GE Jumping Into Science Fiction
General Electric Co has decided to produce its own science fiction podcast series in an effort to raise its profile among a younger, tech-savvy audience. GE, in partnership with The Slate Group’s...
View ArticleMobile Trading Apps Continue To Gain In Popularity
Once the dominion of big international banks, smartphones are putting the power to deal currencies into the hands of a new cohort of traders, who can make a deals in just about any location. Retail...
View ArticleHonda Announces New Version Of Hydrogen Fueled Car
Honda Motor Co. unveiled a new version of its hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicle (FCV) that can travel up to 400 miles and refuel in just three minutes. The new Honda Clarity Fuel Cell’s drive train...
View ArticleSlate Tablet Market Continues Downward Spiral
Demand for slate-shaped tablets is losing steam even faster than expected. For all of 2016, global tablet shipments will drop by 9.6% over 2015, market research firm IDC forecast this week, marking the...
View ArticleRobot Rights Get Debated In The EU
Robots should be granted rights as “electronic persons,” members of the European Parliament recommended — but not until the machines are all fitted with “kill” switches to shut them down in an...
View ArticleYbrain Headband Treats Depression
The 21st century is increasingly acknowledging that depression as a serious illness, and now a team from South Korea wants to treat it with 21st century technology. South Korean startup Ybrain’s Mindd...
View ArticleSocial Media Is The News Source For Two Thirds Of Adults
Nearly two-thirds of American adults are getting “at least some of their news on social media” with two-in-ten doing so often, according to a Pew Research Center survey this week. About 67 percent of...
View ArticleFacebook Acquiring TBH Social Network
Facebook wants to woo teens back to its site. The tech giant announced plans to acquire tbh, a social network popular with teens that let people send compliments to each other through anonymous...
View ArticleCalifornia Issues Guidelines For Mobile Phone Usage
California has stepped into the long-running debate over whether cell phone use poses a health hazard when a state agency issued guidelines for reducing exposure to wireless signals. The guidelines,...
View ArticlePepper, The Robot, Now Offering Guided Tours At The Smithsonian
Why bother with a human guide when a robot could conduct the tour for you? Last week, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, revealed its new employee — an interactive robot named Pepper. The...
View ArticleInstagram Debuts Video App IGTV
Instagram, the Facebook-owned photo app has unveiled IGTV, a standalone mobile app focused on programming from creators on the platform. Video on the app will be vertical and full-screen, and content...
View ArticleIs The Internet Growth Stagnating
Dhanaraj Thakur, research director at the Web Foundation said researchers had underestimated the slowdown and the growth rate is now really worrying.
View ArticleAre Britain’s Watching TV in Black And White
At the other end of the technological spectrum, we're also reminded that TV licenses are still required to watch online - including BBC iPlayer.
View ArticleDid Facebook Shutdown Its Secret Research Facility
A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to BI that the Building 8 brand was no more, but said it continues to work on the same projects and hasn't laid off any employees as a result of the restructuring.
View ArticleUS Adults Are Spending More Time And Money On Video Games
The average American video gamer is 33 years old, prefers to play on their smartphone and is spending big on content — 20 percent more than a year ago and 85 percent more than in 2015, according to new...
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