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"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned" Richard Feynman
"The penalty good people pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by people worse than themselves."
- Plato, Greek philosopher.
Consumer advocacy groups ask the FTC to look into Mercedes-Benz Drive Pilot ad
A letter to the FTC co-authored by executives from Consumer Reports,
the Ralph Nader-founded Center for Auto Safety and the Center for Auto
Safety, as well as a former NHTSA Administrator, asks that the federal
regulator investigate Mercedes-Benz on the grounds a new TV ad
overstates the self-drivi...
Uber co-founder launches new real estate venture for Expa called Haus
Garrett Camp, Uber cofounder and CEO of Expa Studios, is today
unveiling Expa’s latest project, Haus. Haus is the studio’s first real
estate play and focuses entirely on the buying and selling of
residential property, digitizing and organizing offers from buyers so
that all parties (the buyer, sell...
Scuro’s titanium dive watch hits on all cylinders
As TC’s resident watch hound I like to try to find you all a few
interesting crowdfunded timepieces. What’s important to me, however, is
the quality and the uniqueness of the piece. That’s why I like the
perfect storm of crowdfunded watch magic called the Scuro. It is a
massive dive watch with a un...
NeuroSky helps patients with locked-in syndrome communicate
NeuroSky, the company that brought you the technology behind the Star
Wars “Force Trainer,” is moving farther away from the dark side with its
development of the MindScribe headset and accompanying software.
The MindScribe, which interprets brain waves, is designed for people
suffering from what is...
UberCENTRAL lets businesses request and pay for customer rides
You can lead a horse to water and hope they’ll buy something when
they’re there – or at least, that’s how I think the expression goes
after learning that Uber is launching a new program called
UberCENTRAL to let businesses of any size request, pay for and manage
rides for customers from a centraliz...
Here’s a backpack for carrying around a 3D printer
This is one solution to the problem of 3D printer portability –though,
it’s not particularly elegant, as far as such things go. Ultimaker 2 Go
backpack is, quite literally, the device’s shipping box with a couple
of shoulder straps, so you can roll into the maker party like,
The kit includes the a...
Opternative and 1-800-Contacts now let users get updated prescriptions from home
Telehealth and telemedicine companies have the power to help patients
get the care they need from home, and often more quickly and at a lower
cost than what they’d pay out of pocket at a clinic or office in person.
Investors have backed scores of these companies, including the now
publicly traded T...
Amazon shatters earnings expectations
Amazon shattered expectations when it reported second quarter earnings
after the bell on Thursday. Adjusted earnings per share came in at
$1.78, when Wall Street was forecasting $1.11. Amazon also beat revenue
predictions, posting $30.4 billion for the quarter when analysts were
expecting $29.55 bi...
Alphabet’s huge Q2 shows its ads business may not be so challenged after all
While Alphabet’s core advertising business has often been questioned
as the net value of its ads has been in decline, there’s one thing
that’s hard to argue — it’s still one of the biggest technology
businesses in the world, and it’s still growing. And it’s growing very
quickly. Alphabet reported a...
Crunch Report | Oracle Buys Netsuite
Uber Co-Founder Garrett Camp launches real estate venture, UpThere
raises $77 million for its new cloud storage service, Oracle buys
NetSuite for $9.3 billion, Apple sold its 1 billionth iPhone. Hyperloop
Transportation Technologies to help build a train in Europe. All this on
Crunch Report Read Mor...
How the media will rise in the face of the digital revolution
The media is passing through an awkward digital adolescence. With
falling revenues and smaller newsrooms, the industry is being squeezed
into an unfamiliar online space against its will. Publications with
hundred-year pedigrees are having to rethink and relearn their trade
from the ground up. Read ...
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