Skip to content
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Anchorage Herald

Anchorage Breaking News & Events

The location could not be found.
  • News
  • Sports
  • Weather
  • Life
  • Money
  • Tech
  • Travel

Author: Jeff Stibel, Special to USA TODAY

Money

The future of ‘brain chip’ technology: Balancing whether we can with whether we should

September 10, 2020Jeff Stibel, Special to USA TODAYComments Off on The future of ‘brain chip’ technology: Balancing whether we can with whether we should

Entrepreneur and brain scientist Jeff Stibel believes brain computer interfaces will do more good than harm. Here’s why he’s giving the tech to Tufts.

Money

Your brain on gambling: Why we keep betting even when the chips are down

June 10, 2019Jeff Stibel, Special to USA TODAYComments Off on Your brain on gambling: Why we keep betting even when the chips are down

Whether it’s Powerball, Mega Millions, a roulette wheel or slot machine the Monte Carlo fallacy trips our brains into thinking we could be a winner.

Money

Why is fake news so dangerous? Blame your easily-fooled brain.

April 8, 2019Jeff Stibel, Special to USA TODAYComments Off on Why is fake news so dangerous? Blame your easily-fooled brain.

Experiments have shown that people are in far less control of their decisions than they believe.

Money

How to get money for your entrepreneurial dream

December 28, 2018Jeff Stibel, Special to USA TODAYComments Off on How to get money for your entrepreneurial dream

Community lenders, banks, venture capital and your own money are places to start.

Tech

Pessimists: The world is better than you think. Your brain makes you think otherwise

October 23, 2018Jeff Stibel, Special to USA TODAYComments Off on Pessimists: The world is better than you think. Your brain makes you think otherwise

We are pessimistic because our brains have a quirk called “availability bias.” When we see something negative it keeps us from putting it in context.

Headlines

‘Big Hero 6’s San Fransokyo comes to life at Disneyland

August 31, 2023Eve Chen, USA TODAY

Velocity at what cost? MLB’s hardest throwers keep succumbing to Tommy John surgery

August 31, 2023Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY

Gadget guru or digitally distracted? Which of these 5 tech personalities are you?

August 31, 2023Jennifer Jolly

U.S. Embassy urges Americans to leave Haiti ‘as soon as possible’

August 31, 2023Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY

PCE inflation report: Key measure ticks higher in July. What will the Fed do?

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023Paul Davidson, USA TODAY

USF is building a $340M on-campus football stadium amid concerns academics are being left behind

August 31, 2023AP

At 61, Meg Ryan is the lead in a new rom-com. That shouldn’t be such a rare thing.

August 31, 2023Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY

Iran bans weightlifter for shaking hands, taking photo with Israeli competitor

August 31, 2023Steve Gardner, USA TODAY

Blue supermoon: See photos of the rare moon that won’t happen again until 2037

August 31, 2023Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY

College professor harassed students to quench ‘clown fetish,’ offering extra credit, cash

August 31, 2023Chris Quintana and Colin Campo, USA TODAY
  • News
  • Sports
  • Weather
  • Life
  • Money
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • Tampa Herald
  • Reno Chronicle
  • New Orleans Courier
  • Flint Chronicle
  • St. Louis Herald
  • Boise Chronicle
  • Anchorage Herald
  • Madison Chronicle
  • Chula Vista Chronicle
  • Newark Chronicle
  • Stockton Chronicle
  • Pittsburg Herald
  • Toledo Herald
2020 editorial | Editorial by MysteryThemes.