In the mid-1990s, I joined a telecom startup in pre-launch mode. Everything was new: networks being built, stores opening, acquisitions negotiated, revenue streams projected but not yet realized. The…

What do 5G Wireless, Blockchain and IoT have in common? You might be surprised...

As we settle into the last year of the decade (for my horologist readership -- let the raging debates begin!) and pass the tweener-ish 11th birthday of Blockchain, it seems appropriate to take a bit o…

Okay, I kind of hate that metaphor, but the alternatives ('The Domino Effect', 'The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back', etc.) just don't have the same sense of utterly missing a completely new situati…

> A research paper released by Google last week (referenced here by CNET) suggests that the mega-tech company may have recently achieved 'Quantum Supremacy' in quantum computing, surpassing IBM and ot…

What is 'intelligence' and can it be 'artificial'? From Merriam-Webster: