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The day after Christmas isn’t a holiday per se, but it’s a day people take notice of, largely because it’s the first chance they’ll get to exchange presents they’ve received or run to stores to purchase the one...

Just about everywhere you go, people tell you "Go to college! Get a degree! Don't quit! It's worth it!" Don't listen to them! It's not worth it. At least it wasn't for me. I wasted five years of my life going to college,...

As more filmmakers dip a toe into VR, the sheer volume of 360-degree video releases can be overwhelming. Samsung today just released its top five most viewed videos on its Samsung VR service in 2016, including The Conjur...

Akonia Holographics, a startup in Longmont, Colorado, spent years trying to make holographic data storage work. It didn’t succeed, but now it found a new use for the same technology. The company now plans to use hologr...

GUEST: People's Choice Awards is a televised awards show that allows the public to vote for their favorite celebrities in movies, TV shows, music and digital. The event is watched by over 10 million viewers and receives ...

It’s been nearly a decade since famed investor John Doerr--overcome by his emotions --fought back tears while wrapping up his now famous TED talk on climate change. It was a call to action; to fix what his teenage daug...

The ISIS beheadings of journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff. The radicalization of San Bernardino shooters Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik. The Orlando nightclub massacre. Social media, encrypted messages, or online...

FEATURE: The future may be digital, but so much of our present and past remains trapped in printed forms. For several years now, Sofie Quidenus has been focused on solving this disconnect by trying to make printed text r...

Every once in a while you get to see not one but two legends occupy a single stage. It happened for music lovers when Billy Joel went on tour with Elton John. It happened for sports fans when LeBron James joined Dwayne W...

As 2016 draws to a close, Facebook looks to be in a pretty fantastic spot. Revenues are at $25 billion and growing strongly -- as is the company’s 1.7 billion user base -- and the stock has never been higher. And yet, ...

A Danish Entrepreneur has found success easier in Africa than Europe.

As much of the world was welcoming Santa Claus down their chimneys, news emerged this week that Snap, the company behind perennially popular social network Snapchat, had acquired augmented reality (AR) startup Cimagine M...

As part of a government effort to reduce public urination in India, Google is now mapping public toilets on smartphones. Users can find their nearest public toilet by typing in “toilet” or the Hindi word for toilet, ...

It’s time to take part in the famous after-Christmas tradition of watching original anime content on YouTube. Why are you looking at me like that? Gravity Rush: The Animation – Overture is a new anime available on Yo...

GUEST: Today’s tech buzzword, artificial intelligence (AI), can be a difficult concept to wrap your head around. AI technology, which holds vast potential to revolutionize the way the world works, is often used to pain...

When a younger supervisor manages older employees, it can spell bad news for the company overall, according to new German research. Here's why.

GUEST: In the next year, the Internet will connect to about 1.5 billion new "things," and by 2020, over 20 billion devices will be online. In theory, every one of them will be able to connect to every other. The Internet...

PR and media relations professionals: are you submitting these terrible media pitches?

For many, 2016 was about the emerging virtual reality market, the Pokémon Go phenomenon, and triple-A blockbusters like Overwatch and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. But it was also an exciting year for fans of older game...