Discover the best business and technology ideas emerging from around the globe and how they are promising to shape our future.
The TrustChain Initiative is being launched with IBM and a consortium that represents every step of the jewelry value chain from mine to manufacturer to retail.
South Korean food-tech firm Woowa Brothers, which runs the Baedal Minjok delivery app, has invested $2 million into US robotics startup Bear Robotics.
What's new in Hadoop, and how is vendor dynamics and strategy evolving?
Microsoft reveals modular mobile system for multi-player games, analytics, air-traffic control, and trading-desks.
The future of manufacturing may be in self-assembling materials that can be printed inexpensively and shipped flat
Gartner says that AI-based customer experience technologies are boosting market value.
Companies of all sizes and across various industries are moving to edge computing to generate, collect, and analyze data so they can take immediate action on that information. This guide looks at the pros...
London's world-first contactless ticketing system is now being licensed to New York, Boston, Miami, Sydney....
The rise of the machines may start with the eyes of the machines. But first, businesses and governments will be able to tap into surveillance cameras that can identify and remember bad actors.
Apple claims that half of all retailers in the United States accept Apple Pay. While we couldn't visit all retailers, we did visit a random selection locally, which is a good reflection of what you might find. The results were not promising.
Google is overhauling the look and feel of Chrome on Windows.
BeBop is capitalizing on the rush to make the world measurable with novel fabric sensors that go anywhere
South Korean telco SK Telecom will adopt blockchain into subscriptions and payments from consumers.
China's integrated circuit (IC) industry grew 21 percent per year from 2013 to 2017, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has said, five times the global average.
Microsoft is continuing its quest to try to make workers more productive via a variety of bots, including SwitchBot and Calendar.help.
The global chief marketing officer of Deloitte, which has $39 billion in revenue and 270,000 employees, shares lessons on driving transformation to improve customer relationships. A must-read for CMOs and every CIO as well.
Why reinvent the wheel? Biomimicry is a hot area of research in robotics.
Here is everything that's new in Gmail -- plus when and how you can try it.
Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off June 4, and it's one of the ways we get a deep insight into the path that the company is on.
The Business Bargain Hunter shows you what to pack for every possible tech scenario.
Fitted inside telephone cases, or even toy organs, these Speccy replicas were less expensive but arguably more creative than the original Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
When the robot overlords take over, these distant ancestors might be cause for embarrassment
Most of us do not know that we are using chatbots to talk to service agents, so how will we know that AI will be seamlessly interacting in with our future lives?
Smartphone sales have plateaued now that everyone has a mobile device. So, what is next for mobile phone makers and service providers in the post-app, post-smartphone era?
ZDNet explores how biotechnology research and current projects may change the face of healthcare worldwide in the future.
Robots, including floating spheres and spacewalkers, are performing critical tasks for astronauts and researchers as we speak.
A walkthrough of every model of the Raspberry Pi to be released dating back to an early prototype in 2006.
ZDNet explores the AI landscape and some of the most unusual projects currently underway.
We got our hands on one of the first Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ boards. Here's what it looks like and how it differs from the previous incarnation (there's one design change that could catch you out!).
See all the new features on the flagship Pi board.
What do Windows 10, Gmail, Amazon Echo, VPNs, and iPhone battery life all have in common? We've collected and updated our best and most popular how-to articles.
Startup BeBop Sensors is capitalizing on the rush to make the world measurable with novel fabric sensors that go anywhere
Max Friefeld, co-founder and CEO of Voodoo Manufacturing, discusses AI and robotics are at the core of 3D printing; 3D printing can shave thousands of dollars and weeks of time off of product introduction; and Human labor is better suited to maintaining continuous flow production rather than being a component of the production line.
Dr. Bami Bastani, senior VP of the RF Business Unit at Global Foundries, discusses millimeter wave and sub 6GHZ spectrum deployment and the micro circuitry innovation needed to implement 5G.
Here's how the social media giant is updating privacy policies ahead of the EU's new data law.
Isaac Phillips, the co-founder of Siglo, discusses how the Siglo platform leverages pre-paid cell phones prevalent in emerging market countries; how to use blockchain and cryptocurrencies to eliminate financial barriers where computers and internet don't exist; and how stabilize the value of cryptocurrency to promote wider adoption and usage.
The startup hopes to deploy a vast network of satellites to livestream Earth.
Ryan Jenkins, assistant professor of Philosophy at California Polytechnic State University, discusses ethical dilemmas manufactures face when building robots; the autonomous Uber vehicle accident that killed a pedestrian in Arizona; and ethics in military robot applications.
Sony and Carnegie Mellon University form partnership to research cooking robots.
Philip Roan, senior engineer of robotics at BSH Home Appliance Corporation, traces the evolution of home robots beginning with vacuum cleaners, the challenges of merging IoT and home automation products from different manufacturers, and the last in artificial intelligence for the kitchen.
Peter Rubin, science editor at WIRED and author of "Future Presence," discusses how VR is being used in business and enterprises today.
From Alexa Skills Blueprints to AWS to Prime, Larry Dignan and Bill Detwiler make the case for Amazon as the most innovative tech company on the planet.
Amazon opened up its Alexa platform so that anyone can create a custom Alexa skill. Skills are little Alexa apps that provide Amazon's assistant with additional features. Now, you can make your own skill, and you don't need to be an app developer to do so.
The tattoo "cells" erupt on the skin when potentially dangerous levels of particular minerals are detected.
IBM's nanoscale analog computers could solve the big-data energy crunch facing traditional architectures.
Adobe has acquired the voice technologies company as it pushes to develop natural command solutions beyond the traditional mouse and keyboard.
I like the idea of wearing a smartwatch -- and the D106 has everything I could need.
Meizu has outdone itself with its latest phones. The Pro 7 and Pro 7 Plus have some very cool new features.
The Poof pet activity tracker will track your pet's activities and could help you find your lost pet - if you have an army of Poof users living nearby.
A well-priced Android smartphone with great performance, good looks, and an easy user interface.
The Flir One thermal imaging add-on for iOS and Android devices is a very desirable peice of tech. Whether it's a justifiable expense is questionable, although if you maintain or repair electronic equipment it could cut diagnostic times drastically in some cases.
Thalmic Labs claims the Myo armband can let you take control of your devices hands-free, but whether it will one day replace our mouse or touchpad remains to be seen.
In a crowded field, the latest from Yuneec stands out with curb appeal and features for all levels of pilot.
Seen too many dubious security-in-a-box solutions? USB armory is the real deal for anyone looking to protect and control their personal digital privacy and security. But is this real deal ready for regular users?
The Lenovo M57 eco is a small form-factor desktop that is promoted by the company as energy efficient. We found it to be a capable and powerful office performer for its size, but with limited upgrade options.
Western digital has released a range of hard drives purporting to save up to 40 percent in power consumption over comparable drives. We found the drives not only lived up to promised efficiency, but also were competitively priced.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 is the best tool available for dictating text and commanding a Web browser by voice, despite the gradual adjustments needed to conform to your personal manner of speaking.
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Backed by Bill Gates, EarthNow wants to show us every inch of our planet in real-time
