If you haven’t heard about the continual successes of the Falcon 9 rocket boosters and the overall success of SpaceX…
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Saying the internet has a fake news problem is like saying a sewer has lighting issues. Fake news, also known…
You might not have noticed, but politics and government have been dominating the news for a little while. Even here…
By now, it’s clear that government agencies have been using televisions, cars, smartphones, microwaves, toothbrushes, your cat, your cat’s toothbrush…
Elon Musk is like a reverse of Donald Trump; both are well known and iconic businessmen and neither can go…
With everything from pill bottles to air fresheners to strollers and breast pumps now connected to the web, the Internet…
China has been the favorite international economic whipping boy for decades. Artificial currency devaluation, cheap manufacturing thanks to questionable human…
Democracy may be dead. Either that, or it’s never been better. It all depends on your perspective. No matter how…
I, like most Americans, woke up today feeling a little hungover. A 12-hour-long, down-to-the-wire election had culminated with the election…
From all of us here at SnapMunk, to all of you out there in the USA: HAPPY ELECTION DAY & HAPPY…
– Julian Assange; Google Deepmind; Fusion Plasma and facial recognition databases. That’s just a few of this week’s tech stories,…
Welcome to WTF, the new weekly tech news web series from SnapMunk. Join Eric & Devin as they take you through this week’s biggest stories.
Welcome to WTF, the new weekly tech news web series from SnapMunk. Join Eric & Devin as they take you through this week’s biggest stories.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump finally faced off this past Monday in the first Presidential Debate. I left it feeling…
It has been called many things; universal basic income, guaranteed minimum income, guaranteed basic income, etc. It all means the…
If you haven’t been following tech news, you might have missed the fact that artificial intelligence has been insinuating itself into…
Much of our media, especially the stories that make it to the front page of Reddit, paint India as a…
A few months ago, Title III of the JOBS Act came into full effect. At the time SnapMunk contributor, Daniel…
Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep…
Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep…
Hillary Clinton recently released a detailed initiative for the future of technology and innovation in the United States. Now that she…
The space race was first spurred by Cold War hostilities and the jostling for bragging rights. Today, innovation in space…
Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep…
Recently, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren leveled some heavy criticisms against Silicon Valley. “Google, Apple, and Amazon have created disruptive technologies…
Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep…
With just a few taps, Ctzen enables regular citizens to report city issues to their local officials, and, through gamification, encourages regular interaction with city government. The app is nicely designed and serves a need. The only obstacle that remains is user adoption, particularly by the government officials.
In case you missed it, the U.S. Department of Transportation launched the Smart City Challenge at the end of 2015,…
In 2015, an artificial intelligence program called, ROSS was created to perform legal research for overburdened law firms. ROSS was first…
Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep…
If you’ve ever wondered what the friendliest city is for startup growth or the best state is for an entrepreneur, you’ll be interested to know it isn’t Silicon Valley or California. At least not according to the Kauffman Index of Growth Entrepreneurship, which was released last week. It shows a different map of Startup Nation than one might expect, with the emphasis on new business on the East Coast.
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Computer programmers aren’t always known for their badassery. Assuming of course that “badass” still means something akin to “capable of death-defying…
Anyone who has seen the show Parking Wars knows that getting a parking ticket or traffic ticket (or worse, getting booted)…
Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep…
Last week, the White House released a plan to spur the development and availability of smart gun technology—tech that would…
Title 3 of The JOBS Act is going into effect, allowing companies to give out equity through crowdfunding. This may change the landscape of startup funding … or not. Here’s a summary of all that jazz.
Apple went head to head with the FBI. Microsoft has filed suit against the government. Egypt, China and the United Kingdom are all looking at electronic surveillance, privacy, and intellectual property. With so many governments weighing in, your privacy may be at stake. Here’s why you should care.
Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep…
Law enforcement continues to need tech support from private citizens, open admission that government agencies like the FBI just can’t cut it. But what’s holding them back from hiring the best and the brightest? Perhaps it’s our government’s lack of innovation.
Startup EnGoPlanet has created street lights that can run on solar energy and kinetic energy, the kind created by people walking. They may be a perfect solution for pedestrian-friendly cities like Las Vegas, saving energy and dollars, while also offering unique features like seating areas and smartphone charging stations.
Government finance is notoriously inefficient. The Heritage Foundation recently reported that the Pentagon spent $998,798 shipping two 19 cent washers…
A look at five technologies and their possible ramifications in the near-future. The technology discussed includes virtual reality like the Oculus Rift, Android Robots like ASIMO, 3D Printing, Self-Driving Cars like those developed by Google, and Killer AI.
The White House was unmoved by the overwhelming public outcry for clemency towards Edward Snowden, the outspoken whistleblower who brought…
We’ve seen many stories this year about how artificial intelligence systems are being developed for applications that benefit society, like…
A government is only as effective as the power they give to the people. It is the public that can…
For years, government finance has been limited to government accounts offices, far out of the public’s eye. It took government…