What’s more cutting edge than a drone? How about a thought controlled drone. That’s exactly what the Parrot AR Drone 2 connected to an Emotiv Epoc EEG headset can do. All operating over wifi, the […]
Day: May 9, 2015
Haven’t Heard Of Uber? You Will. It’s Raising $2 Billion To Fundamentally Change America
Uber has big, ambitious plans. Don’t be tricked into thinking its just a taxi-hailing app, it’s plans are much larger than that. It’s heavily investing in self driving cars. It’s working on a nation-wide same […]
Nearly 100 Million Americans No Longer In The Workforce
April’s payrolls report painted a bleak picture for wage growth in America. We continue to add low-skill, low paying service jobs as opposed to higher skill, higher pay jobs like manufacturing. In fact last month […]
Why Are Fewer Americans ‘Very Proud’ Of Their Nation?
The latest World Values Survey, which shows the impact of people’s changing wants and needs in life, has some troubling news for America. Only 56% of Americans said they were “very proud” of their nation, […]
Class Of 2015 Holds The Title Of Most Heavily Indebted Graduating Class Ever
Spring is a time of transition, from cold to warm, rainy to sunny and student to employee. For many of the class of 2015 that transition can’t come fast enough. College graduates this year are […]
Senators Want CIA Director To Admit He Lied In Hacking Scandal
While Congress and the Senate seem perfectly happy to have our secret police spy on law abiding Americans they apparently think they should be exempt from such measures. And they’re particularly upset that the CIA, […]
Qualcomm Latest U.S. Company To Face EU Competition Probe
Qualcomm joins Microsoft, Google and Facebook in feeling the wrath of the European Commission as the EU regulator still continues to scrutinize the chipmaker despite reaching an agreement previously. The news comes after the company, […]
FTC Lawsuit Leads To AT&T Reverse On Throttling ‘Unlimited’ Plans
In what is surely a coincidence and has nothing to do with a lawsuit by the FTC, AT&T has re-jigged its policy of limiting data transfer speeds for heavy users who buy to its ‘unlimited’ […]
Liberia Declared Ebola Free
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday declared Liberia, a country which lost over 4,000 people to Ebola, to be free of the disease. The event marks the semi-official end to one the country’s darkest […]
North Korea Tests Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile
According to the North Korean state news agency, the hermit kingdom conducted a successful test of a submarine launched ballistic missile. The location of the test was far from the North Korean mainland, raising questions […]