In all of the political maneuvering of the past year, much of the media neglected a critical economic story: business and industry have at last begun to invest actively in new equipment and production facilities, something they had failed to do so far in this recovery. This turn will help buoy overall growth rates in […]

If you’re worried about the effects of technology on kids, you’re not alone. The Center for Humane Technology, in partnership with nonprofit Common Sense, is launching a campaign called Truth About Tech to raise the alarm about how technologies like social media affect young minds. Tech companies “created the attention economy and are now engaged in […]

One of the first and most influential lawyers to represent blockchain and cryptocurrency businesses is joining one of the industry’s oldest startups in an executive role. Announced today, Marco Santori is leaving Cooley LLP, where he’s been a partner since November 2016, to become the president and chief legal officer of blockchain, a longtime client […]

Bill Shihara, CEO of Bittrex, confirmed during a Unikrn Radio podcast with Unikrn CEO Rahul Sood on Jan. 31 that the Bittrex exchange will be opening up USD trading to the majority of its customers. Bittrex was founded in 2013 by Shihara and two business partners, all of whom previously worked for …

Like the Philadelphia Eagles when they battle the New England Patriots Sunday night at Super Bowl LII in a rematch of the 2005 pro football extravaganza, halftime performer Justin Timberlake will have the opportunity to exorcise the demons of Super Bowls past when he takes the stage in the biggest concert event of the year. […]

President Donald Trump plans to withdraw his highly controversial nominee to chair a key White House environmental panel, according to media reports. Kathleen Hartnett White, who had been picked to chair the White House’s Commission on Environmental Quality (CEQ), came under fire from senators in both parties for what they characterized as her extremist views and disregard for […]

Market mayhem: Main Street is feeling good right now — maybe a little too good if you ask Wall Street. After years of stagnant wages, American workers finally got a legit raise in January. Wages grew at the fastest pace since 2009 — a strong signal of a healthy economy and a tight jobs market. But there was […]

Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 — Instagram now allows businesses to schedule their posts. This week, Instagram changed its product in a way that will please companies’ social media managers. It will now allow businesses on Instagram to schedule […]

XRP Ripple has been tipped as the “dark horse of 2018” with its value set to soar if the firm signs more deals with major financial companies, despite being embroiled in a bitter court case and having to overcome progress in regulation laws. The cryptocurrency is the only one in the top-five to have had […]

PhD candidate Yonatan Sompolinsky and Dr. Aviv Zohar, both of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, released a paper this week on a new scalable BlockDAG — an alternative network structure to Blockchain — protocol called PHANTOM. Sompolinsky and Zohar's 2013 paper on the GHOST protocol …