A boring setting with huge payoff.

How did the light-emitting diode change the world? And, come to mention it, might it perversely actually prompt us to puff more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere? What do bananas tell you about the ...

Most people appreciate comfort and convenience in every part of their lives, but smart people with strong intuition usually like certain things other people find boring. They prefer to challenge ...

Thoma Bravo's billionaire founder says AI has made young people's jobs 'greater' and 'broader.' "They're spending a lot less time doing models or comparables than before," Orlando Bravo told CNBC.

When I talk to other journalists and random bus stop strangers about the idea of divesting from Microsoft and Xbox - worth doing for many reasons besides the company's dealings with the Israeli ...

Dean Boring, a former Lakeland commissioner and businessman, died at the age of 77. He was the owner and president of Boring Business Systems, a 102-year-old family technology firm. Boring served for ...

Earlier this year, I had a noble idea. For my job, I have to remember a lot of AI companies, so I thought I'd draw up a competition map for my desk. I'd divvy a sheet of paper into columns and list ...

Felipe Chavez, CEO of Robot.com, wants to use robots to fill in the jobs people don't want.Courtesy Robot.com For Felipe Chavez, the future of robotics might look something like an idyllic yogurt ...

I’m not talking about launching a billion-dollar-valuation startup over 48 hours. That myth is currently being debunked as the costs start to become less opaque. What I’m talking about is spending six ...

Editor’s note: this story was updated to correct Boring’s mother’s name. Allan Dean Boring III, known around Lakeland as Dean Boring, died May 30, 2026, at the age of 77. The former Lakeland city ...