In the mid-1990s, I joined a telecom startup in pre-launch mode. Everything was new: networks being built, stores opening, acquisitions negotiated, revenue streams projected but not yet realized. The…

As we settle into the last year of the decade (for my horologist readership -- let the raging debates begin!) and pass the tweener-ish 11th birthday of Blockchain, it seems appropriate to take a bit o…

> A research paper released by Google last week (referenced here by CNET) suggests that the mega-tech company may have recently achieved 'Quantum Supremacy' in quantum computing, surpassing IBM and ot…

What is 'intelligence' and can it be 'artificial'? From Merriam-Webster: