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 Is NIO Stock Up 5% Today?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

NIO may now be the weakest Chinese EV stock traded in New York after reporting another loss on slowing sales.

There Are 25,000 Reasons Xpeng (XPEV) Stock Is Up 10% Today

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

If XPeng can deliver its G6 at a profit, its fortunes could turn around quickly, but it now must execute on the orders.

Why Li Auto Stock May Be Sitting in the Hybrid Sweet Spot

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Li's cars use batteries for the power train and gasoline to power the batteries. It remains two years from announcing an all-electric model.

RIDE Stock Alert: Lordstown Prepares for Litigation Against Foxconn

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

RIDE stock is in focus as Lordstown Motors tries to make Foxconn fulfill its equity investment promise after a reverse stock split.

Tesla (TSLA) Stock Jumps on General Motors Partnership

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

GM has followed Ford into accepting Tesla's plugs and SuperCharger stations as a standard for EVs.

NVDA Stock Surge: Is Nvidia Really the Microsoft of the AI Era?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Nvidia GPUs enable AI applications, much like Microsoft Windows enabled Internet applications in the 1990s. But the future of that boom is unpredictable.

GME Stock Alert: What to Know as GameStop Ousts CEO

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

GME stock fell overnight from the firing of its CEO. GameStop's 8-K indicated a need to cut costs further and focus on high-margin products.

Why Zuck’s AI Strategy May Be the Secret Sauce That META Stock Needs

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Meta has released its large language model and translation tools to an open source process, and rivals are pissed.

Cathie Wood Is Buying the SEC Lawsuit Dip in Coinbase (COIN) Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Coinbase and the crypto industry at large is at war with regulators. But Cathie Wood is still buying shares of COIN stock.

PLUG Stock Alert: Plug Power Announces New Hydrogen Deal

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Plug Power is demonstrating growth in its hydrogen business, but PLUG stock is still down by nearly one-third on the year.

Load More