The Unconferenz at Sullivan Center

Donna Blanchard and Sachi Slomoff cover the 2015 Unconferenz. The event covers tech and policy issues as well as an Ignite speakers session. Think Tech spoke to people between the breakout sessions, sat in on some breakout sessions and got to see the Ignite Event, which featured Robbie Melton, Patrick Wardle, Ben Trevino, Ria Baldevia […]

Public Spaces in Hawaii

Jay Fidell and Duke Oishi cover the Think Tech panel program entitled “Public Space In Hawaii – What We Can Do To Retain Them”. The program focused on public spaces in Hawaii. Speakers included Britney Taamu-Miyashiro, Fritz Johnson, David Miller, Glenn Miura, Tonia Moy, Scott Wilson, Ben Lee, Ian Sandison, Carroll Taylor and Grace Zheng. […]

Global Astronomy Comes to Hawaii

Jay Fidell and Donna Blanchard talk about 2015 triennial International Astronomical Union Conference at the Hawaii Conference Center. Think Tech took a walk around the convention center and saw some public talks, some of the focus meetings and spoke with some of the attendees. Some of the interviews include researchers and scientist from all over […]

Kumu Kahua Reads At Agora

Duke Oishi and Donna Blanchard cover the opening play, “Joker” of the 45th season of Kumu Kahua Theater. The play was written by Yilong Liu and is about a man dealing with loss. Think Tech gets to sit in on a table read in Agora indoor park at Kakaako, talked with some people involved during […]

Brain Mapping at the Convention Center

Jay Fidell covers the Brain Mapping convention in Honolulu. Some local scientists working on brain mapping include, Linda Chang and Thomas Ernst. An international showing of researchers at the conference helped us understand what was going on. Those people included Simon Eickhoff, Shau-Ming Wei, Michel Theibaut de Schotte and Michael Herbst. JoAnn Taie, executive Director […]

The Military In Hawaii

Jay Fidell and Donna Blanchard cover a Think Tech Panel Program about the Military in Hawaii. The speakers included Bill Kearns of Oceanit, Mark Taki of the Hawaii Congress, Ralph Cossa of the Pacific Forum, Colleen Hanabusa former Hawaii Congresswoman, Jeff James of Booz Allen, Stan Osserman of HCATT, Jennifer Sabas former member of Dan […]

Hawaii To Zero A Cure For HIV

Richard Melendez and Sachi Slomoff cover Hawaii To Zero, a program that was held at the Cancer Center at JABSOM, in Kakaako, and focused on the research and developemnt for a cure for AIDS. Speakers included Virginia Pressler the Director of the State Department of Health, Cecilia Shikuma of the Hawaii Center for AIDS, Mario […]

Susannah Drake: Making Hawaii Green

Jay Fidell and Zuri Bender highlight Susannah Drake’s recent visit to Honolulu. Susannah works to create innovative architecture, with a firm based in Brooklyn, New York, DLANDstudios. Features clips from a Community Matters show with Scott Wilson, and a show with Susannah Drake. They also took a look at architecture throughout Honolulu. Features a commentary […]

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House Set to Vote on Foreign Aid Bills for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

After clearing a critical hurdle on Friday, the pieces of the $95 billion package was expected to pass in a series of votes, putting the legislation on track for enactment [...]

Senate Passes Two-Year Extension of Surveillance Law Just After It Expired

The law lapsed only briefly after a late-night deal that allowed votes on privacy advocates’ proposed changes, all of which were defeated. [...]

Top Chinese Swimmers Tested Positive for Banned Drug, Then Won Olympic Gold

The case, involving multiple swimmers who seven months later won medals at the 2021 Games, prompted accusations of a cover-up and concerns over why antidoping regulators chose not to intervene. [...]

Day 4 of Trump’s Criminal Hush-Money Trial: Key Takeaways

A full jury is seated, a horrifying incident shocks the court and opening statements are set to begin on Monday. [...]

Where Jurors in Trump Hush-Money Trial Say They Get Their News

Prosecutors and defense lawyers tried to divine the political leanings of prospective jurors in the former president’s Manhattan criminal trial from their answers to questions about what media they consume. [...]

An audible sigh of relief in the Middle East

The latest round in the longstanding, dangerous rivalry between Israel and Iran seems over for now, Lyse Doucet writes. [...]

Iran downplays presumed Israeli attack but vows response to any 'decisive action'

World leaders have been repeating calls for de-escalation, after a reported Israeli strike on Iran. [...]

UK's largest indoor arena opens with big plans

A new £365m venue in Manchester is backed by Harry Styles and aims to tempt major events from London. [...]

How Taylor Swift captured modern dating despair

From exes who wasted our time, to comfort-eating after a breakup. We've all been there and so has Swift. [...]

Baby Reindeer star on 'role of a lifetime' in true crime drama

Actress Jessica Gunning plays an obsessive and delusional stalker in Netflix's word-of-mouth hit. [...]

The blast hit the Calso military base south of Baghdad, where a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups are stationed. Meanwhile, the US House of Representatives is close to approving new [...]

The two mayoral candidates were reported killed on the same day. Their deaths bring the number of local politicians killed in the lead up to Mexico's June elections to 17. [...]

The man shared leaflets before dousing himself in a liquid and setting himself on fire. The gruesome scene was caught by TV cameras outside the New York court, which is [...]

US officials said more than 1,000 of their troops stationed in Niger will leave soon. Niger's military leaders have been growing closer to Russia since seizing power in a coup [...]

More than 70% of votes from Volkswagen staff at the Chattanooga factory in Tennessee were in favor of joining the United Auto Workers union. It's a huge shot in the [...]

Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial dies of injuries, police say

The man took out pamphlets espousing conspiracy theories, tossed them around, then doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire outside the courthouse Friday, officials and witnesses said. [...]

What to know about week 1 of Trump's criminal trial, with jury selection complete

New York Judge Juan Merchan told jurors this week to prepare to hear opening statements on Monday. [...]

Senate passes reauthorization of key surveillance program despite privacy concerns

The legislation would extend for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA. It now goes to President Biden's desk to become [...]

USC cancels filmmaker's keynote amid controversy over canceled valedictorian speech

USC announced the cancellation of a keynote speech by filmmaker Jon M. Chu just days after making the choice to keep the student valedictorian, who expressed support for Palestinians, from [...]

Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and 'American Idol' alum, has died at 47

The singer gained stardom after finishing ninth on "American Idol" in 2006. In 2014, she won a Grammy for best contemporary Christian music album for "Overcomer," her fifth album. [...]

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