Tech to Control Your Mind
/The idea of Facebook-owned technology controlling your mind probably won’t appeal to many people. Let’s see how this one develops.
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Microsoft Takes Aim at the Ubiquitous Amazon Marketplace
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Amazon is generally thought of as an unstoppable behemoth. But that hasn’t discouraged competitors — specifically Microsoft, which this week announced a new service that will let brands create detailed personalized product web pages with room for customer ratings and reviews.
Read MoreComing to a Cloud Near You: Video Game Systems
/Google made some waves in the video gaming industry last year with the announcement of its Stadia gaming system. The most notable feature of Stadia was that it wasn’t a physical device at all, but rather a fully cloud-based streaming service.
Read MoreCould Big Tech Really Be ‘Broken Up’?
/“Break up big tech!” has been the cry in recent times, as privacy and data-use concerns — among others — have caused both the public at large and politicians to cast a skeptical eye toward the major tech firms. (Bankers are surely relieved at this current reprieve from being Public Enemy Number 1.)
Read MoreThe Subscription Model Comes to Sneakers
/The subscription model of consumerism has proven to be very popular, as demonstrated by the rise to power of services like Netflix, Hulu, and many others. Now Nike is banking on a similar model to keep kids buying their sneakers, or at least those kids’ parents.
Read MoreSwitzerland Takes the Lead on Drone Traffic
/Switzerland has been at the forefront of many great innovations in the world: the Swiss invented velcro, aluminum foil and absinthe, among other things.
Read MoreBiometrics Comes to the Airline Industry
/Biometrics technology has been making an increasing impact in banking over the last several years. Now, some are looking to the technology as a way to solve one of the most annoying customer pain points in any industry: getting through airport security.
Read MoreThe Chinese (Business) Century
/If the Fortune 500 list is any indication, uproar about the coming influence of China is no longer imminent, but solidly here, at least in business.
Read MoreThe Secret Demons of Start-Ups
/Forming a successful startup, from inception to media-saturated IPO, seems like it would put any entrepreneur on top of the world. But for many, it only brings stress and depression. That’s the takeaway of an interesting WSJ piece that looks at the dark side of start-up life.
Read MoreSatellite of Love
/We don’t know about you, but we think “Satellite of Love” is undoubtedly one of the highlights of Lou Reed’s post-Velvet Underground solo career. While there’s long been some debate about the meaning of the song, it’s probably clear Reed wasn’t referring to Amazon’s ambitious plan to cover all the globe with internet access via a series of satellites.
Read MoreDo Lending Algorithms Discriminate?
/It’s a phenomenon receiving growing attention as more people use online lenders: ostensibly digital algorithms should rely solely on numbers when deciding who to approve for loans, whereas human lenders could be subject to bias, both conscious and unconscious.
Read MoreInvestors Still Love Big Tech
/It’s an understatement to say it hasn’t been the best couple of years for big tech companies. But that, so far, hasn’t affected them in the stock market.
Read MoreThe (Bodily) Transformative Power of Tech
/We’ve all heard of the myriad ways that our addiction to smartphones can have negative effects. Well, here’s another.
Read MoreHow the Mobile Wars Were Won
/In tech, even the biggest companies can get left in the wake of fast-moving innovation.
Read MoreCrypto’s Facebook Bump
/Can a rising tide (from Facebook) lift all boats in the crypto world? That’s what some would think, as Bitcoin hitting the $9,000 mark this week for the first time in a year coincided with news that Facebook will launch its new digital currency called Libra.
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