WASHINGTON DC - Federal authorities have floated plans since 2016 to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, replacing President Andrew Jackson, a slaveholder who expelled thousands of Native Americans from their land. Paper money in the U.S. has long exclusively featured portraits of white men. Federal authorities have signaled the Harriet Tubman redesign for the
KALAMAZOO - Join Kalamazoo Venture Tuesday Jan. 30 at 9 am for an online pitch event via the Microsoft Teams virtual platform. You’ll have a rare opportunity to see inside the minds of three investors as they reveal what three company presenters did right and wrong. The Kalamazoo Venture Tuesday meeting is designed as a
CUPERTINO, Ca. - In 2021, Apple introduced a feature that lets residents of participating U.S. states add their driver's license or ID to the Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, providing a convenient and contactless way to display proof of identity or age. Unfortunately, states have been slow to adopt the feature since it was first
HOLLAND - Ottawa County has hired 123NET to construct 380 miles of additional fiber to bring faster Internet access to about 4,000 underserved residents. Ottawa County’s Board of Commissioners and 123NET finalized the public private partnership on Dec. 21, 2023. Funding for the roughly $25 million project is slated to come from a variety of
NEW YORK - In the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape, only a handful of companies have managed to captivate the market with cutting-edge products. Notably, OpenAI stands out as a key player in the industry, a testament underscored by its continually increasing revenue despite the recent leadership crisis. According to data obtained by Finbold, OpenAI achieved a significant financial
NEW YORK - Artificial intelligence has become a game changer in many areas of our daily lives, including cybersecurity. With the rising use of new AI-driven tools like ChatGPT, the number of cyberattacks has doubled and became more sophisticated. Cybersecurity experts say that AI-powered cybersecurity tools could help protect your privacy in the new reality, but
WASHINGTON DC - 2023 was a relatively quiet year for marijuana legalization. It was only Ohio that successfully legalized the recreational use of marijuana this year. Ohio, already one of the more than a dozen states to have legalized medical cannabis, became the 24th state to legalize recreational marijuana. The Kentucky General Assembly also legalized medical marijuana
WASHINGTON DC - The House Oversight Committee is going to get a briefing on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) soon — though, of course, the public won't be privy to anything they learn. As Axios reports, the members-only briefing will be held by the intelligence community's inspector general. Though that outlet did not give an exact date for
NEW YORK - Scientists have discovered a new way to destroy cancer cells. Stimulating aminocyanine molecules with near-infrared light caused them to vibrate in sync, enough to break apart the membranes of cancer cells. Aminocyanine molecules are already used in bioimaging as synthetic dyes. Commonly used in low doses to detect cancer, they stay stable in water and are
TEXAS - A robot attacked a Tesla worker and left them bleeding on the automaker’s Austin factory floor two years ago, according to an explosive new report. It was one of a series of incidents at Giga Texas, a sprawling Austin factory that is key to Tesla’s goals of building a sub-$25,000 electric car. The series of
