I last made an internet friend in middle school, when so few people used AIM that my real-life friends and I traded contact lists and began chatting strangers. One time a… Read more »
SpaceX has raised a $1 billion financing round from Google and Fidelity, which now own just under 10 percent of the ambitious space startup. The investment comes days after SpaceX CEO… Read more »
There are billions of people who do not have access to the internet, and tech’s biggest brands want to change that. Qualcomm and Virgin joined the fray today by announcing investments in… Read more »
Christmas Day gamers ran into problems connecting their Xbox or Playstation to the internet thanks to a denial of service attack, and the hackers that have claimed credit are now naming a… Read more »
Google isn’t the only one with a thing for balloons. The company announced a partnership with France’s space agency Thursday that will focus on developing internet-carrying balloons that could someday connect… Read more »
High Fidelity incorporates facial expressions and a first-person perspective into a social virtual setting. It could become a major part of what we do while strapped into virtual reality. Read more »
When Tim Berners Lee started the World Wide Web, he envisioned scientists sharing their work globally. Madisch thinks that will become more and more important as global issues emerge. Read more »