It’s Official: Elon Musk Just Bought Twitter
Entrepreneur, Tesla and SpaceX CEO, and world’s richest man Elon Musk officially added a new title to his name: owner of Twitter Inc. The board’s approval of the $44 billion […]
Tech News to Know This Week: April 26-May 2, 2022
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into […]
Elon Musk’s Plans for Twitter Could Make its Misinformation Problems Worse
Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, acquired Twitter in a US$44 billion deal on April 25, 2022, 11 days after announcing his bid for the […]
Private Space Stations are Coming (And Soon)
Since construction began in 1998, The International Space Station (ISS) has served as the essential platform where multiple countries have collaborated to support scientific research and other activities requiring the […]
Bitcoin 2022 Recap — Bigger, Bolder, and Beyond
In January 2018, Solve.Care CEO Pradeep Goel spoke at the North American Bitcoin Conference (TNABC) at the James L. Knight Center in Miami. At that time, TNABC was the longest-running, most-attended […]
High Point Gamer Hosts This Year’s Beyond Meta Event
Interest in gaming and eSports are often the first steps toward interest in STEM careers. The more the curtain of gaming is pulled back, the more invested kids become in […]
Payment Apps Asking for Specific Tips Before Service Annoy the Heck Out of Users
Alei Fan, Purdue University The Big Idea Asking customers to leave specific tip amounts before food is delivered or provided prompts larger gratuities but also leads to lower satisfaction – […]
The Last Tepui: National Geographic’s Latest Documentary Takes Us To One Of The Last Places On Earth To Be Explored
Exploration and adventure are intrinsic to our DNA. Humans have been obsessed with unlocking the mysteries of the great unknown since the beginning of our shared history. Whether it’s uncovering […]
Tech for Boomers: Prepping for a Generation of Tech-Savvy Seniors
Baby boomers are among the last generations not considered “digital natives,” but they were the first generation to integrate technology into their everyday lives. The post-WWII generation born between 1946 […]
Tech News to Know This Week: April 19-25, 2022
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into […]
Why Is Better Data Management Silicon Valley’s New Obsession?
The need for better data management solutions is now bigger than ever. Gone are the days in which a simple 1 GB hard drive was enough for a standard computer […]
An Inside Look at Cryocooler Tech for the James Webb Telescope
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation, is one step closer to being fully commissioned. Enabled by Northrop Grumman cryocooler technology, the system has cooled […]
Crypto Crunch: The Latest News in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and NFTs: April 14-19, 2022
Another exciting week in the world of cryptocurrency and NFTs has arrived! In this week’s Crypto Crunch, I talk about some of the most exciting news and developments sweeping across the […]
The Ultimate Active Outdoor Gift Guide – Spring 2022
It’s time to get outside and get moving. The days are getting longer and things are warming up everywhere, with possibly the exception of the Upper Peninsula, Michigan, but even […]
A Better Night’s Sleep with a Few Surprising Innovations
They say you can’t put a price on a good night’s sleep, but Eight Sleep has — and it’s worth every penny. Liquid temperature control is not a new industry. […]
Engineered Arts: Hyperreal Robots Prep for the Next Leap in AI
This story first appeared in the Winter 2021 edition of Innovation & Tech Today as our Innovator of the Year. The silence of idle motors springs to life with a […]
Incorporating Artificial Intelligence Into Everyday Business Practices
Americans harbor a uniquely negative view of automation and artificial intelligence, remaining fearful that A.I. machines could one day replace human workers entirely. Whether cultivated by post-apocalyptic novels or sci-fi […]
Tech’s Enormous Potential for Good: A Proposal
In our deeply divided world, most are inclined to think things are bad and getting worse. But if that’s true, it suggests that current change strategies – even well-intentioned ones – are […]
The Most Anticipated Video Games of 2022
The video game industry continues to thrive during the pandemic, as more people have time to explore immersive worlds.
