Screen Time for Kids: What Research Actually Says
TL;DRWHO (2019) recommends no screen time for toddlers under 2 and maximum 1 hour per day for ages 2 to 4, while RCPCH (2019) states proof of a direct toxic...
Business and Technology
Articles analyze the intersection of commerce and innovation, from historical fortunes and market maps to product launches and workplace models.
IoT sensors cut vineyard water use 30%
Precision viticulture replaces thumb-in-the-soil judgment with real-time data from sensor networks. In practice, that means soil water probes, sap-flow sensors, weather stations, and multispectral cameras on drones or satellites. Adoption...
Fitbit, Apple lead 90% of wearables market
On-body devices moved from lab curiosities to everyday products through a series of product launches, sensor breakthroughs, and deep integration with the smartphone. The market eventually assembled around Apple, Google...
Sorted Food launches Sidekick subscription app
Sorted Food began in 2010 as a YouTube channel cooked up by four childhood friends from Hertfordshire, England: chef Ben Ebbrell, Barry Taylor, Jamie Spafford, and Mike Huttlestone. For years...
Moodbeam Pilot Tracks 50 Workers’ Mental Health
A pilot program put Moodbeam wristbands on a construction crew to log mood and wellbeing across the workday. The single-button device let wearers record how they felt instantly, generating a...
Neural Data Laws vs Mind-Reading Reality
Commercial neurotechnology cannot read your thoughts. The headsets sold today detect electrical signals on the scalp or measure blood flow in the cortex. They decode attention levels, emotional arousal, and...
Grubtech Raises $15 Million for Unified Commerce Platform
Grubtech, a SaaS business that unifies online and offline commerce for food, beverage and retail operators, closed a funding round of about $15 million in 2022. The amount is an...
Digital identity market shifts to wallets
Digital identity verification is shifting from an occasional passport scan to a system where a phone holds a government-issued attestation that can be presented offline, shared selectively, and reused across...
Cashierless stores: what happened to the privacy risk?
Amazon removed its Just Walk Out cashierless technology from Amazon Fresh grocery stores in the US in 2024, replacing it with smart shopping carts. The technology remains in use at...
Biometric security: flaws and law
Biometric security splits into two families. Physiological systems measure a physical trait: a ridge pattern, a face, an iris. Behavioral systems measure how a person moves or speaks: voice cadence,...
MIA uses facial recognition on arrivals
Miami International Airport has replaced manual passport checks for international arrivals with a facial recognition system that matches each traveler's face against government passport and visa photos. The system, operated...
The Best Personal Budget Apps for Managing Your Finances
On March 23, 2024, Intuit pulled the plug on Mint and redirected its users toward Credit Karma. Millions of people suddenly needed a new way to track their money. The...
