I couldn’t believe my ears...

I’d been enjoying a pre-flight cocktail at the George Bush Airport in Houston, casually chatting with some folks at the bar. Most of them were well-dressed professionals in their late 50s.

Soon, the topic of the stock market came up—and as they told me, they…

Historically, venture investors have focused on one primary sector:

Technology.

Sure, what it means to “invest in tech” has changed over time…

In the 60s, for example, it meant backing the makers of silicon chips, whereas today it might mean backing drone start-ups, or artificial intelligence companies…

But tech is…

Uber’s Latest Initiative: Flying Cars

Mark Moore, an aircraft engineer who spent the last 30 years at NASA, just joined Uber. His new initiative is called Uber Elevate. Will it fly? »

Russian Hackers Cheat Slot Machines—and Casinos Have No Fix

In June 2014, the Lumiere Place Casino…

Last week, I received an e-mail from the Chief Market Strategist at Convergex, one of the most well-respected financial technology firms in the country.

The topic of the e-mail?

Marijuana Investments.

Matt and I have been writing about this trend for a while now...

However, when a firm like this…

Fortune just dropped a bombshell:

The pending IPO of SnapChat—one of the most anticipated tech IPOs since Facebook—might be a hoax.

You can’t make this stuff up.

As Fortune reported on Monday, it’s become aware of a “conspiracy theory” that Snap’s massive IPO is just a ploy.

But a ploy…

This App Is Better Than Your Dermatologist

Researchers at Stanford University have created a technology that can tell if your rash is a cancer concern, or a harmless pimple—and it can do it just as well as a human doctor »

The End of Crappy Wi-Fi Is Near

China is killing us.

In 1990, it produced less than 3% of the world’s manufacturing output.

By 2015, that number had increased to nearly 25%.

Today it produces about 90% of the world’s computers, 70% of its mobile phones, and 63% of its shoes.

But now the Chinese government is…

Mexico Explores Buying Twitter and Shutting It Down

There’s a strange idea circulating among Mexican currency traders. Instead of spending serious money to defend the peso against anti-Mexico tweets, Mexico should just buy Twitter and shut it down »

Cost of Raising a Kid Hits $233,610

And that’s…

If President Trump follows through on his promises, the Affordable Care Act could disappear in 2017.

For some, this will be a welcomed change. Between soaring premiums and high deductibles, many believe that “Obamacare” is deeply flawed.

For others, however, Obamacare has been a godsend.

Under the program, 22 million…

When you think about who makes the big bucks from professional sports, two groups of people come to mind:

The players and, of course, the gamblers.

But as it turns out, a third group makes more money than both of them:

The owners of professional sports teams.

Can you imagine…