Franklin: Robotics team heading to Lego state finals
FRANKLIN – A group of middle schoolers is solving the world’s engineering problems one Lego brick at a time. Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter School’s robotics team, Gearminds, was chosen to compete...
View ArticleTarget has a new $550 million weapon to defeat Walmart and Amazon
Shipt will enable Target to deliver groceries to your door on the day you order them. Facebook/Shipt Target is buying Shipt, a platform that enables same-day delivery. The acquisition will allow Target...
View ArticleThe FCC will vote Thursday to repeal net neutrality — here’s what that means...
The FCC will vote Thursday to repeal the net neutrality rules it put in place in 2015. The repeal will likely mean higher prices and fewer choices for consumers. The repeal is good news for large...
View ArticleFarmers Seek to Deploy Powerful Gene Drive
Since it first appeared in Northern California in 2008, the spotted-wing drosophila, a type of fruit fly native to Asia, has become the bane of the state’s cherry farms because of the razor-edged...
View ArticleAiming to be the LinkedIn for creatives, The Dots raises £4m
Professional social networks like LinkedIn have long been a mainstay of business, but what if you are more of a creative bent where LinkedIn looks pretty stuffy? In the US, Behance, a network for...
View ArticleAs messaging apps embrace ‘unsend’, Twitter can only ignore ‘edit tweet’...
Everyone’s been there. A rushed, fat-fingered message to your friend, reminding them to bring the “monkey” they owe you for that concert ticket. There are, of course, far worse autocorrect calamities,...
View ArticleBehind the 500% increase in small businesses using marketplace lending
The number of small business customers signing onto loans through marketplace lenders has increased more than 500% over the past year, but experts say scrutiny must be put on the alternative finance...
View ArticleNew York Court dismisses lawsuit against the OCC’s fintech charter
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence “Fintech Briefing” subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Since the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) first proposed...
View Article31 Creepy Pictures From The Early History Of Dentistry
While going to the dentist is something that many people dread, our fears must be nothing compared to what people in the past had to contend with. The history of dentistry indeed reveals some downright...
View ArticleWant to Invest In Bitcoin? Here’s What You Need to Know
Bitcoin has captured America’s imagination. Whether or not the cryptocurrency will ultimately turn out to be a good investment or just a passing fad remains to be seen. Indeed, in the past several...
View ArticleWary of Trump, some foreign-born tech workers are choosing Canada instead of...
Petra Axolotl knew her chances of getting an H-1B visa were slim. She had an MBA from Wharton and a job offer at Twitter, but luck would decide the Dutch data scientist’s fate — and in 2016, it did not...
View ArticleHackers halt plant operations in ‘watershed’ cyberattack
Hackers managed to invade the safety system of an infrastructure facility in what analysts are calling a “watershed” cyberattack that stopped plant operations, according to investigators. Reuters...
View ArticleAlphabet’s X lab is selling a state in India thousands of rooftop boxes that...
X, the research division owned by Google’s parent company, has sold high speed wireless technology to a state government in India. The technology is based on rooftop-mounted boxes that use light beams...
View ArticleFormer Facebook exec Chamath Palihapitiya: Uber is ‘the great American...
Uber cofounder Travis Kalanick Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images Over the course of 2017, Uber went from one of the most admired companies in Silicon Valley to one of the most vilified. Many...
View ArticleA Cryptocurrency Without a Blockchain Has Been Built to Outperform Bitcoin
The controversial currency IOTA rests on a mathematical “tangle” that its creators say will make it much faster and more efficient to run. Bitcoin isn’t the only cryptocurrency on a hot streak—plenty...
View ArticleFinstar to Enter Asia Pacific Region with $50 million Investment Commitment...
Asia is a hotbed of innovation when it comes to Fintech disruption. China is the largest Fintech market in the world and both Singapore and Hong Kong are battling to become the leading Fintech hub for...
View ArticleUber rival Go-Jek drives payments push with acquisition of three fintech...
Go-Jek said Friday it had bought offline payments service Kartuku, payment gateway Midtrans and saving and lending firm Mapan for undisclosed amounts. Go-Jek said the acquisition move would bolster its...
View ArticleObamacare enrollment hits 4.7 million on HealthCare.gov as Friday’s final...
About 4.7 million people have signed up for Obamacare plans sold on the federal insurance exchange HealthCare.gov. Friday is the deadline for enrolling in coverage sold on that insurance marketplace,...
View ArticleThe hedge fund world is talking about a huge new fund from the former...
The space shuttle Atlantis STS-135 lifts off from launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. Scott Audette/Reuters Dan Sundheim, the former chief investment officer at Viking Global, is launching a new...
View ArticleFacebook researched why social media can make people unhappy to help create...
Facebook introduced new newsfeed tools on Friday, one of which will let you snooze updates from people or pages for 30 days. The snooze feature is based on research that people are more happy using...
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