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

Why Are Crypto Mining Stocks MARA, RIOT, BTBT, BITF Up Today?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Institutional support for Bitcoin is boosting the value of coins backed by these institutions while other cryptocurrency prices stagnate.

Dear AI Stock Fans, Mark Your Calendars for June 22

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Most companies that were hot during the Dot-Com Bubble of the late 1990s fell hard but a few turned out to be good investments. C3.AI must convince investors it's going to be a long-term winner

Why SOFI Stock Is Still the Ultimate Long-Term Bet in Digital Finance

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Once SoFi can get paid back on its student loans, its story as an online financial supermarket will look better.

NIO Stock Alert: Nio Launches ET5 Touring

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Nio stock is rising, but the company is under pressure to sell the ET5 in quantity, along with other cars on its NT2.0 platform.

MVIS Stock Alert: MicroVision Withdraws Stock Offering

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

MicroVision needs to find another way to finance its losses as it seeks markets for lidar used in self-driving cars.

Caution! The AI Hype Cycle Will Leave META Stock Investors Disappointed.

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Meta has chosen an open source strategy for its generative AI tools, leading rivals to call for government regulation. It also has yet to prove it can make money on the technology.

Why Are Chinese EV Stocks LI, XPEV, NIO Up Today?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Electric vehicles affordable to the American middle class are coming, and many of them will likely be Chinese.

MVIS Stock Alert: Why Is MicroVision Falling 15% Today?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

MicroVision and other Lidar companies are under pressure to make sales as interest in self-driving technology cools.

PLUG Stock: Plug Power Raises Sales Guidance Ahead of Investor Day

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Plug Power is demonstrating growth, and its hydrogen technology works. Now PLUG needs to show it can earn a profit.

Why Li Auto May Be the True Contender in China’s EV Market

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Li Auto is growing at enormous speed and making money with plug-in hybrids that would be great for the American market.

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