By Francesca Street, CNN
Waking up in a chic hotel room with a view of the solar system could be the future of travel, at least if space company Orbital Assembly has anything to say about it. Continue reading Inside the space hotel scheduled to open in 2025
By AJ Horch, CNBC
Cynthia DiBartolo’s journey to the New York Stock Exchange floor was fraught with challenges and difficulty. Continue reading How the first disabled and woman-owned NYSE floor broker is changing Wall Street
By Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering
Benjamin Choi, a seventeen-year-old student from Virginia in the U.S., used the spare time offered by the pandemic to build a mind-controlled, artificial intelligence (A.I.) powered yet low-cost prosthetic arm, Smithsonian Magazine reported. Continue reading A high school student built a prosthetic arm he controls with his mind. Using AI?
By Wired
WE’VE BEEN PROMISED the end of password-based logins on the internet for a very long time, but now it seems that promise may finally be fulfilled. Continue reading Apple, Google, and Microsoft Team Up to Vanquish the Password
By Alliah Czarielle, Hemophilia News Today
Climate change has been a hot topic in our circles lately. We feel it very much in the Philippines, where hot summers in the months of April and May have quickly turned into a season of strong typhoons and dangerous floods. Recently, a major typhoon hit the province of Leyte, causing a tragic landslide. Continue reading Looking at Environmental Protection Through the Lens of Disability
By WiSE students Nayeli Stopani Barrios, Jessica Becker, Elise Murphy and Larissa Sanches, Nevada Today
Women pursuing STEM careers have faced many challenges in the past, and they continue to do so today. In the past, many of these challenges were built into the framework of our public and private institutions and our legal system. Continue reading The challenge of gender bias: experiences of women pursuing careers in STEM
By Apple
Continue reading Apple expands the use of recycled materials across its products
By Nick Wakeman, Washington Technology
Proposals are due next week for a NASA contract that supports the space agency’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance. Continue reading NASA to save mission safety contract for women-owned businesses
By TOI STAFF, The Times of Israel
New fossil evidence from rocks found in Canada suggests life on Earth began between 3.75 to 4.2 billion years ago, a new study says. Continue reading Scientists believe they may have found Earth’s oldest life — 4.2 billion years old
By Digital Trends Español and Victoria Montenegro Caspe, Digital Trends
Hispanic Heritage Month (which runs from September 15 to October 15) seeks to highlight the contributions of people of Hispanic origin in the United States, and in that spirit, this list puts the spotlight on some of the most influential in the technology sector.
Special emphasis is placed on those who hold important positions and do their best to ensure that the Hispanic community is best represented in the world of technology. Members of the Latino and Hispanic communities have long held prominent positions in the world’s largest technology companies, and it’s no surprise: We are a young, hard-working, and highly creative community. Continue reading Meet the most influential Hispanic people in the world of tech
