Don’t Mess with Texas The CEOs of 14 tech companies that are opposed to the Texas bathroom bill have written to Governor Greg Abbott, urging him not to pursue this “discriminatory legislation.” Thi…
Bananarchy
There’s Always Money in the Banana Stand Amazon’s latest disruption comes in the most unlikely form: bananas. The company began handing out bananas in front of its headquarters in Seattle in Decemb…
Ford and Furious
Hackett In, Fields Out Jim Hackett is Ford’s newest CEO, replacing Mark Fields, as the company struggles to keep up with quick and innovative giants like Tesla in our ever changing digital world. F…
Fresh N’ Fruity
Fruit Shaped Sensors The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology is trying to enhance fruit freshness by placing fruit shaped sensors in packaged fruit. The sensors come in…
Minority Report Reality
Minority Report Reality Facial Recognition Using facial recognition to access buildings or even pay at stores is trending in certain parts of the world. Chinese startup Face++ is used anywhe…
Siri’s New Friend
Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd Google’s AI software, the Assistant, will soon join Siri and Alexa in the iOS sphere. With voice-based functionality and a free download process, Google hopes to inte…
Worldwide Ransomware Attack
Worldwide Ransomware Attack The Largest Cyberattack in History Friday afternoon Microsoft Windows computers around the world were under attack. The ransomware, called WannaCry, locks users o…
The Bend and Snap
Snapchat is Typing… Yesterday, in one of the most anticipated tech events of the year, SnapChat held their first ever earnings report. The result: not so good. After talking about their growt…
Yelp-ify Your Love Life
Dating 2.0 The latest and greatest of dating apps has arrived and it’s called Evolve. The app, similar to Yelp, allows users to rate the quality of the date, location, and even the person. Using in…
Yelp-ify Your Love Life
Dating 2.0 The latest and greatest of dating apps has arrived and it’s called Evolve. The app, similar to Yelp, allows users to rate the quality of the date, location, and even the person. Using in…