Since 2017, Craig Newmark Philanthropies has donated more than $85 million to universities, startups, non-profits, and foundations. Read more about Newmark’s interest in philanthropy, where his motivations to support journalism come from, and what he thinks of tech companies that…
The Chicken Is Local, But Was It Happy? GPS Now Tells The Life Story Of Your Poultry
Martha Ann Overland at NPR says, “Shoppers are willing to pay a premium for ingredients that are cage-free, organic or wild caught. But how do you really know if the chicken you are eating spent its life happily pecking for…
Nvidia Shield can get you into high-powered gaming
If you love gaming but your computer doesn’t have the power to compete, consider turning your TV into a gaming powerhouse using Nvidia Shield. According to Engadget, “The Shield is one of the better 4K HDR streaming devices out there,…
Gender diversity leads to better companies
Gender diversity often leads to more innovative thinking and signals to investors that a company is competently run. Read more about it at Harvard Business Review.
PC Speaker Pushed to Eleven
System Beeps, a new album by shiru8bit, runs in MS-DOS and is produced entirely through the PC speaker — you know, the one that can only beep. Read more about it at TechCrunch aind out how he did it at…
Be internet awesome!
Google created a “Be Internet Awesome” campaign that teaches kids the fundamentals of digital citizenship and safety so they can explore the online world with confidence. They also created Interland, a video game so kids can play their way to…
Will a robot dog become man’s best friend?
Veanne Cao at Tech Crunch had a fun idea to make a video called “Real dog vs. robot dog,” where Henri (her Maltese Shih Tzu) and Aibo would go head to head performing a dozen tricks like high-five, bark and play dead. Find…
What’s the price of a hack?
Do you know about cyber insurance and how an incidence response team reacts to a hack? Planet Money on NPR has a great podcast about a supervisor who clicked on an email that caused a lot of problems for her…
Learn about and celebrate MLK Jr. today
The Seattle Times created a great website featuring Martin Luther King Jr. “Martin Luther King Jr. lived an extraordinary life. At 33, he was pressing the case of civil rights with President John Kennedy. At 34, he galvanized the nation…
UK supports using drones for social good
A UK project is exploring how drones could help with good causes such as medical delivery, traffic incident response, and fire response and construction and regeneration. Read more about it at Tech Crunch.