-led change.
Drones help plant the smart seeds for forest recovery
A Spanish startup says it's developed a cheap method of rapidly rebuilding damaged ecosystems using Iseeds.
It's Business Time: Rocket Lab mission finally launches from New Zealand
After first scheduled to launch in late June, Rocket Lab's It's Business Time has successfully completed its mission.
AI and the future of work: A conversation with Slack
Web Summit 2018: Slack's Stewart Butterfield and Harvard Business Review's Walter Frick outlines his vision for how AI will impact the workplace.
Digital peace in the age of cyber threats
Web Summit 2018: The world needs to apply the lessons learned from the conflicts of the 20th century to address the cyber attacks we face today. Microsoft's Brad Smith discusses the human cost of nation-state sponsored cyber attacks, the steps Microsoft and industry partners are taking to address growing threats, and the need for urgent collective action by the world's governments, the tech sector and the citizens of the world.
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