Month March 2018

By Bridget van Kralingen, Senior Vice President, Global Industries, Platforms, and Blockchain for IBM In recent weeks, the chorus of crypto naysayers, led by analysts, banks, regulators, and governments, has grown louder. But while the future of cryptocurrencies may be…

XPRIZE founder Peter Diamandis first had the idea for what became the X Prize Foundation in 1993 — it would provide a cash prize for any team who could pilot a manned private flight into space. It came to fruition…

tanuha2001 / Shutterstock.com With the recent Cambridge Analytica data scandal surrounding Facebook, people are more concerned than ever with how much and exactly what data the social media behemoth has been storing about them and how it’s being used. And…

Scientists in Australia are testing a new technology that may help protect the endangered Great Barrier Reef from environmental degradation. An ultra-fine biodegradable film, 50,000 times thinner than a human hair, could be used as a floating "sun shield" to…