Pop-Tart inventor William ‘Bill’ Post, dead at 96
William “Bill” Post, the creator of the popular Pop-Tart toaster, died Saturday, his family announced. He was 96 years old. Mr. Post, a Michigan native and son of immigrants who rose from truck washer to senior vice president, brightened the mornings of millions of Americans with his sweet pastries that hit store shelves in 1964. […]
Inventor of gold-standard cognitive test suggests it’d be a ‘good thing’ for Biden to take exam
The doctor who designed one of the most popular psychocognitive assessments told the Post on Tuesday that it might be a good idea for older politicians to take his test after being asked about President Biden. Dr. Ziad Nasreddine, the Canadian neurologist who developed the famous Montreal Cognitive Assessment in the 1990s, avoided politics and […]
Craig Wright claims to be inventor of bitcoin, denies hoax
An Australian-born computer scientist who claims to be the mysterious Bitcoin inventor known as Satoshi Nakamoto was grilled Tuesday by lawyers for a group of crypto developers backed by Jack Dorsey over allegations of an elaborate hoax. pursued. In a London courtroom, Craig Wright was pressured by lawyers from the Crypto Open Patent Alliance to […]
On this day in history, January 19, 2000, Hedy Lamarr dies — ‘beautiful’ Hollywood actress, WWII inventor
On this day in history, January 19, 2000, the brilliant bombshell Hedy Lamarr, an Austrian-born Hollywood favorite who built a parallel career as a pioneer in weapons and communications technology in World War II. died in She was 85 years old. Lamarr was described as “the most beautiful woman in film” by Louis B. Mayer, […]