Is RentAHuman.ai Legit? What Users Should Know About the New Booking Marketplace
Artificial intelligence was supposed to eliminate the middleman. Instead, it may be renting one. Across a growing corner of the internet, a website called RentAHuman.ai has begun prompting users to verify their email, complete a profile, list skills, set an hourly rate, and connect a payment wallet before receiving bookings. The premise is blunt: people…
The Billion-Dollar Insurance Hack You’ve Never Heard Of: Infineo’s Plan To Put Life Insurance On-Chain
Infineo Global calls itself a FinTech. The scale of what it is attempting places the company inside a larger conversation about money, trust, and the future of state blockchain compliance. Chief Revenue Officer Jay Rogers says the mission is direct: turn life insurance into a digital asset that regular families can use the same way…
Women Take the Wheel: Silvina Moschini’s Unicoin Ignites the Great Wealth Shift
In July 2025, the White House released a digital‑assets roadmap promising to usher in a “Golden Age of Crypto.” On July 30, 2025 the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets — established by executive order — said America must become the “crypto capital of the world” and urged Congress to pass legislation that embraces…
From Holograms to Smart Jewelry: Inside Pepcom’s 40-Brand Tech Showcase in New York
At this year’s Pepcom-hosted Holiday Spectacular in New York, technology brands shifted the narrative beyond specs and gaming into the realm of creative tools, personal safety, and smart living. The event gathered a cross-section of forty innovators, each vying for the spotlight ahead of the holiday shopping surge. Perhaps the most compelling scene unfolded at…
What If the Next Source of Water Isn’t Underground, But Above Us?
Water is life, but around the world it’s running out. More than 2.2 billion people live without safe drinking water, and regions once abundant with rain are drying faster than they can adapt. As data centers multiply and agriculture expands, the planet’s most essential resource is being consumed faster than it can be replenished. CEO…
Who Killed Progress? Charles Frey on AI, Power, and the Next Collapse
In this landmark work, Oxford economist Carl Benedikt Frey traces how progress unravels when power consolidates faster than ideas can spread. Described by early reviewers as “a masterwork of economic history and foresight” and “a wake-up call for the digital age,” the book examines the cycles that turn innovation into control—from the Dutch Republic to…
Conflict and Coltan: The Hidden Costs of Technology
Eastern Congo, home to one of the world’s richest deposits of coltan, enduring conflict in the name of consumer profits remains largely overlooked amid global crises. This mineral, essential for manufacturing tantalum capacitors found in nearly every modern electronic device, has fueled violence, displacement, and economic exploitation, leaving millions of Congolese to bear the human…
From Blue Fairy to AI Friend: Can Microsoft’s Copilot Truly Deliver Human Connection and Inclusivity
In Artificial Intelligence, the fictional character David searches endlessly for his Blue Fairy, a mythical figure he believes can turn him into a real boy and reunite him with his mother. This one-dimensional figure, an all-knowing being, symbolizes an unreachable ideal, much like how generative AI today can sometimes feel—offering answers and connection but limited…
AI Models Are Prompting a New Era of Search. Is ‘Googling’ Gone?
By Amanda Smith for New York Edge News This moment in digital history is one for the books. Never before has a technology moved with such speed and influence. Artificial intelligence is redefining not only how we work and create—but how we search. It’s both captivating and unsettling. The tipping point? ChatGPT’s launch in November…
PLAUD’s Productivity Promise to “Free Your Intelligence”
By Amanda Smith for New York Edge News Notetaking and transcribing needs have existed as long as humans. The mechanism of recording conversations has evolved over time, but the essence of the action has remained unchanged: Record and recall. The ancient Egyptians used clay to record laws, trade, and traditions. The Greeks used wax to…
