“Is that a Chrysler?” my friend asks when I pull up in the G90. Hmm, no. But if you’re still asking that question, then Hyundai corporate hasn’t done enough to impart the Genesis brand on the American consciousness. Does that mean I have to? Well, they gave me one to test for the week, so […]
Read moreSnapchat is snapping up people’s attention. The social media platform, which is based on sharing pictures, has 173 million daily users. Yet eyebrows are being raises over a new feature, which allows users’ to share location information. Its call Snap Map and lets users see when their friends are driving, listening to music or even […]
Read moreThe internet has given birth to a plethora of online sensations — from the Turkish chef who became a sensation as ‘Salt Bae’ just by seasoning meat — to Jeremy Meeks, the felon whose viral mugshot catapulted him into a modeling career. For many, social media can be a cruel and harsh place. Yet others, […]
Read morePatients suffering from mental disorders ranging from depression to Alzheimer’s disease may soon be able to swap their pills for video games. Neuroscape, a research lab at the University of California at San Francisco, has spent the past eight years pursuing that mission. Now, a spin-off called Akili Interactive Labs is engaged in medical trials […]
Read moreWhenever Ryan Bethencourt meets a promising start-up making an alternative to animal products, he knows who to call. The “vegan mafia” is a group of powerful vegans across the country who fund start-ups, and try to wean people from their dependence on animal products. “There’s a whole community of us that are building and funding […]
Read moreAs a crisis unfurled at Google over an employee memo that argued biological factors helped explain the shortage of female engineers and leaders in Silicon Valley, some of the most pointed critiques of the company’s handing of the issue were posted to its own message boards. Memegen, an internal forum that uses images overlaid with […]
Read moreInvestment in space start-ups continues to soar, buoyed by the exploits of highly visible space concerns, like SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. But it’s the terabytes of data streaming to Earth daily from a new generation of smaller, less-expensive satellites — thousands of which are slated to join the roughly 1,500 satellites already in […]
Read moreHeavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio died from stomach cancer in 2010. Fast forward seven years, and fans will be able to catch him on tour. While the singer himself will not personally return to the stage, his hologram will soon embark on the “Dio Returns” world tour. The idea — part of a trend […]
Read moreNorth Korea said on Saturday that nearly 3.5 million workers, party members and soldiers volunteered to join or rejoin its army to resist new U.N. sanctions and to fight against the United States in the current geopolitical tension between Pyongyang and Washington. Rodong Sinmun, North Korea’s official newspaper, said the volunteers had offered to join […]
Read moreThe world’s second-largest economy has been deploying disruptive technology that could strengthen its territorial ambitions in the South China Sea. Late last month, Beijing dropped a dozen underwater drones, also known as unmanned underwater vehicles, in an unspecified location in the international waterway to carry out “scientific observations,” state-run media outlet Xinhua reported. The torpedo-shaped […]
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