Plastic has been a critical part of our daily life. In fact, we produce several million tonnes of waste every year, which is harming the environment. However, Japanese researchers have discovered plastic-loving bacteria that eat it up, which could solve the world's garbage problem.
Ahead of South by Southwest, President Obama has announced the expansion of the federal initiative to boost high-tech education in America called TechHire.
Even in the age of seemingly ubiquitous Internet access in the U.S. there remains a persistent gap between those who can and cannot afford access to Internet connections and associated hardware. Known as the "digital divide," the FCC has a new plan to tackle the problem, and the vote on that plan is coming up soon.
Shakira, musician, actor and mother, is now becoming an entrepreneur. She has developed an app to help young parents develop their skills and document the growth of their children.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and a group of Silicon Valley chiefs have come out in official support of President Obama's executive actions that seek to protect undocumented immigrants.
Hurricanes were considered to be unpredictable until investigators began studying their pattern. The National Hurricane Center in the United States used historical accounts of past hurricanes but official record-keeping did not start until the middle of 1800's. In a new study, scientists are using shipwrecks to map out cyclones in the Carribean.
Dennis Aabo Sorenson, an amputee who lost his left hand, was able to regain a sense of touch with the help of a bionic finger. The silicon bionic finger made by a team from Switzerland's École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne also allowed Sorenso to be able to feel different textures.
Billionaire technology CEOs met with some of the top establishment Republican figures this weekend at the American Enterprise Institute's yearly World Forum. One of the topics of discussion? How to stop Trump's seemingly inevitable nomination.
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) held an open house to celebrate and show off an upgrade to its San Francisco technology center at Mission Graduates, a result of the organization's ongoing partnership with Facebook.
Despite protesting and a filing court action to delay the FCC's spectrum auction because of an eligibility debacle, it looks like Latina Broadcasters of Florida will not be able to participate.
Brazil has created a new video game aiming to preserve and promote the country’s indigenous culture. Developers sought the help of anthropologists and members of the tribe for the game.
Virtual reality experiences give customers a new way to interact with businesses. With virtual reality headsets becoming more affordable and accessible to consumers nationwide, businesses are finding ways to use virtual reality technology to deliver special experiences to their customers.
This week in social media, Facebook and its subsidiary WhatsApp backed Apple in its encryption fight with the FBI, the same week that a WhatsApp executive was briefly jailed in Brazil in a similar case.
Microsoft, which owns Skype via a 2011 acquisition amounting to a whopping $8.5 billion, had set its sights on rival Slack and was willing to shell out almost the same sum of money at $8 billion just to acquire the company.
Moving forward from its very own Blackberry OS, which, mind you, is still actively in service to this day, the company is launching the Blackberry Priv on Verizon Wireless -- their first ever smartphone that runs Android OS.
What happens to immigrants if their labor is no longer needed, as robots rise to take their jobs? What happens to immigrants if their labor is no longer needed, as robots rise to take their jobs? I've you've ever seen a video of an Amazon fulfillment center in action, you're aware of how automated blue-collar work has become.
This week in social media, word leaked out that Facebook will start showing ads in Messenger very soon. Meanwhile, Twitter executives bought millions in their company's stock in a move to boost confidence, and Snapchat is rumored to have started delivering detailed ad analytics, possibly resulting in a dip in prices.
A new startup called Comparably is trying to make a name for itself when it comes to delivering a more accurate and comprehensive salary and work culture data.
