Faster vaccine testing. Shorter time to market for innovative new medicines. A clearer understanding of side effects for each individual patient. These are developments that could change the face of ...

Editor’s Note: Jane Thomason is a Dubai-based author on frontier technologies and social transformation, whose books include “Applied Ethics in a Digital World.” She is an editorial board member for ...

If you ever sit down with a metaverse enthusiast, you won’t have to wait long before they paint a rosy picture of how virtual worlds will change our lives. The most bullish metaverse advocates insist ...

A visitor experiences an immersive art installation titled "Machine Hallucinations Space: Metaverse" by Refik Anadol at the Digital Art Fair Asia, showcasing digital and NFT art on Oct. 4 in Hong Kong ...

Whether we end up with a centralized or decentralized metaverse, edge computing systems will likely lurk nearby. When people point to an example of the metaverse, expect edge computing to be nearby.

Marc Jennings, CIO of analytics and AI at travel and transport giant TUI, says the one big technology trend to watch out for next year is immersive technologies. As the cost of the hardware – such as ...

There’s been a lot of buzz about the metaverse, along with related innovations like cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and Web3. Business leaders are trying to make sense of it all — wondering ...

Startups that look to improve an industry’s outdated infrastructure are definitely welcome in sectors like financial services and healthcare. But why would a company build infrastructure for an ...

Leading organizations that prioritize technology investments are likely to be in a far more advanced position at the end of 2023 than they are now. The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, ...

Before generative AI shook everything up, the metaverse was the next big thing. Now, it's "AI and the metaverse." For those with short attention spans, a social media company named Facebook changed ...

The metaverse’s association with other struggling “Web3” technologies, namely blockchain, NFTs, and crypto — considered by some to be essential to the future decentralized metaverse — hasn’t exactly ...

A look inside Plethora Project's Common'hood, an immersive multiplayer game focused on building a new community within an abandoned factory after an economic collapse. Image via Plethora Project "I ...