This Halloween, in the midst of Wordle-inspired costumes and general mayhem, something stood out to me: my friend Temujin carrying a point-and-shoot digital camera, the kind that dominated the 2000s before smartphone cameras took reign. He was using his mother’s camera, he explains, but he’s taken it for his own now. Throughout the night, we…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere. Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant have become indispensable to millions of users. Tesla Autopilot has the potential to change driving forever. And IBM Watson took a new job providing big data solutions to corporations after its first job was in jeopardy. Those are just the most prominent examples. Helpful applications…
As we’re on the cusp of Halloween and an evening of trick-and-treating, there’s always an app that helps us get into the holiday spirit, and this year’s example is the Opera GX web browser. It’s available on iOS and Android with a secret theme. Opera GX is, based on our testing, a fun web browser…
Despite cybersecurity being a significant concern for the majority of companies, many still wouldn’t be able to tell if their endpoints had been compromised, or not. However this news may not be as bad as it sounds. Cybersecurity researchers from Nozomi Networks found over a third (35%) of businesses did not know if their organization…
US President Donald Trump (L) speaks with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 7, 2020. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images World leaders swiftly backed Brazil’s president-elect on his election victory over Jair Bolsonaro. President Joe Biden and others described the contest as “free” and “fair.” Analysts…
A Chinese diesel-electric submarine. Mark Schiefelbein/AFP/Getty Images Chinese researchers say lithium ion batteries could boost submarines’ survival and combat abilities. Solutions for problems with the batteries have been found through work in the booming electric car market, their study says. China’s large fleet of conventional submarines could soon be powered by lithium-ion batteries as a…
Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes. (Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images) The US economy is “dead in the water” despite GDP growing in the third quarter, Steve Forbes said. He noted that “hard times are coming” given inflation is still high and a global energy crisis. “In terms of the 2.6% […] the economy…
GMO cofounder Jeremy Grantham. REUTERS/Nicholas Roberts Jeremy Grantham rang the alarm on the current market backdrop and said stocks are still overvalued. He said holding cash was a good idea, and confirmed he’s betting against the Nasdaq and junk bonds. Grantham was among 6 financial experts sharing their market outlooks with the Wall Street Journal….
Carina Johansen/Getty Images Elon Musk plans to lay off around a quarter of Twitter’s staff, The Washington Post reported. His team, led by Alex Spiro, and remaining Twitter senior execs spent the weekend crafting plans, per The Post. A source said the layoffs would focus on sales, product, engineering, legal, and trust and safety. Elon Musk’s…
Donald Trump Jr. Lev Radin/Shutterstock Donald Trump Jr. shared a joke image mocking the attack on Paul Pelosi. It showed a “Halloween costume” consisting of a hammer and a pair of underpants. The tweet echoes an unfounded conspiracy theory about Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband. Donald Trump Jr mocked an attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s…