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By Mike Larson On December 11, 201708:00 AM Eastern
Last Thursday, bitcoin mania shifted into overdrive. The cryptocurrency breached the $16,000 level for the first time ever. That happened just a few hours after it blew through $15,000 and 14,000,...
By Jon D. Markman On December 4, 201702:00 PM Eastern
In 2016, General Motors (GM) bought Cruise Automation for $1 billion.
It was totally out of character. GM, known for being careful, was jumping into self-driving cars headfirst. One year...
By Jon D. Markman On December 1, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Imagine swarms of tiny drones. Now, imagine them armed with lethal weapons and artificial intelligence.
It seems like bad science fiction. It’s not.
The technology already exists, says Alvin...
By Jon D. Markman On November 22, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Two years ago, the best bipedal robots couldn’t climb stairs or open doors. Watching them calculate, quiver and then tumble was hilarious.
Now, Boston Dynamics has one doing backflips!
Last...
By Jon D. Markman On November 20, 201702:00 PM Eastern
It’s crazy. Elon Musk has built a semi truck that can accelerate from 0-60 mph in 20 seconds while hauling a 40-ton load.
Think that’s impressive? Well, set the cab free of its trailer, and the...
By Jon D. Markman On November 17, 201702:00 PM Eastern
The opioid epidemic ravages small and large towns across America.
And it has largely been intractable both to law enforcement and to the medical community. Until now.
This week, the...
By Jon D. Markman On October 13, 201702:00 PM Eastern
How cool would it be to take photos or videos just by blinking your eye?
Now imagine telescopic vision. Or, infrared night-vision.
It would be like having superpowers. And you could...
By Mike Larson On October 9, 201707:00 AM Eastern
I love it when a plan comes together! That’s what the late, great George Peppard used to said as “Hannibal” on The A-Team – and it’s how I feel about many of our latest picks.
In my High Yield...
By Jon D. Markman On October 6, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Imagine riding a rocket from New York City to Shanghai in only 39 minutes!
If you believe Elon Musk, it’s possible … and not too far away.
Musk founded SpaceX, Tesla (TSLA) and a handful of...
By Jon D. Markman On October 4, 201702:00 PM Eastern
In James Bond films, the villains are often eccentric billionaires bent on world domination. They always have great gadgets, tropical islands and legions of hapless, expendable bad guys.
In the...