Meesha Dogan, PhD, the CEO of Cardio Diagnostics, a precision cardiovascular disease company, has been accepted into Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs, and technology executives. "Our mission with Forbes Councils is to bring together proven leaders from every industry, creating a curated, social capital-driven network that helps every member grow professionally and make an even greater impact on the business world." Cardio Diagnostics is a biotechnology company that makes cardiovascular disease prevention and early detection more accessible, personalized, and precise. The company's scientific and clinical studies have shown that an approach, which combines the emerging science of epigenetics and genetics, high-throughput computing, and AI, can close the current gap in our ability to clinically and precisely identify those of us at risk for heart disease. "With Cardio's current and future solutions, we'll continue to fuel a new wave of innovation in preventing and detecting heart disease that can change the projected trajectory. It is a story I'm proud we get to tell via key channels like Forbes," said Dr. Dogan.

The Metaverse is a virtual world that exists on the internet. It is made up of many different virtual worlds, and users can travel between them. There is no one answer to this question, as the Metaverse will be used in a variety of ways in the future. Some people believe it will be used mainly for social networking and communication, while others believe it will be used for more business-oriented activities. There are also those who believe the Metaverse will be used for education and training, and for creating and experiencing virtual worlds. The possibilities are endless, and it will be interesting to see how the Metaverse evolves and is used in the years to come.

Will a regular exercise routine and a healthy diet keep your brain young? It depends on your genes. People who have certain forms of genes that play a key role in brain ageing seem to respond better to healthy lifestyle interventions. These make it "more likely that exercise or adhering to a Mediterranean diet will have a greater impact on your cognitive ageing," says Sandrine Thuret at King's College London. Cognitive ageing is thought to rely on neural stem cells in the brain's hippocampus which continue to produce new neurons throughout life, and are thought to play an important role in forming new memories.

Future of work initiatives promise lots of noise and lots of activity, but to what end? When it comes to the future of work, many organizations are missing the point. Executives are creating new future of work initiatives every day, but to what end? Many of these initiatives suffer from being too reactive. For instance, managers may feel pressure to reduce costs by 20%, or the board might ask what the company is doing with machine learning and AI, but there are bigger and better goals leaders can aim for, and it's a critical time for organizations to focus their efforts.

Big Data is an evolving term that refers to the collection and analysis of large volumes of data to identify patterns and trends, then make predictions about future outcomes. In agriculture, Big Data is not only the quantity of data--it is also an algorithm of interaction with many variables applied to research like agronomy, breeding, farming systems modeling, strategic foresight, nutrition, health, and socio-economy. "What we mean by Big Data is the linked data," says Dr. Jawoo Koo, a Spatial Data and Analytics theme leader and senior research fellow for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). "For us, Big Data is data from multiple disciplines that links together to give us a better understanding of how agriculture works." Koo is co-pioneer of the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture and Global Coordinator for the CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information with extensive work experience in data analysis and crop modeling.

Well, congratulations everyone - we just about made it through 2017. From leaps forward in Artificial Intelligence and the rise of the interface-less interface, to the controversial role social media played in world events and the emergence of Bitcoin, 2017 was a year of big change and big reflection in the world of brand and technology. Last January, I made a few predictions about what 2017 would hold for designers. Some of them didn't quite come to fruition - hamburger menus are still knocking around, and standards in VR and MR are yet to be defined. But while I never could have predicted some of the craziest news stories that were to emerge throughout the year, there were a few things on the list that ended up having a big impact in the design community.

No, I'm not talking about the 1975 Supertramp album, but research from a global leader in the test automation space demonstrating the "acute pressure" facing businesses to deliver apps in the Internet of Things (IoT) and digital era. It reveals that half of companies in the US and the UK admit to releasing apps before completing "quality testing." And, enterprises are being urged by the British CEO spearheading the test automation firm's endeavours to rethink test automation to avoid the "app scrapheap." But are matters getting to a crisis in the apps space? In the survey commissioned by Testplant, a UK headquartered firm with a R&D presence in Boulder, Colorado, which provides what is touted as user-centric, digital automation intelligence solutions to enhance the quality and performance of the digital experience, canvassed 750 development team leaders in Britain and the United States to derive its findings.

Warc's'Toolkit 2017', in association with Deloitte Digital, indicates that more than half of global CMOs said they expected the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on marketing and communications to be greater than the impact of social media. Machine learning is already being applied to programmatic trading and we have seen brands such as Aviva in the UK improve its media efficiencies as a result. The report, produced in association with Deloitte Digital, brings together the best of Warc's content over the past year – the latest ideas, research and examples. The result is a guide to current thinking in each area, and the implications for marketers. Warc's'Toolkit 2017', in association with Deloitte Digital, indicates that more than half of global CMOs said they expected the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on marketing and communications to be greater than the impact of social media.

Warc's'Toolkit 2017', in association with Deloitte Digital, indicates that more than half of global CMOs said they expected the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on marketing and communications to be greater than the impact of social media. AI, defined as the ability of computers to take on tasks that have previously required human intelligence to complete, such as speech recognition or interpreting data, will have a major impact on the marketing industry next year. David Tiltman, Warc's head of content, says, "2017 looks set to be the year that many brands take their first steps in artificial intelligence. Machine learning is already being applied to programmatic trading and we have seen brands such as Aviva in the UK improve its media efficiencies as a result. The next major application looks set to be chatbots, as marketers look to respond to consumers' take-up of messaging apps."