Delta is testing free WiFi on flights this month

Delta says it plans to eventually offer free WiFi on flights. The first step to achieving that goal, however, involves testing it out on a handful of planes, beginning later this month. Starting May 13, the carrier will begin offering free service on 55 domestic flights per day. The idea here is to test the […]

Three ‘new rules’ worth considering for the internet

Daniel M. Gerstein Contributor Daniel M. Gerstein works at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation and is an adjunct professor at American University. He was the undersecretary (acting) and deputy undersecretary in the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security from 2011-2014. Gerstein’s latest book, “The Story of Technology: How We Got Here […]

Uber reportedly prices IPO at $45 per share

Uber has set its initial public offering at $45 per share, per reports. Uber has yet to officially disclose its IPO price. The price, which falls at the low end of Uber’s planned range, values Uber at roughly $82 billion. The pricing comes one day after drivers all over the world went on strike, with […]

Blue Origin unveils its lunar lander, Blue Moon

Today at an intimate event in Washington D.C., Jeff Bezos took the wraps off some grand space plans. But that future, which includes trips to the lunar surface, isn’t much without the gear to get it there. Among the more impressive unveils was Blue Moon, a new lunar lander. Bezos unveiled the vehicle, which was […]

Jeff Bezos aims Blue Origin at the Moon

Today at a packed event blocks from the White House, Jeff Bezos took the stage in front of select members of the media, executives, government officials and a gaggle of middle schoolers to reveal new details of his plan to get to the Moon by 2024.  Blue Origin is going to send humans to space […]

Justice Department charges Chinese hacker for 2015 Anthem breach

U.S prosecutors have brought charges against a Chinese national for his alleged involvement of the 2015 data breach at health insurance giant Anthem, which resulted in the theft of 78 million medical records. Fujie Wang, 32, and other unnamed members of a China-based hacking group, are charged with four counts of conspiracy to commit fraud, […]