Founders and funders are flocking to the beach for an impromptu event that some are calling “South by Southeast.”
Verizon “leads” all US carriers in mmWave 5G availability at 0.8%
Enlarge / A Verizon booth at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles in September 2018. (credit: Verizon) US mobile customers are almost never able to connect to millimeter-wave networks even though the cellular industry […]
This Barack Obama adviser is quietly investing $250 million in startup founders of color
Barack Obama in Silicon Valley back in 2011. | Stephen Lam/Getty Images Meet a stealth investment firm run by Robbie Robinson, who advises the former president. Former President Barack Obama’s financial adviser has been quietly […]
Office default Calibri will join Clippy, Internet Explorer in Windows retirement
Rumor has it Calibri is already working on its goodbye note. [credit: Nathan Mattise ] In tech, all good defaults (that aren’t the Mac startup chime, at least) must someday come to an end. Today, […]
Help! Should I Be More Ambitious?
How to figure out if it’s time for a new job, according to Megan.
The climate solution actually adding millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere
Along the coast of Northern California near the Oregon border, the cool, moist air off the Pacific sustains a strip of temperate rainforests. Soaring redwoods and Douglas firs dominate these thick, wet woodlands, creating a […]
An Ambitious Plan to Tackle Ransomware Faces Long Odds
A task force counting Amazon, Cisco, and the FBI among its members has proposed a framework to solve one of cybersecurity’s biggest problems. Good luck.
The J&J vaccine is back. Next comes trust.
Last week US regulators recommended resuming use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, after deciding that a side effect involving blood clots was too rare to justify continuing the brief suspension they had imposed: there […]
How to Win a Hot Wheels Derby on a Moving Treadmill
Sure, you could just crank up the speed and let chance have its way. But there’s also a reason why some cars go fast and others flip over the sidewall.
How Pixar Uses Hyper-Colors to Hack Your Brain
The animation studio’s artists are masters at tweaking light and color to trigger deep emotional responses. Coming soon: effects you’ll only see inside your head.