South Florida city is first in US to use new tech to speed up response to school threats
Coral Springs will be the first city in the country to implement a new technology designed to speed up law enforcement response times in the case of a threat to school safety. The Active Law Enforcement Response Technology (ALERT) from IntraLogic…
De Beers Sightholders Vow to Go Green in Step With Miners, Jewelers
Click here to read the full article. LONDON — With the front and back ends of the diamond pipeline looking to go greener, it was only a matter of time before the middlemen, the companies that purchase and transform rough diamonds into polished ones,…
Amid catastrophic floods, China’s dams come into question
A security guard looks at his smartphone as water is released from China’s Three Gorges Dam on July 19 to relieve pressure from flooding. (Getty Images) The white-haired farmer ran barefoot to his fields at 2 a.m. so he could harvest his crops…
CES Shifts Its January 2021 Edition In Las Vegas Online Due To COVID-19
Click here to read the full article. The Consumer Technology Association has become the latest event presenter to shift online amid ongoing concerns about COVID-19, with January’s sprawling CES event now slated to be entirely digital. Held annually at…
Clean Energy ETFs Soaring Ahead of Q2 Earnings
The clean energy space has been showing strength on the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s push for clean energy and infrastructure plans. Merger activity added to investors’ enthusiasm. The popular ETFs in the space — iShares…
Emmy Tide Keeps Rolling For Streamers As They Navigate Roiling Campaign Seas
Click here to read the full article. Tuesday’s Emmy nominations featured a bonanza of recognition for streaming and digital platforms, with 269 collective nods, up 42% from last year’s tally of 190. The nominations announcement capped a period of…
‘Ellen DeGeneres Show’ workplace under investigation by WarnerMedia
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” is the subject of an internal probe by Warner Media after reports of a toxic work environment. The investigation was first reported by Variety, which cited a memo to staff from show producer Telepictures and distributor Warner…
We charted the battery life of Google Pixel phones
One of the biggest stories around the launch of the Pixel 4 was its reduced battery life in comparison to the previous model. Now, with the Pixel 4a still in purgatory — but supposedly coming out soon (??) — I had a thought: what would a comparison of…
Tesla Shares Sag as Analyst Flags ‘Mind-Boggling’ Valuation
(Bloomberg) — The rally that made Tesla Inc. bigger than Toyota and Volkswagen better befits a technology company than a car maker, and buying the stock now is probably a mistake for anyone but day traders, an analyst said Tuesday in downgrading…
Four Tech Giants Gird for Tough Hearing in House Antitrust Probe
(Bloomberg) — Chief executives from four of the biggest U.S. technology companies will face a moment of reckoning Wednesday in an extraordinary joint appearance before Congress that will air bipartisan concerns that they are using their dominance…