Inventor Babak Tahari compares the opportunities of the Internet of Things — or Internet of Tomorrow, as he likes to call it — to the Industrial Revolution. As head of Freescale Semiconductor’s (FSL) sensor solutions unit, he leads researchers exploring ways to use sensors in automotive, medical, consumer and industrial applications. His team looks at how sensors work, or might fail. “Think of a (self-driving) car with radar — high-frequency
Bitcoin, which online news site Quartz called the worst investment of 2014, continues on a turbulent path, hurt by security fears and other issues but retaining some notable investors as advocates. The digital currency plunged 22% the week of Jan. 11 alone, according to CoinDesk.com, a bitcoin-focused news site. That drop stemmed from a Jan. 4 cyberattack on Bitstamp, the world’s second-largest dollar-bitcoin exchange. Hackers looted 18,000
Amazon shares surged 12% in after-hours trading Thursday after the e-commerce king reported fourth-quarter earnings that trumped forecasts, though sales were eroded by adverse currency factors and missed views. The company’s Q1 outlook also disappointed. The shares closed the regular session at 311.78. Investors seemed cheered by a better-than-50% increase in paid Prime membership last year that offset softness in other parts of Amazon’s (AMZN)