Cryptocurrency investor Bradley Rotter likes talking about technology with teenagers because he says they have a good sense of not just where tech is now, but where it may be going. The vice chairman of Rivetz Corp. first heard about cryptocurrency from a 15-year-old, and another member of the teen set persuaded him to purchase his first token in ...

Ethereum, a decentralized platform for applications powered by Ether cryptocurrency, has emerged as a major player in the world of smart contracts. These contracts, computer programs stored on the blockchain, can execute agreements between parties in multiple ways, thanks to the work of an important sector of the technology ecosystem: developers. “We were really good ...

With the rise of digital currencies and other use cases based on the ultra-secure blockchain technology, software developers have a unique opportunity to create new protocols that have real value. Meanwhile, industry analysts openly wonder whether some technology companies, sitting complacently on legacy models, are missing the significance of fast-moving developments in the cryptocurrency world. ...

Artificial intelligence is creeping inevitably into daily life, and there is no shortage of opinions about what that may mean for the future. Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a prediction last fall that whoever emerges as the leader in AI will rule the world. Tesla Inc. co-founder and Chief Executive Elon Musk has suggested in ...

When Ken Xie (pictured) was a student at Stanford University in the early 1990s, the network security world was a different place. Security was based on software firewalls running on personal computers and servers, which Xie capitalized on with his first company — Systems Integration Solutions, Inc. As the computer industry matured, Xie realized that ...

When it comes to dealing with cybersecurity and building a network of partners to service its customers, Ingram Micro Inc. has been especially active over the past year. In the month of February alone, the company announced a deal with mobile software vendor Lookout Inc., sealed a new partnership with Kaspersky Lab Inc., and inked a ...

The theme at Fortinet Inc.’s Accelerate conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, this week is “Strength in Numbers,” based on the need for a collaborative environment where partnerships can generate the solutions necessary to secure networks in the future. It’s an important task, especially since the numbers surrounding the current global threat environment are rising at ...

The rapidly expanding threat landscape is testing the ability of enterprise security organizations to meet the speed and scale of attacks on the same terms. On Tuesday, Fortinet Inc. announced the release of a new product to help even the playing field. FortiGuard AI delivers automated threat analysis and detection as part of Fortinet’s Security ...

The notion of going faster is to accelerate, and it’s no accident that Fortinet Inc. chose to use that term in naming its annual gathering in Las Vegas, Nevada. The proliferation of attacks on information technology networks has created a sense of urgency not just in responding to threats, but in creating a security structure that ...

It sounds like a fairly basic solution for today’s energy crisis. Take large amounts of organic waste, convert it to biogas, generate electricity and heat, and store the excess for later use, making life easier for millions of people without access to sources of reliable energy. Simple. Yet, behind this basic approach from a startup ...