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Slow or limited internet access in many African countries is still a major hurdle for everyone from ordinary consumers to small and mid-sized digital companies trying to grow innovative businesses. African countries do not fare well when it comes to global internet speeds, as we noted last month. None of the 39 African countries ranked […]

There is nothing worse than trying to reach a friend or a relative during a crisis and being sent to voicemail. So as Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Florida… …and 3 million people are expected to lose power… UPDATE: FPL expects 3M customer accounts will lose power due to #Irma. Parts of electric grid on […]

A hurricane’s storm surge has the deadly potential to catch people off guard. It can occur far from the storm itself, and cause rapid, devastating floods, hours before or after the storm hits. According to the National Hurricane Center, surges cause more US deaths than any other hurricane-related event. As Hurricane Irma makes its way […]

Hurricane Irma is making its way up the Florida coast, and is expected to make landfall between Marco Island and Everglades City on Sunday afternoon. Live web cams and traffic cams are a good way to track the storm as it progresses. The southernmost point cam made for good internet fodder yesterday as people took […]

Unlocking the full capabilities of a Tesla battery can cost thousands of dollars in extra fees—unless you’re trying to outrun Hurricane Irma. After a customer trying to flee the storm contacted the automaker to ask for more power, the company began issuing free over-the-air upgrades to drivers in the state, Eletrek reports. Some of Tesla’s […]Read More

If you’re reading this, you’re doing alright and can apparently survive. But do you know what it takes to thrive? Some people seem to blossom in all conditions. They perform well, rise to challenges, and overcome obstacles. Instead of getting totally stressed out, they appear to enjoy the challenges and even personally evolve. Now you […]

Crisis situations can bring out the best, worst, and stupidest behavior mankind has to offer. That’s doubly true when the crisis is in Florida, infamously home to some superhumanly weird stories. A few examples as Hurricane Irma began wreaking havok on Saturday: Florida man Ryon Edwards drew worldwide attention for his Facebook event page entitled […]

When Hurricane Irma shifted west, Miami was spared the brunt of direct high winds, but that has not saved the city from severe flooding. On Sunday afternoon, as the storm surge rose, downtown Miami turned into a lake. CNN captured video about on Brickell Ave, about three blocks from Biscayne Bay, which is completely underwater. […]

Hurricane Irma is currently ravaging the west coast of Florida, on track toward Tampa, as a nearly 400-mile wide category 2 storm. The storm made a second landfall as a category 3 storm on Marco Island at 3:35 pm ET Sunday, after making initial landfall at Cudjoe Key (20 miles from Key West) at 9 […]

China’s authorities are planning to shut down the country’s cryptocurrency exchanges, a sweeping move that will effectively close the market for trading of all digital currencies, including bitcoin and ether, in addition to the digital tokens issued by the red-hot “initial coin offerings” (ICOs) that investors have flocked to recently. That’s according to a report […]Read More

The French street artist JR has presented a challenging image of cross-border interaction, just as US president Donald Trump declared his intent to wind down a program that allows undocumented immigrants who entered the country as children the ability to stay and work in the US. Along the US-Mexico border near Tecate, Mexico, JR erected […]

Bitcoin, the original stateless cryptocurrency, has often been tolerated and sometimes embraced by governments, central banks, and other key institutions around the world. But there is a limit to some officials’ acceptance of cryptoassets. The president of the European Central Bank yesterday rejected the idea that Estonia, which is part of the euro zone, could […]