Sometimes it is good to pause for a moment and check where technology research is addressing real world problems. Where are researchers attempting to help people on a large scale? How will this make a positive impact on our lives?

What happens when an invite to Chatbot Conference in the Metaverse arrives at your inbox.

A brief overview of the state of the industry.

We all know Walmart. It’s the place where even people trapped in a hostage situation will deny that they were shopping there. It’s also the largest company by revenue and by number of employees - and it has reported another successful year.Walmart is rarely mentioned as an innovator. Usually, the glory for that goes to its rival Amazon.

But Walmart has grown into a global behemoth by mastering logistics on a large scale. It has built over 10,500 locations since 1962. And it’s not stopping: while the world is focused on bitcoin and Ether and NFTs and Metaverse, Walmart decided to use the underlying blockchain technology to solve a big business problem.

You have most likely uttered one or all of these phrases in the recent past: 'Hey Siri' or 'Hello Google' or 'Alexa'. (Sorry, we’re not going to count 'Cortana' in this.)

If you’ve spoken these magic words, it means that you have a phone or a device which on occasion answers your question. Maybe it starts playing music, or opens a garage door, or orders food from a nearest restaurant.

Here is the bad news. Together with email, any of your devices which are controlled by voice are the hackable, exploitable targets.

We’ve all had this feeling. You start thinking about a problem, which appears so trivial. And in that moment you come up with a solution - using technology - which will solve the problem once and for all.

Facebook has left a string of sad, angry or mystified ex-es behind. Even Facebook is no longer Facebook, but Meta, the entity which wants to dominate the Metaverse.

Over the last few years you might have heard the term 5G network. It is the latest generation telecommunication standard for broadband cellular networks. It promises to deliver faster speed, more connected devices and more colors in the rainbow. Okay, the last item depends on the marketing messaging from various companies, promoting the wonders of the new technology.

I am currently working on a project where we are building a platform for investment advisors. It will allow them to invest money on behalf of their clients in digital asset class investments. It’s a great opportunity to build a new kind of business while taking an innovative technology approach. As they say, the sky's the limit.

This week, it became official: the era of the BlackBerry classic smartphone is over, as the company ended support for its old BB10 platform or BlackBerry OS platform.

Ouch. That hurts, doesn't it? Don’t worry, you are not the only one with a massive hangover. In fact, the average person drinks twice as much during the holiday season as they do any other time of the year.Humans have been drinking since about 7000 BCE. And dealing with hangovers since then, too. A ring dated as far back as Roman times was found at what would be a Byzantine wine factory. But thankfully, we now have much more advanced technology on our side. Rather than an expensive piece of jewelry, here are the best cures for a hangover that science & tech can provide.