Fred Wilson is one of the most successful startup investors in the world.
He was an early investor in startups like Twitter, Twilio, and Etsy — all of which became multi-billion-dollar publicly traded companies.
That’s why he regularly tops Forbes’ “Midas List” of early-stage tech investors, and is rumored to…
Avatar, James Cameron’s epic science-fiction movie, was released in 2009.
It was meant to be in theaters ten years earlier. But according to Cameron, the technology he needed to achieve his vision just wasn’t available back then.
But once the technology was available — boom! Avatar soon became the highest-grossing…
Meet Twitter’s New Rival
Elon Musk is in the headlines after officially acquiring Twitter. Meanwhile, the guy who founded Twitter is getting ready to launch a competitor. Learn more here »
Former Head of Gates Foundation Says His Startup Could Reverse Aging
Since the dawn of time, humans have…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s “Science and Technology Directorate” (S&T) Group recently developed something new:
A robotic arm that could defuse a bomb.
Here’s what it looks like:
S&T had some help…
It developed the arm with…
If You Want to Scare Kids, Try This
Are you decorating your house for Halloween this weekend? This technology could help make it the scariest house on the block. Boo-yeah »
The Brain Implant that Could Kill Cancer
The idea of brain implants sounds like science fiction. Even more…
My wife’s family is from a small town on the coast of Maine called Brunswick.
We visit every summer and I always look forward to it…
We spend time with her family, walk around historic areas filled with shops that haven’t changed for generations — and most importantly, we eat…
Bruce Springsteen, Charlie’s Angels, and the Boston Celtics.
Those were the posters that covered the walls of my room when I was a teenager.
The crown jewel of the house, however, was in the kitchen — an original poster from the 1969 Woodstock music festival.
A $40,000 iPhone?!?
Sure, the cost of an iPhone has been going up for years. But $40,000? This might shock even the most loyal Apple fan »
The Convenience Store Run by Avatars
A convenience store is replacing its employees with digital avatars. Sounds weird. But could this be…
Imagine being able to hop into a time machine and head back to 1996, the dawn of the Internet.
You’d be able to pick up Apple stock when it was trading at just $0.25 a share…
Or shares of Amazon when it was trading at just $1.50 a share. That…
Are the rich really so different from everyone else?
After all, we all put on our pants one leg at a time. And no one’s immune to nuisances like the common cold or hangovers.
But in at least one important way, the rich really are different.
Today, I’ll explain how…
