The 3 Biggest Mistakes Warren Buffett Made With IBM
Warren Buffett is waving the white flag on IBM (NYSE: IBM). After years of touting the tech titan as one of his best ideas, Buffett ditched nearly all of his stake in the company this past quarter. His holding company Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) dumped 94.5% of its IBM stock, leaving it with […]
Intel Admits That Its 10-Nano Technology Is Behind the Competition
Chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) spent a significant amount of time last year trying to make the case to investors that it had a significant leadership position in chip manufacturing technology. The company claimed that its upcoming 10-nanometer technology can deliver twice the transistor density that other chip manufacturers’ 10-nanometer technologies can. While Intel’s claim […]
Creator of DC Comics’ first black superhero comic visits Windsor
The man who created the first black superhero at DC Comics is in Windsor to promote diversity in entertainment. Tony Isabella wrote the comic book Black Lightning, which has since been made into a television series. The book is about a black school teacher who acquires electrical superpowers through a technologically-advanced power belt, which he […]
Canada’s golden bobsleigh duo is a perfect pair
Minutes before the biggest race of their lives, they did the same thing they always do. Justin Kripps sniffed peppermint aromatherapy to sharpen his senses. Alex Kopacz listened to classical music — a Beethoven symphony, to be exact. They made eye contact, twice, just before pushing out of the blocks for their fourth and final […]
Put your vital signs on show with this ultrathin, stick-on skin display
There’s a glut of devices out there designed to tell all sorts of things about your bodies, but few you’d want stuck to your body for very long. Perhaps with that in mind, engineering researchers at the University of Tokyo and Dai Nippon Printing have developed an ultrathin display which sticks to skin. It’s made […]
There’s finally a board game powered by Amazon Alexa
Your next family game night could include Amazon Alexa. Game manufacturer Sensible Objects has released When in Rome, the first board game to incorporate Alexa. Through your Amazon Echo device, Alexa teaches you the rules, keeps track of the score, and guides you through the game. The game is pretty simple. Players sit around a […]