VB Transform Watch every session from the AI event of the year On-Demand Watch Now America is poised to invest billions of dollars to remain the leader in artificial intelligence as well as quantum computing. This investment is critically needed to reinvigorate the science that will shape our future. But …
Read More »New Blood Test Finds Alzheimer’s 20 Years Before Symptoms Appear
Photo by pixelheadphoto digitalskillet / Shutterstock.com As we grow older, many of us worry about developing dementia. Now, a new blood test may detect if you are at risk for the disease 20 years before symptoms appear. On July 28, researchers at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference unveiled the results …
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Buying your first home can be an overwhelming experience. There are so many new things to consider, so many questions to ask and so many things you simply don’t know. There are many home-buying guides out there that are very useful, but there are lots of little tactics you might …
Read More »7 Ways Your Life Should Change Before the Next Pandemic
Photo by Yuriy Seleznev / Shutterstock.com The coronavirus has changed nearly everything — from the way we work and play, to how we interact with loved ones. Many of these changes have not been welcome. But someday — either this year, next year or soon after — things will mostly …
Read More »Amazon says CEO Jeff Bezos willing to testify before U.S. Congress
(Reuters) — Amazon said on Monday its founder and Chief Executive Jeff Bezos was willing to testify to a congressional panel investigating potential violations of U.S. antitrust law by big technology companies. The company’s attorney sent a letter to members of the House Judiciary Committee, saying Amazon had cooperated with …
Read More »Inside G.M.’s Race to Build Ventilators, Before Trump’s Attack
While much of the U.S. economy has ground to a halt because of the coronavirus outbreak, several dozen workers in orange vests and hard hats were hauling heavy equipment on Sunday at a General Motors plant in Kokomo, Ind. The crew was part of a crash effort to make tens …
Read More »How To Know Your Product’s Good, Before You Buy It
We’ve all been taught not to judge a book by its cover—doesn’t mean we don’t do it a lot anyway. Like, isn’t that exactly what’s happening when we walk into Sephora in search of a new product? We pick up the boxes, we run our fingers over the bottles, we …
Read More »10 Things to Know Before Getting Your First Credit Card
Credit cards are a fantastic tool for building one’s credit and making shopping — particularly online shopping — more convenient and more secure. However, credit cards come with significant risks. I should know — during my late college and post-college years, I racked up a lot of credit card debt …
Read More »Sony’s shuts down PSVR studio before it even reveals a game
Sony’s mysterious first-party development team, focused exclusively on making triple-A PSVR games, is closing down before it even revealed its first game. The studio, based in Manchester, U.K., was confirmed to be closing down to GamesIndustry.biz. According to the report, the move was made “to close it as part of …
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