George Will, a political commentator for nearly half a century at The Washington Post, is known to also enjoy weighing in on sports on occasion, most notably baseball. He is fond of repeating the simple but critical observation that these games are a matter of…
A bifacial perovskite/silicon tandem prototype being field-tested at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology in Saudi Arabia. The new technology is the result of a collaboration that includes U of T Engineering researchers. Credit: Michele De Bastiani To increase the performance of solar panels,…
Credit: Looking Glass Factory On the first day of a popular psychology course in the 1970s at City College of New York, students were told the story of how a remote South American tribe that was never exposed to technology or even electricity reacted when…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Apple is eyeing a better way to charge your devices. The folks at Cupertino received a patent this week for a magnetic ecosystem that would permit two-way wireless charging of multiple devices at the same time. A drawing accompanying the patent,…
Fuente original: Techcrunch.com The new year is off to a busy IPO start. As The Exchange reported a few weeks ago, investors anticipate a busy Q1 IPO cycle, followed by a slower Q2 and a busy Q3 and Q4. With Affirm releasing an initial IPO…
Fuente original: Techcrunch.com GoCardless, the London fintech that aims to become the one-stop shop globally for businesses that want to let customers pay via recurring bank payments, has raised $95 million in Series F funding. According to The Telegraph newspaper, this gives the company much…