by Asmawisham | Apr 11, 2017 | Technology
The Federal Communications Commission doesn’t want to hear you gabbing on your smartphone while on commercial flights. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai wants some quiet time while hurtling through the air in a metal tube, and he thinks the majority of America likely agrees, so...
by Asmawisham | Apr 11, 2017 | Technology
AMD has acquired Nitero, a company that builds wireless chips for streaming virtual reality content from desktop computers to headsets, Forbes reports. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Quite a few things held VR headset adoption back in 2016, but one of the most...
by Asmawisham | Apr 11, 2017 | Technology
Self-driving still seems to be a ways off from active public use on regular roads, but once it arrives, it could ramp very quickly, according to a new study by the Boston Consulting Group. The study found that by 2030, up to a quarter of driving miles in the U.S....
by Asmawisham | Apr 11, 2017 | Technology
If you have a garage with a power socket, an electric car makes an awful lot of sense. If you park on the street, however, the infrastructural challenge of keeping your electron-powered vehicle topped up becomes complicated enough that perhaps sticking to driving on...
by Asmawisham | Apr 11, 2017 | Technology
Qualtrics, an online survey research platform, is listed as tops among likely candidates to go public this year. But is it really going to file and, if so, how close is it to doing that? I’m betting yes and it could be soon based on some interesting answers in a...
by Asmawisham | Apr 11, 2017 | Technology
Nidhi Kalra Contributor Nidhi Kalra is a senior information scientist at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation, director of RAND’s San Francisco Bay Area office, and a co-director of the RAND Center for Decision Making Under Uncertainty. After California’s...