Mark is Co-founder/Editor of TechBuzz News. From Ogden, UT, Mark attended WSU, BYU, and Tufts. He has been involved in tech, media, publishing since the 80s.
UVU's Emerging Tech Policy Lab and Gary R. Herbert Institute for Public Policy released research showing AI-generated deepfakes influence voter opinion as effectively as real media, with no demographic group able to reliably detect synthetic content.
Vis e Terra has spent four years developing a closed chemical system that converts coal, plastic, and waste rubber into hydrogen and electricity — without burning anything. Now, with a new name, a new manufacturing facility, and a Utah investor behind them, they're ready to be found.
Troomi (Orem, UT) launches the Samsung Galaxy A17 5G with Troomi OS™, a $199.95 child-safe smartphone featuring AI content filtering, parental controls, and curated app access — the company's most capable device yet in the kids-phone market.
StartFEST returns June 23–24 at Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, bringing founders, investors, and operators together for two days of insights on AI, fundraising, go-to-market strategy, leadership, and growth.
Lunr Capital (Minneapolis, MN) replaced spreadsheet-based loan management with LoanPro’s API-first lending platform, enabling 9x portfolio growth, reducing manual servicing work by 20%, and delivering near-zero servicing errors at scale.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce joined a Dorsey & Whitney roundtable in Salt Lake City to discuss regulatory reforms aimed at making IPOs more accessible, as Utah business and policy leaders examined how to grow the state's pipeline of public companies.
A 10-year, 200-mile fiber project finally connects Navajo Mountain High School — one of Utah's last unconnected public schools — to high-speed broadband, marking a milestone for the Navajo Nation.
