How will smart contracts streamline business processes? Digital Leaders North East and Invotra attracted a broad range of businesses to their Blockchain event earlier this year. The audience ranged from those who are already actively exploring blockchain solutions in their business to the majority who are still feeling their way on the potential of the […]

In 2017, $5.6 billion was raised for blockchain-based development projects through a new funding mechanism dubbed an ICO or Initial Coin Offering. By comparison, $240 million was raised by the same method in 2016, while it’s estimated $1 billion has already been invested in the first two months of 2018 (close to $6 billion as […]

2017 was the year that Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) hit the technical business press, and cryptocurrency stepped out of the shadows. It’s been a remarkable ride: in June, when finalising details of my novel Bitcoin Hurricane, the publisher asked whether Bitcoin was well enough known for the book to sell. By Christmas, at every signing […]

There’s a storm brewing, and social media is at its eye. For a decade, businesses and politicians have increasingly used both Twitter and Facebook as convenient mouthpieces. Twitter’s values declare: “We believe in free expression and think every voice has the power to impact the world.” Facebook’s mission is to “bring the world closer together.” […]

How can we meet the challenges of population ageing in a digital age? Find out more about the opportunity of ageing and the innovators at the coalface. Source: The Opportunity of Ageing | Sphere Network Event Report

What is artificial intelligence? Sphere Network members discuss machine learning, advanced analytics, AI applications, and ethics. Source: Decoding Artificial Intelligence and Analytics | Sphere Network

Source: 5 ways blockchain will benefit your small business | Sage Advice UK

Blockchain is coming: Sphere Network’s Application of Blockchain Technology event was a great discussion that could have gone on for much longer. Source: Kickstarting Blockchain Innovation | Sphere Network

Will big business compromise the ethics of artificial intelligence? We are entering a new era of technology adoption. We have passed the point of using new tools to perform old tasks, and our behavior is changing. I grew up with a 1970s television that had four push-buttons on it; these were laboriously and manually tuned […]