January

For most of us, knitting brings to mind sweaters, scarves, and perhaps an ambitious grandmother determined to make winter more fashionable. Researchers at Harvard University, however, have a far more futuristic vision. They’ve transformed ordinary knitted fabric into a programmable material capable of changing shape, acting as an electrical switch, sensing movement, and potentially forming

Founded in 2003 with seed funding from the CIA’s venture arm, In-Q-Tel – a body whose explicit purpose is to bridge the gap between Silicon Valley and the US intelligence community – Palantir Technologies now holds contracts with the Metropolitan Police and runs the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP), a system that touches the health

Photo Credit: Live Nation The state attorneys general who won in court against Live Nation are now pushing for more information about the ticketing giant’s deal with the DOJ. The states that sued Live Nation for monopolizing the live entertainment industry are asking a federal judge to allow them to seek further information about the

Photo Credit: Handcraft Entertainment x Takasago International Handcraft Entertainment and Takasago International announce a strategic partnership to build the “small, taste, and feel” of global J-pop. Handcraft Entertainment and Takasago International Corporation USA, one of Japan’s largest and one of Asia’s leading fragrance and flavor companies, have announced a strategic partnership to pioneer the global

A new study by Stanford University and Singapore Management University says Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets may have given sophisticated traders an unfair advantage. After analyzing nearly 16,000 Bitcoin contracts over two months, researchers found trading patterns that suggest some participants were able to briefly move Bitcoin’s price just before settlement. As a result, some