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By Sean Brodrick On December 29, 202004:00 AM Eastern
The shock and damage done to the world’s economies by the pandemic has caused contractions in gross domestic product (GDP) unparalleled in modern history … weighed down by demand destruction in...
By Sean Brodrick On July 21, 202006:00 AM Eastern
The folks in Washington are wrestling over the size of another stimulus package — it should be over a trillion dollars, potentially even more. In the short term, more “free money” should drive...
By Jon D. Markman On April 27, 202001:10 PM Eastern
The curve is flattening. The shutdown phase of the COVID-19 pandemic is almost over. The next step, testing, is being queued up.
On Friday, President Trump signed a $484 billion extension to the...
By Jon D. Markman On April 1, 202002:41 PM Eastern
These are desperate times. A global pandemic is unmooring economies and ravaging healthcare systems. Calls for desperate measures are rising.
On Tuesday, the White House coronavirus task force...
By Jon D. Markman On March 30, 202001:28 PM Eastern
A tiny San Francisco startup called Kinsa Inc. is using mapping software and one million connected thermometers to help researchers reliably determine where and when COVID-19 hotspots will...
By Jon D. Markman On March 23, 202003:29 PM Eastern
Telemedicine is one of those face-palm ideas. Having doctors diagnose patients using videoconference technology is a no-brainer. It should be everywhere.
It turns out it took a global pandemic...
By Tony Sagami On December 6, 201908:00 AM Eastern
“See that man driving that Cadillac, Tony? That’s Mr. Knodel; he’s the richest man in town. If you work hard, you can be rich just like him someday,” said my father.
I was only 10 or 11 at the...
By Jon D. Markman On October 2, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Widespread commercial drone delivery got one step closer to reality.
The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that United Parcel Service (UPS) got the go-ahead from the Federal Aviation...
By Jon D. Markman On August 19, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Cisco Systems (CSCO), reported dreadful financial results last week. The San Jose, Calif. maker of networking gear is feeling the pinch of slow orders from carriers contemplating huge 5G...
By Jon D. Markman On December 7, 201801:55 PM Eastern
The event was surreal. A Chinese researcher announced on YouTube that he had successfully modified the genes of Lulu and Nana, healthy newborn twins.
According to a Scientific American report,...