The Somewhat Troubling Future of Facial Recognition

At it’s best, facial recognition promises to make life smooth and easy, allowing you to access everything, from offices to your smart phone, with just one look. Of course, like any advanced technology, it has the potential to cause trouble. In the case of facial recognition, the particular kind of trouble people are worried about is surveillance.

How Will Elon Musk’s Starlink Actually Work?

Elon Musk doesn’t set the bar low. As of late, it seems as if his sights have been set only on space travel, especially considering the progress his rocket company, SpaceX, is making. But, it isn’t all rockets and stars for SpaceX. Recently, Musk announced that he’s focusing on launching an internet revolution.

Armed with sixty ready-to-launch satellites designed to provide internet services, SpaceX’s latest venture is known as Starlink. And while sixty earth-orbiting satellites might seem like quite the adventure, Starlink’s plan is to create a network of some 12,000 internet satellites, all orbiting in the name of moving internet data “50% faster than existing fiber-optic cables”.

Is Uber Going Public a Big Deal?

Uber will start trading officially on Friday, May 10th, making it one of the “largest ever tech I.P.O.s”.

But how big is Uber really going to get?

Yes, Uber is a highly-recognized, highly-valued tech company and its decision to go public seems to be following a trend started by companies like Lyft and Pinterest (Slack and WeWork are expected to be joining in next). But when a company has grown so quickly and so big in the private sector for so long, is it safe to assume that it’s full potential has already been tapped?