Author - Jorge Paka

Using a Debit Card for Holiday Purchases? Here’s Why a Consumer Advocate Says You Shouldn’t

You can only spend what you have when using a debit card to make a purchase, just like when using cash.What is a debit card?Though it's likely that you already know what a debit card is, just in case: Debit cards are a type of payment instrument provided by banks and other depository institutions...

The Risks Of Commercial Brain-Computer Interfaces

Electroencephalography (EEG), a technique for noninvasively measuring the electrical activity of the brain. Credit: iStoockResearchers raise concerns about the possible social, moral, and legal repercussions of technology's close relationship with the human brain.However, it may sound like a cyborg future where people can communicate with and control other people's external technological gadgets by using...

Wharton Professor Explains What All the Buzz Around Bitcoin is About

Credit: Alesia Kozik/pexels.comThe Wharton School's Mauro Guillén, a professor of international management, responds to inquiries about the increased interest.Elon Musk energized the possibilities for Bitcoin stock earlier this month when he promised that Tesla, Inc. will soon accept payment for its electric vehicles in the much-discussed but little-known currency.Mauro Guillén, previously the head of...