To grasp the scale of addiction in the United States, consider these statistics: excluding tobacco, over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction. Over 16m people suffer from…
The Uber-Waymo Case Could Speed Up Regulatory Action
Industrial subterfuge is nothing new. In 1712 Father Francois Xavier d’Entrecolles brought porcelain-making trade secrets back to Europe from China. Since then espionage cases have been scattered throughout history like invisible ink…
DroneBase Closes $12m Series B Round – And Launches AR Solution
Los Angeles-based startup DroneBase, which connects drone owners and pilots with clients, has secured a $12 million Series B funding round. The company, founded in 2014 by Daniel Burton and Eli Tamanaha,…
Transparency and Diversity Key for SpotMe’s Software Success
When SpotMe was founded it had a bold vision: to develop a handheld device of its own. It was 2001, and the Lausanne, Switzerland-based firm had just spun out of the Swiss…
Is Uber on the Wane? Don’t Bet on it Yet
Earlier this week DiDi Chuxing and SoftBank plowed $2 billion into Grab, the largest ride-hailing company in Southeast Asia, valuing it at around $6bn. “Markets everywhere are still at infancy stage with…
App-aritions: Five Spooky Tech Solutions for Halloween 2016
Has any corner of popular culture not been bitten by the tech bug? Answer: no. And Halloween, one of the world’s spookiest festivals, is no exception. Last year Internet service provider Windstream…
In Two Separate Corners of the World, Tech Changes a Police Crisis
America and the Philippines are enduring police crises. In the former, riots continue to break out and public debate is fierce following a string of deaths–mostly of black men–at the hands of…
France Unveils Terror App Ahead of Euro 2016
The French government has launched an app to alert smartphone users in the event of a terror attack. SAIP (System for the Alert and Information of the Population) was developed after November’s…