In the latest monthly episode of the For Immediate Release podcast, Shel Holtz and I take a deep dive into some of the stories behind some of the extraordinary headlines over the past 30 days about artificial intelligence, chatbots, Mastodon, the metaverse, and much more. Mainstream and social media alike…
As the world increasingly turns its attention to sustainable energy sources, renewable energy has become a necessary part of achieving the goal of net zero emissions. Net zero is the ultimate aim when it comes to addressing climate change, and renewable energy provides an essential tool in reaching that goal.…
In May 2022, the first episode of Ideas to Innovation podcast Season 2 from Clarivate brought into sharp focus the devastating impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on scientific research and innovation in that country. In December, episode 9 shone a spotlight on the work of two highly-cited researchers…
Trying to explain in simple terms what NFTs are is often a challenge. Getting your head around ‘non-fungible‘ is a hurdle that can take you down rabbit holes to end up with hundreds of words in your explainer, resulting in confusion and glazed eyes from your explainee. Clever AI to…
Look at these four images of some well-known people who have died in the past 30 years. They probably look familiar and I’d guess you will be able to easily identify all of them. Left to right from top: Princess Diana (died 1997), Freddie Mercury (1991), Michael Jackson (2009), and…
In August, I had the great pleasure and distinct honour of being in conversation with Jerry Harrison, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee through his role with Talking Heads, one of the most critically-acclaimed New Wave rock bands of the 1980s. Our conversation was for an episode of…
If there were a product available right now that lets you connect your phone to your car to use Android Auto without a USB cable, would you go for it? I would, and did, with a simple yet powerful device called AAWireless that does just that – lets me use…
A phrase you’ll probably be hearing or reading about quite a bit in the coming weeks and months is ‘non-fungible tokens.’ I’d not come across it until I read a Reuters report about a guy who sold a 10-second video artwork by the digital artist known as Beeple for $6.6…
