Twitter, the decade plus old company, is still trying to define what it is and how to make money. It is trapped in a business model of providing free service in exchange for our souls and friends.

How many times have you read a news story, an article, or a post on Twitter or Facebook and were left confused? On the one hand, you wanted to believe that information was accurate. It would fit in your carefully-built narrative. At the same time, it was 'hard to believe' that something like this was possible. Also at that moment you realized that the effort to dig deeper and find out more was not the best use of your time and energy, and you left it at that.

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.