Dana Blankenhorn

Dana Blankenhorn

InvestorPlace Contributor

Expertise: Technology, Biotech, Renewable energy

Education: M.S,J. Northwestern (Medill School) 1978; B.A. Rice University, History and Political Science 1977

Awards & Accomplishments: Tech reporter since 1982, Freelance since 1983, on Internet since 1985. Created first online coverage of Internet with a magazine, Interactive Age, 1994 Co-wrote BBS Systems for Business in 1991, Wrote Guide to Field Computing in 1992 Wrote technology history now called "Living with Moore's Law" in 2001, 2010, 2021 Author of over a dozen books, both fiction and non-fiction

About Dana:
Dana Blankenhorn has been a financial journalist since 1978, a technology journalist since 1982, and an Internet journalist since 1985. He writes a Substack newsletter, Facing the Future, which covers technology, markets, and politics.

He has written a half-dozen technology books, several novels available at the Amazon Kindle store, and covered beats ranging from education to e-commerce, and from open source to renewable energy. He lives in Atlanta.

Recent Articles

Carnival Cruise Lines: Financial Drama on the High Seas

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Carnival took on massive amounts of debt to get through the pandemic, at interest rates as high as 12.5%. A return to cruising means those costs could come down.

Bitcoin Might Be a Lot of Things, but It’s Still Not Money

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The price of Bitcoin briefly fell below $30,000 before recovering, giving both critics and advocates ammunition for their arguments.

Why Wall Street Walked Away From Workhorse Group

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

WKHS stock is up as it faces a tough battle to overturn Oshkosh's contract for new U.S. Postal Service electric vehicles.

Bionano Genomics: Did Reddit Squirrels Find a Nut?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Bionano Genomics offers a system called Saphyr that does optical genetic sequencing. If the technique floods the market, it could be a winner.

It’s Time to Back Away From DraftKings Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The problem is with DraftKings' technology partner, SBTech, which short-sellers at Hindenburg Research say still does business where gambling is illegal.

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