Making sense of this year’s outrageous ICOs
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) have raised a tremendous amount of capital in 2017. Filecoin raised $257 million. Tezos raised $232 million. Bancor raised $153 million. Status raised $108 million. And...
View ArticleHow Were Retail Sales On Black Friday? Comparing The Biggest Shopping Day To...
Black Friday called for retailers to boast off an abundant of discounts and doorbuster deals to attract shoppers as they began holiday shopping, but the real action took place online instead of in...
View ArticleA security expert built an unofficial Wikipedia for the dark web
It’ll only be up for a few days, but the groundwork is there for an official version. Wikipedia is a nigh-essential source of information, but it’s usually so accessible in Western countries that users...
View ArticleNamaste, test prep or robotics? Stillwater students get their choice twice a...
During a recent break in the middle of the school day at Stillwater Area High School, senior Brandon Paradise finished a physics lab, freshman Haley Eder-Zdehchlik took her first yoga class and junior...
View ArticleYou will soon be able to listen to Amazon Music through your Samsung Smart TV
Recently, Samsung has been rolling out new features to its lineup of Smart TVs, such support for YouTube TV. Yesterday, the company announced (via Engadget) that owners can soon listen to Amazon Music...
View ArticleUber’s new chief knew about hack months before the public
There were reasons for the delay, but it’s still not very comforting. Uber may have come clean about the grievous hack that exposed data for 57 million users, but it apparently took its time getting to...
View ArticleWalmart is building a new empire by gobbling up smaller brands and letting...
Walmart.com is transforming into a virtual mall. The retailer is buying ecommerce companies and instead of folding them into the Walmart brand, it’s letting them operate independently. The strategy...
View ArticleNet neutrality debate has been ‘corrupted by the fraudulent use of Americans’...
With the FCC set to vote on a proposal to dramatically overturn current net neutrality regulations next month, the contentious debate over how internet content should be regulated, if at all, has been...
View ArticleFacebook tool will show the Russian propaganda you fell for
Wondering if you were duped by the Russian-backed propaganda posted to Facebook to sow discord during the 2016 presidential election? Soon, there will be an easy way to find out. Facebook is building a...
View ArticleSamsung ‘Cyber Monday’ 2017: Live Galaxy S8, Galaxy Note 8, QLED HDTV Deals
Samsung Black Friday sales were a star attraction with Samsung.com direct deals successfully going toe-to-toe with Amazon, Best Buy, Target and Walmart. Now Samsung.com is again leading the charge for...
View ArticleBland County Robotics Team Moving on to State Competition
BLAND, Va. (AP) — Members of the Bland County robotics team are excited to be moving on to the state level of competition which will be held at James Madison University in December. Bland County...
View ArticleAlign Technology Showcases iTero(R) Restorative Workflows for Same-Day...
SAN JOSE, CA and NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – November 26, 2017) – Align Technology, Inc. (ALGN) today announced plans to expand its restorative digital workflow solutions to include iTero Chairside...
View ArticleTech innovations key to financial inclusion
MANILA, Philippines — Introducing technological innovations to the country’s banking system will play a key role in expanding financial inclusion in the Philippines, the Department of Finance (DOF)...
View Article‘Hanover your Robotics’ at Jane Ball Elementary
CEDAR LAKE — For the past two months, 11 students at Jane Ball Elementary School have been working on solving a worldwide problem using Lego blocks. The new robotics team, aptly named: Hanover Your...
View ArticleDiscover Dentistry
An entertaining and illuminating course for everyone to explore the impact dentistry has on our lives. How important is a smile? Ever wondered what all those letters and numbers a dentist calls out...
View ArticleANZ tech chief heralds its Apple advantage in bank tech revolution
Speaking with The Australian Financial Review after addressing a Trans Tasman Business Circle lunch event in Sydney on Friday, ANZ’s group technology executive Gerard Florian said he was surprised that...
View ArticleYoga? Robotics? Extra homework time? Stillwater students get their choice...
During a recent break in the middle of the school day at Stillwater Area High School, senior Brandon Paradise finished a physics lab, freshman Haley Eder-Zdehchlik took her first yoga class and junior...
View ArticleElon Musk is freaked out by the creepy backflipping robot
Elon Musk has repeatedly sounded the alarm against the rise of artificial intelligence as a threat to humanity. Now, the venerable tech exec has observed that Boston Dynamics’ latest robot, which does...
View ArticleHRG Robotics Opens Entrepreneurship Institute to Nurture Top Talent In...
SHANGHAI, Nov. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — HIT Robot Group (“HRG Robotics” or “the Group”), one of China’s leading manufacturers of robots, has opened its entrepreneurship institute. The launch of Fanxing...
View ArticleAdvertisers flee YouTube over videos exploiting children, ‘disturbing’...
The Wall Street Journal reports that Mars Inc., Adidas and Diageo, maker of spirits including Tanqueray and Captain Morgan, have suspended their advertising on YouTube. The videos were highlighted in a...
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