Jamie Hale, CEO and cofounder of digital life insurance firm Ladder, looks like he’s perpetually smiling. Even when he dives into statistics, there’s a smile tucked into his voice.
When Hale was 11, his father passed away unexpectedly. His father’s life insurance policy meant he and his mother and brother were able to stay in the same community and continue to be supported by family and friends.
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Mobile games tend to be ephemeral, with short half-lives that expire as soon as the next big game shows up. But Clash of Clans has been a leader in the space for more than a decade now, with no signs of slowing down.
Clash, released a little more th
The Federal Communications Commission has rejected SpaceX’s bid for $866 million in subsidies to roll out Starlink in the rural U.S., according to a pre
The past two election cycles have seen an explosion of attention given to “echo chambers,” or communities in which a narrow set of views makes people less likely to challenge their own opinions. Much of this concern has focused on the rise of social media, which has radically transformed the infor
If you’ve bought enough stuff on Amazon, there’s a chance you’ve been duped once or twice. That’s because fake Amazon reviews are big business.
It’s also a big headache for consumers. Every time we buy a dud of a faux-five-star product, we grow more leery of buying products from Amazon in the future-even those that a
For the past year or so, we’ve been told the future of the internet is in the metaverse: a persistent, immersive, multiplayer, interoperable world that blurs the lines between the physical and digital. In reality, this vision of the metaverse is likely a long way away.
Google is rolling out changes to its featured snippets. While that text box at the top of a Google search page can be helpful, it’s also been known to spread misinformation.
The tech giant announced Thursday it was rolling out its latest AI model, called
Research conducted by BiSurvey, a leading research firm, found that 91% of companies believe that data-driven decision-making is important to their business. This shouldn’t be surprising; we all strive to have the best information available before making choices in our business or personal life. How many hours have we all spent pouring over Amazon reviews of the best television?
Paul Moller stands in the back corner of a large garage in Davis, California, clean-shaven and wearing a large pair of golden aviator glasses. The 52-year-old engineer is a professor down the road at the University of California, Davis, but he’s not the type to sit back with a book and highlighter. In his white polo shirt and glossy brown bomber jacket, he looks ready to tinker with the shiny invention behind him at knee-level at a moment’s notice.
The dark blue saucer be
1. What is a semiconductor?
Generally speaking, the term semiconductor refers to a material—like silicon—that can conduct electricity much better than an insulator such as glass, but not as well as metals like copper or aluminum. But when people are talking about semiconductors today, they are usually referring to semiconductor chips