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By Tony Sagami On March 16, 202003:36 PM Eastern
How many times did your mother yell at you not to put coins in your mouth when you were little? Of course, coins are a choking hazard. But they’re also covered in germs.
In fact, all money is....
By Tony Sagami On March 9, 202003:03 PM Eastern
I travel a lot. This means I do a lot of my work in coffee shops. I just can’t stand working out of a hotel room.
A few months ago, I was working in a coffee shop in Oslo, Norway. When I pulled...
By Tony Sagami On March 2, 202002:37 PM Eastern
Alphabet (GOOGL)’s original business was bringing information into the digital age. It created sophisticated algorithms that helped people quickly sort through the rapidly growing mountain of...
By Tony Sagami On February 24, 202002:40 PM Eastern
According to the FBI’s 2019 Internet Crime Report on cybercrime, U.S. businesses and individuals lost $3.5 billion to cybercriminals in 2019.
People reported 467,361 complaints of cybercrime to...
By Dr. Bruce Ng On February 19, 202003:44 PM Eastern
People now live a good portion of their lives online. But in this digital, over-connected age, we’ve hit some bumps in the road.
Among users of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, complaints...
By Jon D. Markman On February 17, 202001:00 PM Eastern
Soon, millions of agricultural sensors will be able to determine how much fertilizer, insecticide and water each plant should receive, all without being connected to the cloud.
That’s the big...
By Tony Sagami On September 30, 201903:41 PM Eastern
Politics and investing are often intertwined, and my inbox has been filled with questions and warnings about the Trump impeachment proceedings.
But none of that political noise is going to stop...
By Tony Sagami On September 16, 201903:54 PM Eastern
Do you trust me?
Every transaction requires trust. If I pay you for a good or service, you trust that the currency I give you is authentic. And I trust that the liquid you pump into my car, for...
By Sean Brodrick On July 16, 201912:00 PM Eastern
Here’s a commodity I don’t often talk about: silicon.
Specifically, silicon semiconductors, also known as the integrated circuit or the computer chip. Made of silicon, cobalt and copper, they...
By Tony Sagami On July 8, 201912:56 PM Eastern
Bitcoin peaked at $19,783 on Dec. 17, 2017.
It's now trading well below that peak, but up sharply — more than 250% — from its December 2018 low of $3,122.
Investor interest in...