Having access to the internet is one of the keys to leveling the playing field for students. Sprint is working to bring internet access to a million low-income high school students.
The 1Million Project is only a year old, and has already connected 85,000 students to the internet through free devices and services. Doug Michelman, President of The 1Million Project, says that they are on track to reach a million students within 5 years.
The organization is currently active in 30 states. The 1Million Project has connected with over 1,300 high schools across 120 school districts.
Record electric vehicle sales last summer amid a shortage of computer chips and other materials propelled Tesla Inc. to the biggest quarterly net earnings in its history.
For nearly a decade, bitcoin evangelists have sought SEC approval for a bitcoin-linked exchange-traded fund (ETF) in order to attract more investors into the crypto space.
Netflix has posted sharply higher third-quarter earnings thanks to a stronger slate of titles. Those include “Squid Game,” the dystopian show from South Korea that the company says became its biggest-ever TV show.
China says its launch of a new spacecraft was merely a test to see whether the vehicle could be re-used.
Facebook says it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform.
The shift from China to the U.S. has convinced some long-time bitcoin miners that renewable energy and crypto mining may actually be a better match for each other than expected.
Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, has blasted into space in a convergence of science fiction and science reality.
Facebook will be introducing several features including prompting teens using its photo-sharing app Instagram to take a break and nudging them if they repeatedly look at the same content that's not conducive to their well-being.
Topps unveiled an expansion of its Godzilla NFT collections while New York Comic Con held a panel on the crypto collectibles showing the surging interest in the space.
From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, these are the top stories that moved markets and had investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs talking this week on Cheddar.
