In 1971, U.S. Congress halted federal funding of a next-generation supersonic...
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Darwin on Steroids
On Sept. 20, 2020, a day before his 22nd birthday, Tadej Pogačar, a Slovenian cyclist, became the second-youngest...
NFTs
NFTs have taken digital art and collectibles by storm. NFTs are tokens used to represent ownership of unique items,...
Digital Banking
In June 2019, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned that the growing presence of tech...
Drones
When Paris, France-based Parrot launched the AR.Drone quadcopter at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, the company...
Smart Home (Home Automation)
At CES 2020, Ring introduced a very clever home-security device, the Ring Always Home Cam, which marries the mobility...
Celebrity Worship Syndrome
It was a shot seen around the world. At the 2014 Academy Awards, Ellen DeGeneres asked Bradley Cooper to take a...
Control Enthusiast
Former Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs was a notorious control freak. To this day, Apple keeps a tight lid on its product...
Bystander Recordings
In 1963, as John F. Kennedy’s motorcade was passing by, a man born in the Ukraine, Abraham Zapruder, used his 8-mm...
Blockchain
Bitcoin’s underpinning technology, blockchain, has galvanized the financial and technology communities. Blockchain’s...
3D Printing Homes
When Chuck Hull invented the first three-dimensional (3D) printer in 1983, 3D printers cost around $300,000. By 2014,...
Innovation
In 1939, Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter offered a new twist on innovation, defining invention as an expression...