Sending aircraft and people into the great sea of space is more accessible than ever. This past year, with the Blue Origin and SpaceX launches, the world got a glimpse of what a truly democratized, relatively affordable space exploration scene would look like. Beyond shooting rockets into space, the sector is now booming in other ...

With the talent demands of industry at an all-time high, the skills gap that’s been created is now more pertinent than ever — especially in regions like Latin America. Few companies are equipped to train people with highly technical skills at scale. Amazon Web Services Inc. is one company leaning into this challenge. “We have ...

Boys are more fervently encouraged than girls to pursue careers in science and technology, in large part as a result of societal norms and perceptions around science, technology, engineering and mathematics or STEM jobs. Beyond a change in mentality, an increase in established career role models play a big role in swaying this paradigm, according ...

What does one call the act of doing business to make money while adding perceivable value to a society’s system? It’s called being a “social entrepreneur,” according to Jadesola Adedeji (pictured), co-founder of STEM METS Resources Ltd.. After leaving North America and returning to Nigeria, Adedeji co-founded a company that is making its mark in the ...

Diversity in the tech field continues to advance each year, and individuals from diverse backgrounds and demographics, as well as at different stages of their careers, are entering tech. From mothers looking for another go at the job market to young, smart kids who are curious about software, technology is spanning a wider gamut of ...

Science and technology cannot change the world if its best innovations are restricted to only a handful of countries. To share in the sweeping digital transformation wave, Bahrainis are making conscientious efforts to boost the interest in emerging cloud technologies, as well as entrepreneurship, including encouraging women in technology. “We have the Supreme Council for ...

Many organizations boast extremely intricate frameworks built on a largely remote workforce and distributed cloud systems that often span continents. Tying these all together are networks that, while basic, are an inalienable cog in the machinery. “I think the interesting piece is so many times organizations think about the network as plumbing,” said Bob Laliberte (pictured), senior ...

Everyone knows about cryptocurrency. Mainstream tokens such as bitcoin and Ethereum have swept the financial world, showing people that money can be intrinsically owned and transferred without arbitrary control from big banks and agencies. Beyond just the currencies themselves, non-fungible tokens and other digital assets — built atop the same blockchain underpinnings — are making ...

When assessing the shortcomings of today’s internet, many proponents of Web3 point to user identity management as one of the most prominent. Big websites and social media giants organize their user data into silos that they, effectively, own. Users often have little or no say whatsoever in how these companies gather, store and even distribute ...

With science, technology, engineering and math fields being traditionally dominated by men, has gender equality in tech and data science finally arrived? The Women in Data Science initiative, which works to support gender equality in tech, started as a one-day technical conference at Stanford in 2015. Today, WiDS is a global movement with 200+ regional events ...