Human Embryo Editing Gets the OK—But No Superbabies An advisory board formed by the National Academy of Sciences just gave gene editing the green light—but please, don’t bring your baby in for an upgrade » Airbnb Is Killing It We knew that hospitality start-up Airbnb was already profitable. But until…
This Device Knows When You’re About to Get Sick Michael Snyder, Chairman of the Genetics Department at Stanford University, thinks you should pay more attention to your smart watch. Why? Because based on his latest research, he believes it can be used to detect the start of the flu, Lyme…
Tags: Wearables
Now That’s a Party There were camels in the sand, a gondolier in the pool, and a giant birthday cake in the shape of a Chinese temple. And then, at the stroke of midnight, Gwen Stefani sang Happy Birthday. But who was the birthday boy? Become a Cyborg… Or Risk…
Uber’s Latest Initiative: Flying Cars Mark Moore, an aircraft engineer who spent the last 30 years at NASA, just joined Uber. His new initiative is called Uber Elevate. Will it fly? » Russian Hackers Cheat Slot Machines—and Casinos Have No Fix In June 2014, the Lumiere Place Casino in St.…
This App Is Better Than Your Dermatologist Researchers at Stanford University have created a technology that can tell if your rash is a cancer concern, or a harmless pimple—and it can do it just as well as a human doctor » The End of Crappy Wi-Fi Is Near Everybody hates…
Tags: Uber
Mexico Explores Buying Twitter and Shutting It Down There’s a strange idea circulating among Mexican currency traders. Instead of spending serious money to defend the peso against anti-Mexico tweets, Mexico should just buy Twitter and shut it down » Cost of Raising a Kid Hits $233,610 And that’s just the…
Madoff Corners Market for Hot Chocolate For financial con artist Bernie Madoff, prison is just another place to make money. After buying up every package of Swiss Miss hot chocolate from the commissary, he’s now selling it in the prison yard at a profit » Technology That Raises Kids For…
Tags: Amazon
How to Make $1 Billion on Twitter Fixing Twitter’s weaknesses would make millions of people happier, and could help add a billion dollars to the company’s market cap. Here’s the plan » 105-Year-Old Man Sets Bicycling Record Frenchman Robert Marchand, 105-years-old, set a new world record last week when he…
[Video] Watch Tesla’s “Autopilot” React to a Crash Check this out: the very moment the red hatchback makes contact with the black SUV, the autopiloted Tesla comes to a quick stop. Score one for Tesla Autopilot » Like an Android Phone—But It’s a Car Google tweaked Android last year to make…
What To Do When Your Money Manager Buys a Ferrari A new study found that the car your money manager drives is related to his capacity for risk taking—and his ability to generate market-beating returns. In particular, make sure to look out for Minivan owners » GPS Is Messing with Your…
Sign up for our free newsletter to learn about crowdfunding
Thank you for subscribing!
Just enter your e-mail address below & get this guide instantly
No thanks, I’d like to continue making next to nothing in the stock market.
