NEW YORK - JPMorgan Chase & Co. is planning to test new technology that would let consumers pay with their palms or faces at certain US merchants. The bank, home to one of the world’s biggest payment-processing businesses, plans to roll out the service to its broader base of US merchant clients if the pilot program goes
WASHINGTON DC - Even as activists continue to face opposition—and even disdain—from climate deniers for attempting to raise awareness about the danger our planet is in, mounting scientific data shows that the world's ice is melting at a rapid pace. According to a study published earlier in 2021, global ice loss has increased rapidly over the past
NEW YORK - It's not over just yet, the United Nations' climate watchdog group said in its latest anxiety-inspiring report, but things are looking very, very bad. As the Associated Press notes in its write-up of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, officials with the international body say they're sounding the alarm bells before it's finally too
WASHINGTON DC - This report characterizes the solid-state battery technologies, materials, market, supply chain and players. It assesses and benchmarks the available solid-state battery technologies, introduces most players worldwide and analyzes the key players in this field, forecasted from 2023 to 2033 over 10 application areas of 3 key technology categories for both capacity and
ALASKA - A detailed "body scan" of Malaspina Glacier- one of Alaska's most iconic glaciers- revealed that its bulk lies below sea level and is undercut by channels, making it likely to retreat faster than previously thought, according to a new study published in JGR Earth Surface. The findings underscore the fragility of an extensive
NEW YORK - With news of three unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) being shot down throughout the North American continent, front and center in the media, National Geographic’s latest docuseries, UFOs: Investigating the Unknown, could not have debuted at a more opportune time. The series takes an in-depth look at the phenomenon of unidentified flying objects. The concept
LANSING - Samsung announced that Capital Area K12 Online School was selected as the State Winner for Michigan in the 13th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM competition and will receive a prize package of at least $12,000 in technology and school supplies. Capital Area K12 Online School's project for the competition focused on how
GRAND RAPIDS–Officials at Metronet have an announced the start of construction on an expansion of multi-gigabit fiber optic internet access. The cost of the expansion wasn’t announced, but the company said it was a “multimillion-dollar investment.” Construction has begun near the intersection of Michigan Street NE and Beltline Avenue NE and will move rapidly throughout
SAN FRANCISCO - A lot was happening in 2020 so there’s a chance you may have missed something—like the fact the New York Times published a story basically saying aliens are real. The claim was based on a document stating that the government has found unexplained objects that were “not made on this earth.” You read that right. So yeah, that
DETROIT - In a hypothetical future where autonomous cars trundle up and down our busy roads, traffic lights might have a fourth color installed, one added for the benefit of those self-driving vehicles. Researchers at North Carolina State University are proposing an additional white traffic light that would signal to drivers autonomous vehicles (AVs) are
