Kelly Paik
Bill Gates launches $1 billion dollar fund to look for clean energy solutions
Bill Gates thinks we need better ideas for producing clean energy and combating climate change. So he’s throwing more than $1 billion into a...
Amazon Go will get rid of the checkout line on your next grocery run
Nobody likes waiting in lines. So it’s no wonder Amazon’s idea of a grocery store with no checkout line is getting such a glowing...
FDA approves more trials for prescription ecstasy
America is in the midst of shifting its attitudes toward the use of marijuana for medical purposes and it’s possible MDMA is poised to...
Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs wants to give cities a technology makeover
What would you do if you could redesign a whole city using whatever technology you wanted? That lofty question is exactly what Alphabet’s Sidewalk...
Another lawsuit piles onto Theranos’s woes
Already bogged down under a series of lawsuits and federal investigations, medical startup Theranos just got hit with a new suit last week. This...
The Great Barrier Reef just went through the biggest die-off in history
Coral reefs have been in trouble for a while now but some years are definitely worse than others. Unfortunately, the ARC Centre of Excellence...
Your face is all you need to enter the Chinese tourist town Wuzhen
Visitors at one tourist destination in China no longer need to carry around tickets, stamps, or IDs to get into the park. Just their...
Facebook is finally doing something about fake news
Facebook will tackle its fake news problem but don’t expect technology to solve everything
Fake news online is by no means a new problem. But...
Google wants to help you avoid the lines with real-time crowd tracking
This holiday season, Google wants to help you avoid the crowds as you go out on your merry way shopping and eating. The company...
Stephen Hawking says we’ll go extinct on Earth in 1000 years
Stephen Hawking just gave humankind a 1000-year deadline to get off this planet and find new homes elsewhere. It’s because the renowned cosmologist doesn’t...