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Here in Las Vegas last week, the most interesting thing going on had nothing to do with flashy casinos, but with startups interested in putting a dent in their universe. SxSW V2V, held every summer in Las Vegas after the major conference in Austin, focuses on edu
Technology will not ultimately save us from today’s digital threats. Instead, a better educated public and workforce, paired with changes in how we monitor outgoing network traffic, will make all of our information more secure.
The Smithsonian is using Kickstarter to raise funds to preserve the suit worn by astronaut Neil Armstrong in 1969.
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Common Goals, Distinct Missions: Cross Sector Collaboration on Empowerment of Women and Girls
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This April, women and girls’ economic empowerment will be top of mind. As the UN Millennium Development Goals are set to expire, leaders are taking stock of the progress made while gearing up to lay out the post-2015 development agenda to reach the Sustainable Development Goals.
Robotic arms are being used to construct a bridge over a canal in Amsterdam.
Xiaomi has been growing rapidly in China, in part due to an Amazon-like emphasis on growing its customer base. Will it make an appearance in the United States.
As accelerating change and technological innovation become widely embraced all over the world, the creation of disruptive technologies has been rapidly increasing.
One of the biggest showcases for the unfolding robot revolution was the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) 2015 Robotics Challenge. By all reports, the competition was slow, full of failure, and absolutely riveting.
