Blockchain has been accused by detractors as nothing more than a more complicated and expensive database. While both technologies offer data storage and management, blockchain has one unique feature a ...

Because there’s so much excitement about the potential of blockchain, there’s a risk that project planners will start throwing this emerging technology at problems that don’t fit. This article is ...

Blockchains have an energy problem — the technology relies on expensive hardware and draws an enormous amount of electricity to process complex algorithms and transactions. Lars Hagberg/Getty Images ...

While blockchain holds the promise for reinventing business processes, it is still a developing technology with few production systems in place, not to mention governance issues and vulnerabilities ...

Quantum computers offer great promise for cryptography and optimization problems. ZDNet explores what quantum computers will and won't be able to do, and the challenges we still face. Read now Amazon ...

Distributed ledger technology (which includes blockchain) is transformative in its own right. That said, one of the unique aspects of distributed ledger technology is its ability to benefit numerous, ...

Universal IDs have gained the attention of many governments. The sentiment is that universal IDs could help counter terrorism, increase national security, deter ID fraud and make the lives of citizens ...

The U.S. healthcare industry has a $1 trillion opportunity to cut costs and reduce waste, according to a 2015 Harvard Business Review analysis. While there are various areas waste accumulates, costly ...