Metaverse: A recent history in popular literature
The metaverse: a virtual world where users share experiences and interact in real-time within simulated scenarios. The term’s introduction in Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel Snow Crash…
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Technology: Can it reveal too much about the past?
Technology is increasingly revealing more about the past than we thought we would ever know. However, it does start…
Data centers must adapt to climate crisis
Data centers are the hardware that underpin organizations’ IT infrastructure. GlobalData forecasts that the data centers market will become…
Cyberattacks: Predatory Sparrow targets Iranian factory
On 27 June, 2022, two Iranian steel companies, Mobarakeh Steel Company and Khuzestan Steel Industries, suffered cyberattacks. Hacktivist group…
Populations are aging and economic growth may suffer
A UN report entitled World Population Prospects 2022 suggests that the world population’s growth is slowing. However, the population…
Digital payments and how to counter technology’s Law of Amplification
Digital payments make many people’s lives easier. However, there is a large section of society that does not have…
TikTok tunes: The resurrection of Rod Stewart and Rasputin
TikTok is home to dance crazes, memes, and catchy snippets of songs known as ‘sounds’ that spread through its…
Digital twins – delivering a single source of truth in the industrial metaverse
Jumping on the metaverse bandwagon has become an easy marketing move for tech companies, however, building on a relationship…
US and EU to turn up the heat on smart thermostats
Recently, smart thermostats have found themselves at the center of a new plan devised by Brussels and Washington to…