A near-record number of tech stocks have plunged by some 50% in an echo of the dot-com crash. Roughly four in every 10 companies on the Nasdaq Composite Index have seen their market values cut in half from their 52-week highs, while the majority of gauge members are mired in Read more…
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed a mathematical model to understand why popular baby names keep on changing, and it “points to a tug-of-war between the need to stand out in the crowd and the need to fit in with the pack,” reports Phys.Org. “The motives to conform and to Read more…
A man in Sweden is alive today thanks to — in part — a drone. The 71-year-old had a heart attack while shoveling snow in December and was resuscitated by a nearby doctor after a drone flew in a defibrillator, Everdrone reported this week. From a report: Someone having a Read more…
At CES in Las Vegas this evening, Sony’s Chairman, President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida showed off a brand new prototype of its Vision S concept electric car, and announced that the Sony Group is starting a new division — the Sony Mobility Inc — which will start commercializing its electric Read more…
CoinDesk: Garry Kasparov knows math. He knows logic, strategy and decision-making. Widely regarded as the greatest chess player in the history of mankind, the Russian grandmaster — ranked No. 1 from 1984 to 2005 — sees the world with a certain clarity. So it will delight many in the blockchain Read more…
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, in partnership with COMPASS Pathways, has established that psilocybin can be safely administered at doses of either 10mg or 25mg to up to six participants simultaneously. King’s College London reports: The research, published in The Read more…
Sony has announced some basic information about its much-anticipated next-generation VR hardware for the PS5, which it calls — predictably — PSVR2. Little was revealed about the device beyond its basic specs but it did confirm some features gamers will care about. From a report: The original PSVR was a Read more…