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The supply chain, the foundation of every manufacturing business, is the first area of blockchain implementation, where it will have a positive effect on efficiency, order accuracy, product quality and track-and-traceability. This will enable manufacturers to meet delivery dates, improve product quality and increase sales ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises benefits in the workplace, such as increased efficiency, improved working conditions and even a smoother business merger. Before the Deal Mergers and acquisitions hit an all-time high in the first half of 2018, with a global deal value of $2.51 trillion ...

Because it’s so huge and so dependent on digital communication and computerized control software, the United States electricity grid is difficult to defend. And as a growing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices continue to connect to smart grid systems, the number of potential ...

Medical errors are estimated to be the third leading cause of death for Americans, which means improvements in the handling of health data is time critical. The inefficiencies and unnecessary expenditures of the American healthcare system scream for the secure, high-integrity, neutral third party nature ...

Currently, women make up only 20% of the cyber security workforce. With the massive shortage of cyber security professionals today, up to 3.5 million job openings are expected by 2021. That means there’s a clear opportunity for women to fill both the gender and talent ...

After leaving Apple last year, engineers Souroush Salehian and Mina Rezk co-founded Aeva in Mountain View, California, and recently unveiled its 4D LIDAR system. They say this next generation version of LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology is superior to what is found in most ...

Blockchain has been dubbed the biggest disrupter since the internet. It has huge potential to improve numerous industries. Possible benefits include reduced costs, elimination of data duplication, increased transaction speed and greater resilience. As blockchain breaks free of its cryptocurrency mold, many businesses are ...

Nearly all Fortune 500 companies use some form of automation in hiring, which is perfectly legal, but is it ethical? That’s the question Ifeoma Ajunwa is asking. The Cornell University sociology and law professor is concerned about the potential for bias when using artificial intelligence ...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is still humming along, but high deployment failure rates and IoT-enabled cyber threats are definitely putting a damper on it. Security, privacy and identity verification remain foundational concerns. Still, IoT is not going away. In fact, it’s a necessity ...