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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,...
By Jon D. Markman On November 28, 201801:55 PM Eastern
Imagine artificially intelligent software that can scan and analyze your online profile. Then imagine it creating a score — a risk rating — that’s searchable by future employers. It’s scary, and...
By Tony Sagami On November 26, 201807:55 AM Eastern
Big Four auditor KPMG is one of the most in-the-know business institutions in the world. And it just boldly came out and declared that “crypto-assets are a big deal.”
In a recent report about...
By Jon D. Markman On November 14, 201804:10 PM Eastern
Computers as small and light as particles of dust are moving out of the realm of science fiction, according to a recent Wall Street Journal story.
It changes what is possible in computing. It...
By Jon D. Markman On October 8, 201801:55 PM Eastern
As Amazon.com (AMZN) fortunes have increased, the company has come under increasing pressure to share its wealth with employees. Last week, the process began, sort of.
The online giant announced...
By Jon D. Markman On October 5, 201801:55 PM Eastern
Car shows are important, and not only in an escapist kind of way. They reflect culture. They show what is possible, what is likely.
The most-watched car show in the world kicked off in France...
By Sean Brodrick On September 22, 201811:55 AM Eastern
Cue the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse … because marijuana is now bigger than baseball.
Yep. Major League Baseball earned $10 billion in revenue last year. It should earn about the same this...
By Jon D. Markman On September 14, 201803:28 PM Eastern
It’s easy to beat up on Apple. Management seems smug. Its lack of real product innovation in its yearly releases can get depressing.
But every five years or so, the company does something really...
By Tony Sagami On September 14, 201807:55 AM Eastern
I get it. It's a lot more fun to spend money than to save it. I often find myself daydreaming about a convertible sports car, a lake house, business-class airline seats and five-star hotels.
But...
By Jon D. Markman On August 22, 201801:55 PM Eastern
The world’s most-populous country is embracing the robot revolution, and all that goes with it.
Last week, 533,000 visitors packed the World Robot Conference in Beijing. The western media...