Read my story at ArsTechnica. Regular travelers know all too well just how uncomfortable airplanes have gotten over the last few years. Seats are narrower and offer less legroom than they have in years past, and as prices rise, thanks to the perfect storm of inflation and corporate greed, […]
Author: Abigail Bassett
AI & Travel: How AI Can Help You Plan Your Next Trip (and What to Know About Using it!)
Read my full story at National Geographic. With the introduction of accessible new AI systems like ChatGPT, travel will never be the same. AI has simplified planning, made it easier to discover new experiences, and streamlined the booking process. Instead of slogging through hours of […]
Four Women, One Pink Lamborghini, and a Race to Win the Ultimate Endurance Test
Read my story at ELLE Magazine. Walk into any motorsport event, and you’ll be hit with the overpowering smell of gas and hot rubber, and the near-deafening sound of revving engines. Look closer—in the pits, behind the wheel, in the team trailers—and you’ll be struck […]
This Skincare Device is Backed by NASA and it Really Works
Read my story at CoolHunting. A therapeutics designer and a medical diagnostics professional have created a handheld device that delivers skincare ingredients below the surface of the skin to improve the outcome for everything from wrinkles and fine lines to acne and dark spots. But […]
Helping Small Businesses Learn About Connectivity with the Small Business Association and T-Mobile for Business
I hosted two webinars for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and T-Mobile for Business. You can watch both of my panels, at the SBA site.
Famed Artist, Krista Kim, Talks about the Future of AI & Humanity
By her own description, Krista Kim has always been fascinated by the intersection of human existence and digital reality. Kim is a world-renowned digital artist who was one of the first to build and sell virtual real estate—in the form of an NFT known as the Mars House, a […]
Ten of the Best Facial Sunscreens For Your 40s
I’m a sunscreen junkie. Not by choice. More out of necessity. After all, most sunscreen is greasy, sticky, smelly, white-casty, stingy, and slippery all at once. You’d think that nearly 40 years of scientific development would have changed that, but the truth is, there is […]
Honda’s electric go-kart shows off its easily swappable battery system
Read my story over at ArsTechnica LONG BEACH, Calif.—Honda has its hands in all kinds of businesses, from lawnmowers and power generators to IndyCar, go-karts, and consumer vehicles. Honda Performance Division (HPD) works explicitly on the high-performance and racing product line and builds, hones, and […]
How the “Birds Aren’t Real” Conspiracy Parody Became a Movement for Compassion
Read my story at Cool Hunting. Six years ago, Peter McIndoe fell into character as the leader of the parody conspiracy theory called Birds Aren’t Real. On a whim, the now 24-year-old college dropout created a character who, at least publicly, espoused the belief that […]
A Preview of Humane AI: A Super Secret Personal AI Start-Up by Former Apple Interaction Designers
Read my story at Cool Hunting. Tech has always been influenced by art and creative pursuits, and artists have been playing with the idea of immersive, omniscient and innovative AI and computer technology for eons. While the six-day TED 2023 event in Vancouver ran the […]
At TED 2023, One Thing was Clear: The Future of AI Cannot Be Modeled
Read my story at Cool Hunting. Artificial Intelligence is a global topic as innovators and tech giants like OpenAI, Google and Microsoft work toward increasingly intelligent chatbots and artificial systems that leverage the trove of information that exists on the web today, alongside predictive models […]
2023 BMW i7 Review: An All-Electric Movie Experience
Read my story at The Verge. Want a glimpse of the future of luxury cars? The BMW i7 is where it’s at. And the 31-inch, 8K drop-down movie screen for rear passengers is just the icing on the cake. By Abigail Bassett If you grew […]