FORT WASHINGTON, MD – JULY 03: Automobile traffic moves along the Capitol Beltway during rush hour one day before the 4th of July holiday July 3, 2018 in Fort Washington, Maryland. The American Automobile Association (AAA) is predicting that 39.7… Continue Reading
Here are 17 of the most interesting examples–culled from my recent interviews with the airlines and other sources. (Hat tip to the U.K. newspaper The Telegraph for a few of these.) Almost every airline cited new, thinner seats as a weight-savings… Continue Reading
Astronaut Scott Kelly talks about his year in space at 3M’s campus in Minneapolis on April 25, 2018.Alejandro Rojas In April 2018, the Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative and 3M hosted the lecture, Climate Change: Science and Policy with Dr. Mario Molina. Molina… Continue Reading
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Social media giant Facebook has assured the Indonesian government that personal data of about one million of its citizens had not been improperly accessed by political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. FILE PHOTO: A 3D plastic representation of the… Continue Reading
Industry, government and academia working togetherDepositphotos enhanced by CogWorld The cornerstone of collaboration is based on knowledge transfer; sharing of research tools, methodologies and findings; and sometimes combining mutual funding resources to meet shortfalls necessary to build prototypes and commercialize… Continue Reading
A render of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S9, according to Android Headline’s sources.Android Headlines What you see above is a rendering of what the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S9 will likely look like, according to Android Headlines, citing “reliable sources.” This… Continue Reading
A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, on June 11, 2018 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (Photo by S3studio/Getty Images) We’ve all heard about the benefits of smart contract technology – a trustless tool to boot out the middleman when… Continue Reading
HONG KONG (Reuters) – JD.com Inc’s finance arm has raised at least 13 billion yuan ($1.96 billion) in fresh equity from Chinese investors, doubling its valuation ahead of an expected initial public offering, people with direct knowledge of the matter… Continue Reading
Snap appears to be laying the groundwork for a partnership with e-commerce giant Amazon. According to TechCrunch, a version of Snapchat being developed for Android phones includes code for a new feature called “Visual Search” that can use Snapchat’s camera… Continue Reading
Share to email Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Share to google Tom Coughlin , Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. This blog will look at some recent announcements in digital storage related services… Continue Reading
Twitter has more than doubled the rate of account suspensions since October of last year, as part of an ongoing effort to fight illegitimate accounts, including bots, trolls, and impersonators. The push continues the company’s efforts to exert control in… Continue Reading
Three popular YouTubers died on Tues., July 3, after accidentally falling over a waterfall more than 1,000 feet in height. Two of the deceased were founders of the High on Life YouTube channel, which featured exotic travel and dangerous outdoor… Continue Reading
Gone is the boss who loved first-class travel to places like Morocco and Rome, forced his staffers to find him an apartment (and a used Trump hotel mattress), and asked fast-food executives to hire his wife. But EPA administrator Scott… Continue Reading
When most people think of Virtual Reality (VR), the image that comes to mind is interactive gaming experiences and awe-inspiring, immersive entertainment. And, while the media and entertainment industry is a critical driver of advancing extended reality (xR) technologies (which… Continue Reading
Share to email Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Share to google Most read Gordon Kelly , Contributor I write about technology’s biggest companies Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Samsung Electronics is at it… Continue Reading
This research report was jointly produced with High Dividend Opportunities authors Julian Lin and Philip Mause. Royce Value Trust (RVT) is a legendary closed-end fund (‘CEF’) started by a giant fund manager in the small-cap investing world, “The Royce Funds”.… Continue Reading
I’ve been a bootstrapper my entire career. In business, “bootstrapping” means starting a business without external help or capital. These startups fund the development of their company through internal cash flow, and are very cautious with their expenses. They prove… Continue Reading
The World Cup is more than just a sporting event; it is an international moment that comes once every four years and captivates both seasoned football fans and those foreign to the sport. The World Cup is more than just… Continue Reading
Share to email Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Share to google Janakiram MSV , Contributor I cover Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, and Internet of Things Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Last week, Microsoft… Continue Reading
Shutterstock The electricity world may soon be altered in unimaginable ways. Change will come in small increments thanks to so-called blockchain technologies — the ability to conduct “peer-to-peer” transactions and to eliminate the middlemen, or the ones who scoop up… Continue Reading
CAR-T technology seems to be evolving and progressing faster than smartphones, at least in theoretical prototypes if not actual treatments. The latest exciting move comes from AbbVie (ABBV), which is moving to the CAR-T space in a licensing partnership with… Continue Reading
Shutterstock Is the recent discovery of methane on Mars being oversold to the public as a discovery of life to encourage more funding for future projects? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to… Continue Reading
Aviation enthusiasts yearning for ultra-fast, ultra-sleek intercontinental transportation—rather than 18-hour flights on stuffed-to-the gills widebody behemoths—might finally get their wish. At least, if the airplane concept Boeing unveiled this week becomes reality. The company revealed renderings of its proposed hypersonic,… Continue Reading
Share to email Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Share to google Dan Woods , Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. iStock Gather threat intelligence As I pointed out in my previous story, “How… Continue Reading
Content moderation is hard. This should be obvious, but it’s easily forgotten. It is resource intensive and relentless; it requires making difficult and often untenable distinctions; it is wholly unclear what the standards should be, especially on a global scale;… Continue Reading
Serverless computing in the cloud is a good idea—serverless computing is not just for the datacenter. Serverless cloud computing means the ability to get out of the business of provisioning cloud-based servers, such as storage and compute, to support your… Continue Reading
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) the past week has collapsed to its lowest level as of far in 2018, amid a combination of another South Korea cryptocurrency exchange hack and potentially hostile action by Japanese financial regulators, long the regulatory safe harbor for… Continue Reading
These days, lots of people tend to buy new smartphones mostly for the camera. It’s a feature we all use frequently. And many phone manufacturers recognize this, which is why they sell the phones based on the camera capabilities. So when… Continue Reading
Credit: Alexas Photos/Pixabay What’s new for Google’s apps and devices. Keeping up with Google can wear you out because the company always has something new to offer. Not everything works, but Google never stops trying. Here are six new features… Continue Reading
Share to email Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Share to google Rebecca Fannin , Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Silicon Dragon TechSauce panelists Platformization is a term in technology that I haven’t… Continue Reading