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.
The game plays "so smoothly" on Nintendo's Switch console, says the eSports commentator and Twitch broadcaster. The Japanese gaming giant made the uber-popular game available on its latest device at E3 this week.
Blockparty wants to stop bots from nabbing all the good seats at your favorite concert and prevent ticket fraud by using blockchain technology to sell tickets, says Shiv Madan, CEO of the ticket-selling start-up.
The technology company has reportedly been developing check-out technology that, much like the Amazon Go store, tracks what shoppers add to their cart and bills them automatically. Microsoft's decision to develop this technology is driven by its ambition to boost its cloud business, says Jeffrey Dastin, the Reuters technology correspondent who first reported the story.
Salesforce has saved a seat at its executive meetings for Einstein, an artificial intelligence-powered robot developed by the cloud computing company.
The cable giant offered $65 billion for the assets of 21st Century Fox and even said it would reimburse more than $1.5 billion of the breakup fee Disney would have to pay if its bid fell through. Daniel Ives of GBH Insights expects Disney to come in with another offer and that a deal will ultimately get done at a price tag even higher than what's currently on the table.
Some child psychologists see young patients struggle with the effects of playing the video game too much. Fortnite's popularity with children lies in its short format and ease of access, says Sara Miller, health editor at Live Science.
Big-time media mergers have renewed a policy debate in Washington over concentrating too much corporate control in a few powerful hands, said Axios tech reporter David McCabe.
AT&T, once it completes its acquisition of Time Warner, will launch a free 'skinny' bundle called AT&T Watch for all its wireless subscribers, putting the newly created company in direct competition with internet streaming companies. "That is going to be a really disruptive move by AT&T," says Rich Greenfield, analyst at BTIG.
With AT&T's offer for Time Warner getting the green light from a U.S. judge Tuesday, BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield says Comcast will finally get its chance to go after the assets of 21st Century Fox.
The 2018 World Cup starts on Thursday, and Jason Gurwin, co-founder and CEO of FOMOPOP, discusses the best ways to watch all of the soccer games from Russia.
