Pandemic pain is fueling robo-realism
Financial Times columnist Sarah O’Connor recently wrote the type of humility-driven reflection I wish pervaded tech coverage. She begins “Why...
Month: March 2021
This has been the year of digital grieving
When we die, most of us alive today will be survived by the echo of our online platforms. For those...
Hypto will now let you own viral moments in internet history
Hypto is an online marketplace for viral social content including videos, memes, and tweets. It will allow collectors to buy,...
Will robot playmates become our children’s only friends?
Picture this: your perennially shy seven-year-old asks you to invite a friend over on a random afternoon. Or, perhaps, you...
Amazon’s union campaign is succeeding where other unions failed
Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are currently voting by mail on whether or not to form a union. Their...
It’s the beginning of the end of the ‘Uberisation’ of work
Founded as an upmarket limousine service in California just over a decade ago, Uber today provides cheap taxi rides in...
The world’s first driverless water taxi has been built in Tennessee
Α month ago Don Βutler hopped on board a modular pontoon boat with four other guys for a ride along...
Banks are turning to TikTok to teach teens about finance
Students are graduating with an average of $5,000 in credit card debt and $30,000 in student loans. Meanwhile, 34% of teens...