Google Acquires DeepMind for $400 Million, Outbids Facebook


While Google has taken over DeepMind, it is careful lest some mad scientist abuse the privilege of this state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technology. That may be one reason it has established...

$10: One Perspective On What Bitcoin Will Be Worth In 2014


The Wild West has become a popular metaphor for the unregulated Bitcoin market. Like in old cowboy films, the world of Bitcoin has not only miners and modern a gold rush, but the requisite intrigue...
    






Wireless Charging Is The Must-Have Feature for Apple’s iWatch


Many vendors at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, including Intel, showed wireless charging products. Meanwhile, it is expected that Samsung will release the Galaxy Gear 2...
    






Jolla Review: Some Rough Edges, But This Linux Smartphone Shows Promise


Jolla was formed in late 2011 from a number of former Nokia Engineers who had been working on a number of Linux-based operating systems and handsets (including the Nokia N9). Just over two years...
    






Talk Outside the Box


Our imaginations are limited by our experience; our routine; our habitual ways of working, thinking, and dreaming. This isn’t intended to be dispiriting news. But it is weighty news worth serious...
    






Me Myself I: Ten Songs for Narcissistic CEOs


Narcissism and chief executives are much in the news of late. Maybe it’s a hangover from the financial crisis or continuing fallout from Enron and other financial scandals. There certainly seems to...