Tech Venture Captial, Mapping Student Debt and Fake News 2.0

The Extreme Geographic Inequality of High-Tech Venture Capital

The Bay Area—that is, San Francisco and Silicon Valley—currently accounts for nearly 45 percent of total venture capital investment in the entire United States. 

Boston, New York, and Washington, comprises another third.

MAPPING STUDENT DEBT: how borrowing for college affects the nation

In this interactive map, they compared zip code-level data on average household student loan balances and delinquency to zip code median income, providing an introduction to the geography of student debt.

Fake news 2.0: personalized, optimized, and even harder to stop

The next generation of fake news would be far more sophisticated thanks to AI.

How we’re becoming slaves to technology, explained by an MIT sociologist

We live on and through our screens, and we’re always plugged in, always distracted. 

The Tesla Of Smart Cities? Pavegen’s On A £5m Mission To Supercharge Your Sidewalks

“Our sole mission is to make people happier in cities, through energy empowerment, our data, increasing health and wellbeing in those spaces.”

All-Liquid 3D Printing Has Potential for Liquid Electronics Applications

Berkeley scientists found a way to 3D print structures that are made completely of liquid materials.

A Big Chunk of Israel’s Tech Scene is Actually Based in New York

Three of the city’s five largest funding rounds last year: WeWork, Compass and Via were from Israel.