Fearing a repeat of those failings when Hurricane Harvey drenched Houston last month, a band of Texas entrepreneurs formed their own aid group whose name—the American Black Cross—addresses the political conflicts inherent in disaster relief on several levels. (Read more on Fast Company)… Read the rest
War zones and war relief extend to cyberspace—through hacks that take out infrastructure as effectively as a bomb, through online posts that can provoke real-life violence, and through humanitarian needs that encompass connectivity and education. (Read more on Fast Company)… Read the rest
Edge computing within these local nodes is the internet version of a reflex reaction. Mission-critical decisions can happen at the edge, without sending signals up the internet backbone to some “brain” in a giant, far-off server farm. (Read more on Fast Company)… Read the rest
Its new Cloudflare Stream service promises to make it easier and cheaper for startups that want to go beyond YouTube or Vimeo and set up their own services. (Read more on Fast Company)… Read the rest
But personalization requires personal information, something consumers in the two companies’ home territory of Germany are especially guarded about. (Read more on Fast Company)… Read the rest
Hands on with the Ionic, the long-awaited watch that Fitbit suggests is more about building a better fitness tracker than going after Apple or Samsung. (Read on Fast Company)… Read the rest
Advocates like the Anti-Defamation League have been cajoling Silicon Valley for years to cut off violent white-supremacist groups. (Read on Fast Company)… Read the rest
The security company’s cofounder and CEO says that his decision doesn’t necessarily mean that he’s taking a more activist stance about hate sites. (Read on Fast Company)… Read the rest
It’s less about the question of a free internet and more about fears of being regulated as monopolies. (Read on Fast Company)… Read the rest
The mobile chip giant is introducing a new depth-camera system that could make its way into major smartphones, headsets, robots, and even cars. (Read on Fast Company)… Read the rest
