Monthly Archives: July 2022

FCC chair tries to find out how carriers use phone geolocation data

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | peterhowell) Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has ordered mobile carriers to explain what geolocation data they collect from customers and how they use it. Rosenworcel’s probe could be the first step toward stronger action—but the agency’s authority in this area is in peril because Congress is debating a data…

Tiktaalik’s ancient cousin decided life was better in the water

An artist’s conception of swimming Qikiqtania, 375 million years ago. Alex Boersma Nearly 20 years ago, scientists discovered a fossil in the Canadian Arctic that represented a transitional stage between marine and land-dwelling animals. Tiktaalik roseae—nicknamed a “fishapod,” or a fish with limbs—used its muscular front fins to prop itself up in shallow waters or…

Get ready for a lot of dead DAOs

Image Credits: TechCrunch After a lengthy crypto bull run, the startups and projects in the space are reining in expectations and settling in for a long-haul crypto winter. It’s been a particularly tough time for DAOs, which are seeing their treasuries and native tokens decline, forcing them to cut back on expenses while trying to…

Dean Kamen on the power of celebrating your own obsoletion

More than 40 years and 1,000 or so patents after selling his first company, AutoSyringe, to healthcare giant Baxter, Dean Kamen still gets a charge describing breakthrough innovation. It’s been five years since his organ fabricating project ARMI (Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute) divided critics. The project made more waves early last month, at the CNN-hosted…