Resources and Insights

Which technologies debt collectors now use in place of calls and letters, from ringless voicemail to digital outreach, and where consumer concerns sit.

Scooter sharing has become the mobility-as-a-service craze of the moment: how Lime and Bird reached unicorn valuations, and what UK law still blocks.

Hashgraph promises blockchain without the power and performance limits. A look at how the two differ and what that means for business ledger choices.

A practical look at quantum biology, the field applying quantum mechanics to living systems, its 1920s origins and the processes it sets out to explain.

What Microsoft's Azure Blockchain Development Kit gives developers: serverless integration with SaaS tools, key management, messaging APIs and monitoring.

Why a social media detox helps: the physical strain, insecurity and lost hours that heavy feed use creates, and the signs it is time to step away.

Fintech predictions for 2019: loyalty points behaving like currency, contactless payments gaining ground, and the shifts banks should plan for next.

Prince William's challenge to social media companies on cyberbullying, why public trolling hits victims hardest, and what platforms have yet to fix.

Airtable built a spreadsheet with a database underneath. Why its founders slowed development down, and what sets the tool apart from Google Sheets.

Top packaging and labeling technology trends reshaping the market: fiber-based materials such as MFC, plus robotics and AI in e-commerce fulfillment.

A new model for the genetics of mental health, and why hundreds of risk loci resist simple gene-to-condition mapping in schizophrenia and autism work.

How AI is reshaping digital marketing, from content relevance and audience targeting to using behavior, history and location data to shape campaigns.

Blockchain in healthcare answers scattered patient data. Applications from population health management to sharing records securely across systems.

The UAE Banks Federation is adopting blockchain across member banks. How blockchain, AI and RPA support cost, efficiency, risk and compliance goals.

Where AI, blockchain and encryption meet: how distributed, encrypted storage protects data, and why the two technologies complement each other well.

IonQ's 79-qubit trapped ion quantum computer, how its error rates compare with Google's 72-qubit machine, and why method matters as much as qubit count.

Roblox lets anyone build, publish and monetize 3D games. Inside the platform: the Roblox Lua language, its creator community and the devices it runs on.

The CRISPR babies case: what He Jiankui claims he edited in twin girls, why the scientific community reacted with alarm, and the ethics still unsettled.

Inside Embark and its self driving trucks: how Alex Rodrigues built autonomous 18-wheelers and ran the first coast-to-coast test drive by a truck.

New cave art research links prehistoric paintings to star positions, suggesting early humans recorded astronomical time far earlier than assumed.

How Christmas light displays work: the LEDs, relays, music sequencing and controllers behind them, and what you need to build a display yourself.

What biogerontology says about the future of aging: the nine hallmarks behind it, from cellular senescence to epigenetic change and genomic instability.

Meet 2018 VG18, nicknamed Farout: the most distant object yet found in our solar system, over 96 AU from the sun, and how astronomers confirmed it.

Cobots work alongside people rather than replacing them. Why collaborative robots are safer and more efficient, and where manufacturers deploy them.

How Hertz and Clear use facial recognition to speed up car rental checkout, what the biometric match actually does, and where the rollout goes next.

What Google Discover changes for content visibility: the redesigned feed, evergreen content, tighter user controls and multi-language support.

A look at ZPF64, the human protein that appears to boost aggressive mixed-lineage leukemia, and why researchers see it as a possible treatment target.

Smart malls use mobile apps and shopper data to personalize retail, tracking the shopping journey to build demographic, interest and behavior profiles.

Elon Musk demonstrated Navigate on Autopilot hands-free on live TV. What that says about driver confusion, Tesla's warnings and semi-autonomous limits.

Mall of America's holographic concierge Ellie uses speech synthesis and voice recognition to guide shoppers, a working example of retail hologram tech.