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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Everyone agrees that blockchain is a disruptive technology, and a technology that could help revolutionise not just one industry but…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Encryption is the primary tool that organisations and governments use to keep data safe and secure, when Quantum computers become…

Apples latest announcements on its plans for AI are, well, boring Pixar founder George Lucas might have given the world the word “Droid” before he…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Invisible, smart, deadly and loaded with AI – the new autonomous-capable USS Zumwalt.   The look of the new 600…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI, the Genie we’ve let out of the bottle is on the cusp of improving at an exponential rate and…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Nasdaq imagines a day when you can bypass the local power company and buy power from whoever you like –…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF A quiet revolution is coming, one that will eventually turn every industry into a dumb pipe and flip the world of…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Can AI help children learn better? Perhaps…   What is green, very small, sounds like Yoda and boasts almost endless wisdom? The…

IBM’s TrueNorth, a cognitive “neuromorphic” computing chip whose architecture resembles that of the human brain – although it switches neurons for transistors, is being trialled by Samsung…

Local Motors represents a new breed of company, one that competitors would be wise to watch out for Local Motors, an Arizona based automaker that…

The field of artificial intelligence has been static for quite a while; AI funding started plunging in the late seventies after the US government became…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The worlds first AI produced short film is a portent of things to come.   Earlier this year I wrote…