WIRED’s Top Stories in November: Electric Big Rigs, FTW
Much like Uncle Jay’s belt after the last slice of Thanksgiving pie, the November news cycle groaned under the weight of one meaty story after another. In the last week of the month alone, the Senate...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Struggles to Add Conservatives to Its Ranks
This summer, Twitter Inc.’s new diversity chief met employees to discuss whether they felt welcome at work. Among those who said they sometimes felt excluded, according to people familiar with the...
View ArticleDeath of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger is good for T-Mobile, bad for customers
The rumored T-Mobile-Sprint merger is officially done. The two parties couldn’t agree on a deal, and a merger that could’ve killed all semblance of competition in the US wireless market is mercifully...
View ArticleUse Your Phone To Schedule Your Comcast DVR? Not Anymore, After Ruling In...
Comcast customers won’t be able to use their cell phones to schedule recordings because of a decision reached Tuesday by the International Trade Commission. The ITC decided Tuesday to side with Rovi, a...
View ArticleTwitter changes reason for not removing anti-Muslim videos retweeted by Trump
Twitter is standing by its earlier decision to keep up a series of graphic anti-Muslim videos retweeted by President Trump earlier this week — though it’s attempting to reframe its reason for doing so....
View ArticleCoinbase, the bitcoin exchange that had a wild week, just replaced its president
Coinbase’s newly appointed president Asiff Hirji stands with co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong. Coinbase The popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase just hired industry veteran Asiff Hirji as...
View ArticleProBeat: macOS root vulnerability should be Apple’s wakeup call
What’s worse than having a dead-simple password that anyone can guess? No password. To go with it, let’s add a username that anyone can enter. That’s exactly what happened to Apple this week: Anyone...
View ArticleSenate tax bill would have deep ripple effects for healthcare
The Republican tax overhaul that squeaked through the Senate early Saturday morning would reach deep into the nation’s health-care system, with a clear dagger to a core aspect of the Affordable Care...
View ArticleAmazon may be seeking to enter the healthcare industry
One of the world’s largest online retailers may be getting into the healthcare industry. The Verge reports that Amazon is in “high level” talks with industry representatives regarding prescription...
View ArticleAnt Financial and QCash scoop FT fintech awards
A big Chinese group and a US not-for-profit have triumphed in the second annual Financial Times fintech awards, with Ant Financial taking the “impact” prize and QCash winning for “innovation”. Ant...
View ArticleCovenant HealthCare, Mary Free Bed form joint venture
SAGINAW, MI– Covenant HealthCare and Mary Free Bed have formed a 50-50 joint venture to bring advanced rehabilitation care to Saginaw and the Great Lakes Bay Region. Saginaw’s Covenant HealthCare is a...
View ArticleScience-based healthcare: How IoT and AI can help us make health decisions...
Philippe Kahn, CEO of Fullpower Technologies and creator of the first phone camera, talks about how the combination of IoT and sensor technology with machine learning and AI is leading to a digital...
View ArticleYoga, test prep or robotics? Let the students decide
STILLWATER, Minn. — 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...
View ArticleFintech is facing a short, game-changing window of opportunity
Until this week, many people had never heard of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Then it became part of a dramatic showdown between advocates and critics of regulation, as two...
View ArticleOffice of the Chief Health Innovation Strategist enables better care for...
OTTAWA, Nov. 30, 2017 /CNW/ – A select group of complex-care patients in eastern Ontario will be cared for using new technology right in their own homes. Today, William Charnetski, the Chief Health...
View ArticleAfghan girls’ robotics team wins top honour at European contest
An Afghan girls’ robotics team, which was temporarily denied entry to the United States earlier this year, has won an award at a prestigious competition in Europe. The team’s winning entry was a...
View ArticleBroadcom set to unveil challenge to Qualcomm’s board: sources
(Reuters) – Chipmaker Broadcom Ltd (AVGO.O) will take its first formal step on Monday toward a hostile bid to take over Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O), unveiling nominees whom Qualcomm shareholders can vote on...
View ArticleAfghan girls’ robotics team who were denied entry to US wins top European...
The reason for the denial was unclear, but after an international outcry, the decision was reversed and they were able to enter the country through a “parole” process that allows otherwise ineligible...
View ArticleNew iPhone Leak Reveals Massive Upgrade
Apple may have wowed the crowds (and emptied their life savings) with the iPhone X, but new leaks reveal Apple’s biggest upgrade next year could well come on the inside… Nikkei, the world’s largest...
View ArticleVenture Capitalist: 65% Of Startups Fail For This Single Reason
65% of startups fail not because of product-market fit, not because of lack of funding, and not because of the inexperience of their founders, says Paul Ahlstrom, co-founder of Alta Ventures. Actually,...
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