Everything We Know About Elon Musk’s Stake in Twitter
Tesla Inc. and SpaceX Corp. CEO Elon Musk has never been one to shy away from controversy. Many of his tweets have influenced the stock market in one way or […]
Crypto Crunch: The Latest News in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and NFTs
Crypto Crunch: Opera Improves Web3 Experience, Dubai To Center Itself As Global Crypto Hub, Axie Infinity Suffers $625M Loss Through Largest DeFi Hack To Date If you enjoy cryptocurrency, NFTs, […]
Galaxy Users Can Now Fix Their Own Phones
I like to be as self-sufficient as possible. That means (trying) to grow my own vegetables, and changing my own oil. I even attempted to cut my own hair once […]
Tech News to Know This Week: April 4-10, 2022
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into […]
Astronomy’s 10-Year Wish List: Big Money, Bigger Telescopes and the Biggest Questions in Science
Chris Impey, University of Arizona It takes expensive tools to learn about the universe, but projects like the Very Large Array for radio astronomy in New Mexico and the Chandra […]
Brains are bad at big numbers, making it impossible to grasp what a million COVID-19 deaths really means
As of April 2022, there have been nearly 1 million confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. For most people, visualizing what a million of anything looks like is an impossible […]
Crypto Criminals Hack Blockchain, Steal Millions of Dollars in Ethereum
In one of the biggest crypto heists of all time, hackers stole $625 million from Ronin Network, the blockchain used in the popular play-to-earn crypto game Axie Infinity. Sky Mavis, […]
5 Things to Know This Morning — Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into […]
Real-Time Data Provides Much Needed Transparency to the Supply Chain
It’s crucial to maintain accurate visibility in today’s global network of goods production and transport. For example, if items arrive damaged, what caused the problem, and when did it happen? […]
Converting CO2 to Sugar: Air Company’s Winning Plan
The Air Company in New York has won first place in NASA’s CO2 Conversion Challenge. The competition was for competitors to come up with a way that CO2 conversion could […]
5 Things to Know Today — Thursday, March 24, 2022
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into […]
What is the new COVID-19 variant BA.2, and will it cause another wave of infections in the US?
A new omicron subvariant of the virus that causes COVID-19, BA.2, is quickly becoming the predominant source of infections amid rising cases around the world. Immunologists Prakash Nagarkatti and Mitzi […]
How a few geothermal plants could solve America’s lithium supply crunch and boost the EV battery industry
Bryant Jones, Boise State University and Michael McKibben, University of California, Riverside Geothermal energy has long been the forgotten member of the clean energy family, overshadowed by relatively cheap solar […]
5 Things to Know This Morning — Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into […]
What Do 10,000 Companies’ Climate Plans Reveal?
A group of researchers seeking data have assisted 10,000 different companies, which are backed by some of the world’s largest investment firms. What are they assisting with? Navigating and understanding […]
Robotic Food Delivery? It’s Coming
Imagine ordering out from your favorite short-order restaurant half-asleep, pining for that first cup of coffee. The delivery arrives, you look up — and find a robot with your order. […]
Green-Powered Musicians: The Ultimate Unplugged Music
Longtime traveling musician-storyteller Jason Walsmith and his wife, Emma, got around the pandemic shutdown by playing shows anywhere they could set up — which is to say, everywhere. The secret? […]
5 Things to Know This Morning — Thursday, March 17, 2022
Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into […]
When Sci-Fi Meets Modern (and Future-looking) Healthcare Applications
The sci-fi genre has long captivated our society by introducing imaginative technologies the world has never seen. But the ideas that once captivated us due to their outlandishness — from […]
What’s the Future of App Development in our Rapidly-Changing Digital World?
Note from the author: I began writing this article just at the time of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This tragedy is especially heart-wrenching for my company, Pocketfied, because many […]
Who’s Responsible if a Tesla on Autopilot Kills Someone?
NYU Law expert Mark Geistfeld examines the first criminal prosecution of a driver using a driver-assist system, and the landmark legal precedent it sets. In late 2019, Kevin George Aziz […]