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Members of the Texas National Guard prepare recovery efforts after Hurricane Harvey on September 6, 2017 in Orange, TX. SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES IN LATE OCTOBER 2012, as Hurricane Sandy barreled toward…

How professional cycling is being taken up a gear by technology

Gonzalo Arroyo / Getty Images It might not come as a surprise to hear the clever combination of software and data can help professional sports teams gain a competitive advantage.…

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Teardown Shows a Hard to Repair Design: iFixit

HIGHLIGHTS Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has got itself a score of 4 out of 10 from iFixit The display is very hard to remove A lot of adhesive was found…

iBall Slide Brace-X1 4G Review

HIGHLIGHTS The tablet runs on Remix OS, a fork of Android with a Windows-like UI It is powered by an octa-core processor and has 2GB of RAM The tablet shuts…

Technology and the quest for sporting records

Game Changer: The Technoscientific Revolution in Sports. By Rayvon Fouché. Johns Hopkins University Press; 264 pages; $29.95.ATHLETES have always sought an edge. Ancient Greeks at the original Olympics wrote jinxes against their…

Governor’s Technology Awards showcases 17 ‘creative’ technologies in Virginia

(Getty Images) Smarter use of data, the spread of citizen-centric websites and the creation of new digital services are the fastest growing trends in state and local government, if Virginia's latest awards…

JetBlue’s Head of Technology And Digital Also Runs The Company’s Venture Arm

The marriage between chief information officers and venture capital firms is a logical one, as CIOs are often the consumers of the enterprise portfolios of the venture community. There is…

HP Sees Higher PC Sales, Growth in Printer and Copier Business

HIGHLIGHTS Revenue from HP's personal systems unit rose 12 percent to $8.40 billion Revenue from its printer, copier business rose to $4.70 billion in Q3 Total revenue rose 10 percent…

Microsoft Claims to Be ‘Talking to Sony’ About Playing Nice

With the launch of the Xbox One X only a few months away Microsoft needs an interim win to keep people interested in the console that is currently in a very distant…

Self-made billionaire Bill Gates: Better technology must be developed to help educate people

Through his largest donation in 17 years, Bill Gates recently reaffirmed his commitment to education last week when Bloomberg reported he was pledging $4.6 billion to his personal foundation. Gates has prioritized education reform…