by Don Basile | Mar 4, 2022 | Technology
In 2018, Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst David Cappuccio wrote a piece entitled “The Data Center is Dead,” in which he predicted that because of the continuing rise of such things as cloud providers, Software as a Service (SaaS) and edge services, some 80 percent of...
by Don Basile | Oct 29, 2021 | Technology
Not that any further proof was needed, but the night of March 27, 2021 offered definitive evidence of the impact non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are making — that besides transforming the world of digital art, they are even veering toward the mainstream. On that...
by Don Basile | May 28, 2021 | Digital, Technology
British data scientist Clive Humby was famously quoted in 2006 as saying that “data is the new oil,” a statement that has been over-analyzed and occasionally criticized, but one that nonetheless retains its merits all these years later. Soon after Humby made that...
by Don Basile | May 18, 2021 | Technology
The 2017 song “Despacito,” by Puerto Rican artists Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee (and later re-mixed with no less a talent than Justin Bieber), remains one of the most popular songs of all time. Its music video surpassed three billion YouTube views in record time, and...
by Don Basile | Dec 10, 2020 | Technology
The global water crisis is fast becoming acute. Due to pollution and other environmental factors (not the least of which is global warming), some 1.1 billion people currently lack access to clean water, and another 2.7 billion face a shortage of one month or more...
by Don Basile | Oct 12, 2020 | Technology
In 2017, the game CryptoKitties made waves throughout niche gaming communities online. Axion Zen, the developer of the game, introduced the concept of unhackable assets. Players are able to purchase, sell, and breed kittens that are virtually uncompromisable....
