One ongoing concern in university education is that too many students drop out before finishing their degrees. This can happen for many reasons, including personal or financial issues, or students feeling overwhelmed. The University of Arizona is tracking freshman students’ ID card swipes to anticipate which students are more likely to drop out...
Professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers is doubling down on it’s commitment to employee health and wellness with a $45 million-dollar investment into its wellness program. Specifically, the wellness bonuses will help new families and emphasize PwC’s commitment to work-life balance. For new parents, PwC is now allowing staff members to...
West Virginia is trialing a voting system for absentee voters in the military using a mobile app powered by blockchain technology. In a statement, the West Virginia Secretary of State, Mac Warner, said the pilot is being offered to deployed military personnel and their dependents from the counties of Harrison and Monongalia for West Virginia's...
Ericsson's Connected Urban Transport platform serves as the virtual bus driver for the shuttles in Stockholm, communicating with smart, sensor-enabled bus stops, traffic lights and road infrastructure. As connected and self-driving vehicles start to transform transportation, Connected Urban Transport makes it easier to keep pace with tech...
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, has a busy boardwalk and all kinds of attractions, from mini-golf courses and water parks to a zip line and a Ferris wheel. So it might not be an obvious destination for families with kids on the autism spectrum who may be easily overwhelmed by noise and commotion. But an organization called Champion Autism Network...
Travel bloggers and magazine writers mostly write about trips that are paid for by destinations and travel industry suppliers. Few of these writers, however, ever mention that their reporting is the result of vacations that have been paid for by the very places they are writing about. Now Travel + Leisure magazine is taking this to the next...
California’s cannabis consumers spent $180 million on THC-infused food and drinks last year, 10% of the state’s cannabis sales. Drinkables have been on the rise for some time now, and more companies are releasing their version of THC beverages to get in on the growing trend. Cannabis beverage company California Dreamin’ created four different...
Blue Apron has hatched a Hail Mary strategy to sell more meal kits. The company is reportedly “in active conversations” with supermarkets to introduce a version of the kits on store shelves by year’s end. Sales at the company were sagging long before last summer’s disastrous IPO, and ever since, Blue Apron has seen plunging stock prices and...
The Government of Jersey recently announced its decision to use the digital identity app Yoti as its official identity provider. The Government’s digital team says that users will no longer need to remember multiple usernames and passwords and ideally, by not having to carry as much documentation with them, will keep official identity papers...
Zurich is home to one of the world’s first 3D Cinema LED screens. The projection-free cinema solution claims to deliver peak brightness levels “nearly 10 times” greater than a standard cinema projector. Following the installation of Samsung’s Cinema LED screen in theatres in Korea and China, the first 3D-ready version (announced at ISE 2018)...