Last week, I had the pleasure of interviewing a remarkable toy inventor named Mary Couzin. In 2003, Couzin founded Chicago Toy and Game Week — affectionately known as ChiTAG — to bring toy inventors, toy companies, and toy lovers together.… Continue Reading
FILE PHOTO: A Google logo is seen at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., November 1, 2018. REUTERS/ Stephen Lam/File Photo (Reuters) – Former Oracle Corp product chief Thomas Kurian is replacing Diane Greene as chief executive of… Continue Reading
Google has released a new Thanksgiving study that aims at helping you save time on lines and travel. The report, which was published on Thursday, evaluates data Google has collected from its services to find the best times to avoid… Continue Reading
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At OpenStack Summit in Berlin, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and Ubuntu, said in his keynote the question he gets asked the most is “What does he make of IBM buying Red Hat?” His reply is that IBM had spent… Continue Reading
Featured stories At OpenStack Summit in Berlin, the OpenStack Foundation revealed more of its plans for its projects beyond the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud. These projects are: Kata Containers, a secure container approach; Zuul, a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)… Continue Reading
If you’ve been in conflict with someone today, there’s something remarkably simple that can help you feel better: a hug. The power of a single hug A recent study of about 400 people, published in the online journal PLOS ONE,… Continue Reading
(Reuters) – Dell Technologies Inc (DVMT.N) is working with investment banks to add more cash to a $21.7 billion offer to buy back a “tracking stock” tied to its software company VMware Inc (VMW.N) as it nears a deal with… Continue Reading
It shouldn’t surprise you that some of the top entrepreneurs in the U.S. are military veterans. As the daughter of an Air Force veteran, I heard about hard-earned leadership skills every day growing up. I’ve spoken to plenty of other veterans–many of whom… Continue Reading
When MSNBC host Joy Reid saw a tweet decrying a racist incident this summer, she responded like many other people—she retweeted it. The tweet in question came from an activist and showed a photo of a woman in a Make… Continue Reading
Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. It was Election time, so I wanted to leave the country. Fortunately, Web Summit in Lisbon coincided perfectly, so more than a… Continue Reading
A new study ranks all 50 states plus the District of Columbia by how fat their residents are. And there are some real surprises. Across the United States, a staggering 70 percent of people are either overweight or obese. It’s part… Continue Reading
Poon and his co-founders Derrick Ko and Zaizhuang Cheng started Spin in San Francisco and first launched in Seattle’s pilot program in the summer of 2017. But within a year, the company would ditch its bikes and pivot to electric scooters. Spin… Continue Reading
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Alibaba Group’s newly formed on-demand online services unit has rocketed in value to as much as $30 billion after raising $4 billion in fresh funds, people with knowledge of the situation told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People… Continue Reading
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Washington’s decision to cut off U.S. supplies to a Chinese chip-maker spotlights mounting tensions over China’s drive to be a global player in computer chips and the ways in which Taiwan companies are helping it get there.… Continue Reading
SEOUL/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Hyundai Motor Co has raised its stakes in growing Southeast Asian markets with a $250 million investment in Singapore’s Grab, its second in the ride-hailing firm, as it chases rivals in the race for new-age transportation. FILE… Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Monday wrote the chief executives of major telephone service providers and other companies, demanding they launch a system no later than 2019 to combat billions of “robocalls” and other… Continue Reading
By Amanda Reaume The legal industry is ripe for tech disruption. That’s partly because the field is rife with paperwork, whether it’s the records that first-year attorneys and other staffers need to search for discovery or the hard copies of… Continue Reading
Today, I am going to compare the recently released Q3 earnings reports from Exxon (XOM) and Chevron (CVX). The chart below summarizes several important operational and financial metrics in order to compare the relative performance of the two companies: EXXON… Continue Reading
In December 2016, Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp accused the Department of Homeland Security of attempting to hack his office’s systems, which include the Georgia voter registration database. Six months later, the DHS inspector general concluded that the allegations… Continue Reading
There’s something haunting the Ghost Nebula, located just 1,500 light years from Earth. It’s being driven to extinction by a star called Gamma Cassiopeiae, several light years away. Ultraviolet radiation from that powerful star actually makes the Ghost Nebula emit… Continue Reading
On a cold winter day in February 2011, I hustled into a secret meeting in New York to see a new type of smartphone. The device had two separate screens that worked as one when unfolded. It sported a trick… Continue Reading
You often see companies, especially new ones, state that they are “born in the cloud.” But what does that mean? It means that the company was founded at a time where all of its IT assets have always been and… Continue Reading
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese internet group Tencent Holdings plans to expand into providing services to industries such as healthcare and connected cars in a move to promote growth beyond its mainstay consumer business. FILE PHOTO: A screen featuring Tencent… Continue Reading
We sat in a circle, clutching paper cups full of steaming coffee and tea. First, I said my name. “Hi, I’m Lexi.” What came next wasn’t an admission of addiction, but a statement about what I feared most about death.… Continue Reading
You’re just what I needed. The mobile search home page of Google got a makeover to promote links to other content. The new “discover” feature positions a curated list of content below the search box. The choice of new topics… Continue Reading
When Bloomberg broke the news that IBM was acquiring Red Hat, Red Hat‘s corporate leadership already had all its ducks in a row. The company’s worker-bees, though, were blindsided. Many of them are worried sick about Big Blue’s acquisition of… Continue Reading
A man walks near a logo of Tesla outside its China headquarters at China Central Mall in Beijing, China July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee (Reuters) – Baillie Gifford & Co, one of the top shareholders of Tesla Inc, has said… Continue Reading
You’ve probably met a person in your life who constantly gave you the cold shoulder, indirectly insulted you, or frequently avoided important events. Interactions can leave you feeling overwhelmed and even unsure of how to manage your relationship with them.… Continue Reading
Los Angeles, a city known for its glitz, glam and its title as the undisputed entertainment capital of the world, has another industry hidden up its sleeve: a thriving, rapidly growing tech ecosystem. At a time when startups, prominent tech… Continue Reading