Princeton researchers have refined the fabrication of light-emitting diodes with crystalline structures, known as perovskites, a more efficient and potentially lower cost alternative to materials used in today’s LEDs. Credit: Sameer A. Khan / Fotobuddy Light emitting diodes, like LEDs, are almost exclusively present in modern life, and provide the …
Read More »Unusual viral video shows a plane crash landing on a city street – BGR
A light aircraft experienced an engine failure while flying over a city in Brazil, and the pilot made an emergency landing on a city street. A viral video shows the plane crashing and rolling on its roof when its wings were burnt off. Unfortunately, both the pilot and his passenger …
Read More »Intel initiates $ 10 billion share repurchase agreements
Intel Corporation announced today that it is in agreement with Accelerated Repurchase (ASR) agreements to repurchase a $ 10 billion aggregate from Intel’s common stock. Following the completion of these agreements, Intel will have acquired a total of approximately $ 17.6 billion in share purchases as part of its planned …
Read More »Uber CEO on California Fight: ‘We Can’t Go Out and Overnight 50,000 People’
In a podcast interview Wednesday, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi denied the idea that his company is capable of using all of its drivers in California, as a state judge has ordered it. “We can not hire 50,000 people overnight,” Khosrowshahi said on the Pivot School podcast hosted by Kara Swisher …
Read More »These are the jobs and skills that Amazon is looking for in its plans to expand Lord & Taylor of New York City
“For years, New York was just that [Amazon’s] sales and marketing post outside Silicon Valley, “said John Barrett, a partner at ON Partners, a Boston-based technology recruitment company. They now see clearly that there is a big tech pool right in New York City, and that is why the past …
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