In this issue of Banter M: The Technology That Could Save The World - Ben Cohen discusses a revolutionary concept and technology he has been investigating that he believes could genuinely change the world. Has he gone mad, or is there something to it that could radically alter ...read more

• By The Editors
  Nov 9, 2018

If you've ever read TechCrunch for a sustained period of time, you'd get the distinct impression that not only are there thousands of 'disruptors' out there revolutionizing the economy to work for the benefit of mankind, but some sort of Silicon Valley inspired tech utopia is ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Feb 17, 2016

On a day when the spoiled-rotten First World exults in the premiere of Apple's latest overpriced fashion accessory, I suppose someone has to be the cranky old man, so here goes. While reading about the rollout of the new iPhone 6 and something called the Apple Watch, I stumbled ...read more

• By Bob Cesca
  Nov 9, 2018

I'll spare you the “There's an app for that” joke and get to the point: BroApp for the Android ($2) was designed for men who fancy themselves too busy to text their girlfriends. Called “your clever relationship wingman” by its developers (and a way to "outsource our humanity" ...read more

• By Virginia Pelley
  Dec 20, 2018

It's call inFORM. Developed by MIT’s Tangible Media Group, inFORM is what's called a "Dynamic Shape Display that can render 3D content physically" -- in other words, it reads your motion under an array of sensors then transmits that information to a tabletop array of pegs, which ...read more

• By Bob Cesca
  Dec 20, 2018

NASA has experienced some of the biggest budget cuts it has seen in decades, heavily reducing what used to be one of the country's biggest technological assets to a mere shadow of its former self. The end result? Heavy privatization of the space industry that has inexorably ...read more

• By Carl Pierre
  Feb 18, 2016

Want to know how to get valued at $13 billion? Apparently, make sure you lose $79.4M a year, and have your primary business model revolve around sending teenage-like text messages in public. From a relatively unknown startup to being one of the biggest social media giants in ...read more

• By Carl Pierre
  Feb 17, 2016

As if your Tuesday afternoon wasn't complete, it turns out that the impending Zombie apocalypse we've all been fearing is finally upon us....well, at least you would think that if you recently checked out Fox News' website which was apparently hacked earlier today. According to ...read more

• By Carl Pierre
  Feb 18, 2016

An interesting campaign is taking off in the UK that is attempting to stop the 6 major energy companies making obscene profits while people are dying of fuel poverty. The Independent is lending its support to the cause: More than 5.5 million households are suffering under fuel ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

A great piece by Alex Magnin on the history of technological innovation and how the latest economic slump may pave the way for a more sustainable future: The great technologies of our era – computing and the internet – drove twin bubbles and crashes. The late 1990’s ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

According to a UN report, that's how much it will cost per year to transform human societies in order to prevent ecological catastrophe. From Fast Company: Companies and governments the world over are investing billions of dollars in transitioning to clean energy, more ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

by David Glenn Cox I was twelve years old when men from the Earth first landed on the moon on July 20,1969. That night I stood in my back yard all alone and stared up at the glowing moon and it made me tingle to think that three men were up there and two were resting in the ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018