Yesterday, Nintendo and SONY announced plans to bring Shigeru Miyamoto’s masterpiece, The Legend of Zelda, to the Big Screen. Miyamoto and Avi Arad, who produced the latest round of Spider-Men, will produce the movie. Wes Ball, director of The Maze Runner, has been signed to direct. The movie will probably take as much time to...
Technology and data science have infiltrated every industry. Every industry is using data to figure out what everyone else is charging and push prices on consumers as high as the market will bear. The latest clash between market dynamics, data science, and consumers is going on right now. Minnesota, California, Tennessee, and First News on...
Ever since I watched Ronnie Bell drive one in the NE Heartbreak video, I’ve wanted a scooter. Cruising through sunny locales on two small wheels equals freedom, my friend. Mopeds and motor scooters help urbanites break free of gridlock while exploring everything a city has to offer. Every generation becomes infatuated with the scooter. Even...
In what’s not a joke; Meta, also known as Facebook which owns Instagram, announced plans to offer an ad-free subscription experience for its European users. Users can pay €9.99 for an ad-free Facebook timeline. The subscription service will be available to users over 18, and only to those in the European Union. UK users are exempt...
We’ve been talking a lot about newsworthy incidents involving AI. While not exactly headline making, there’s been constant action by advocates and academics to push AI practitioners to build ethical and safe systems using AI technology. After years of AI professionals, mostly women, sounding the alarm on the potential dangers of AI, and witnessing a...
It’s only been talked about. It’s barely seen. It’s not even out yet. Somehow, TIME magazine has proclaimed Humane’s AI Pin as one of the Best Inventions of 2023. What Is the AI Pin? Humane is heralding the AI Pin as a revolution in smartphone technology. It is an Internet connected micro device that magnetically...
At the time of this writing, 41 states have joined in a federal law suit against Meta the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The states claim Meta and its application organizations have mislead the public regarding the harmful effects of social media on mental health. In response, Meta said it was, “disappointed,” about...
I know you get sick of us covering Elon Musk but he makes a lot of news. He continues to make news even as his social network struggles to keep users while servicing billions in debt. As Elon Musk picked Twitter fights with Wikipedia, an extraordinarily useful Internet property, banks were struggling to unload Twitter...
I was asked today, “when are you sharing the Annual Gift Guide? It’s October!” I guess it’s shopping season and a great gift for techno geeks who game or are gear heads is a high speed router. WiFi 7 is the latest wireless communications standard to hit the technology marketplace. WiFi 7 is an upgrade...
I get it. As a business owner, I hated how the global economy was inherently unfair. The US market is the freest and most dynamic market in the world. While we continuously let any and all players enter US marketplaces, it wasn’t easy doing business abroad. My own travails in penetrating markets in Europe and...