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Jeopardy comes to Drivetime app for hands-free gameplay
We'll take "new favorite app" for $100, Alex. BY SHELBY BROWN SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 2:56 PM PDT Want to play Jeopardy without leaving your car? Amanda Edwards/Getty Images Jeopardy fans can now download the Drivetime app and play the trivia game on their next road...
‘Jeopardy!’ fans can now answer trivia questions while they drive
The game is coming to the voice-based, hands-free app Drivetime. Christine Fisher, @cfisherwrites 09.09.19 in AV Drivetime Jeopardy! fans can now test their knowledge while they drive. To celebrate the 36th season of Jeopardy!, which premieres tonight on CBS, Sony has...
‘Jeopardy!’ fans can now shout answers while driving, not just on the couch
BY SASHA LEKACHSEP 09, 2019 For $400: A heavily ornamented style of architecture is named for this, often used to make men and houses. Is it corn bread, sweet bread, or ginger bread?If you said, "What is ginger bread?" you got the money and it's onto the next clue in...
The Stories Numbers Tell
July 30, 2019 at 10:18 am by Charles Wang The use of numbers to make sense of the world and solve problems long predates modern data collection from websites, applications, devices, and sensors. Florence Nightingale used coxcomb diagrams to identify and reduce the...
7 ways to cool down during the dog days of summer
A mid-summer meltdown may be in the cards, but you can keep your cool with high-tech gadgets and devices geared towards lowering your body temp Like GearBrain on Facebook Melissa Kay August 13 2019 Summer is the season of heat and humidity— but there's no reason you...
The Multi-Billion Dollar Value of A Good Night’s Sleep
Why entrepreneurs should dive into efficient markets, and what we can learn from waterbeds. By Tracy Leigh HazzardCEO, Hazz [email protected] GETTY IMAGES In 1968, at San Francisco State University, a student by the name of Charlie Hall was working on his thesis. Hall...
7 Luxury Subscription Boxes To Spoil Yourself With
Wendy Gould·July 17, 2019 10 Wooster It’s been nearly a decade since Birchbox, which was founded by two Harvard Business School geniuses, set the world abuzz with the idea of a “monthly subscription box.” Since then, we’ve seen countless other companies follow suit....
Amazon Has Blessed Us With The Ultimate Prime Day Tech Deals
AMANDA RANDONE LAST UPDATED JULY 16, 2019, 9:05 AM SHOP THIS INFO VARRAM Pet Fitness Robot $169.00$101.40 BUY Varram Pet Fitness Robot Full Package Get your pet a companion to keep them occupied while you're out. This robotic toy, now almost $70 off, plays with your...
Fuel50 raises $14 million to bolster employee engagement and retention
KYLE [email protected]_L_WIGGERS AUGUST 1, 2019 5:30 AM Fuel50, a software startup developing a cloud-hosted career experience and talent mobility platform, today announced that it has raised $14 million in a series B funding round led by PeakSpan Capital, bringing its...
4 Tech Trends That Are Positively Changing Workplaces
From reporting bad behavior to allowing more flexibility, these advancements help everyone. Image credit: Hinterhaus Productions | Getty Images Andrew Medal CONTRIBUTOR Serial Entrepreneur, Digital Strategist, Web Designer, Author, Volunteer July 3, 2019 5 min read...
Amazon Has Blessed Us With The Ultimate Prime Day Tech Deals
AMANDA RANDONE LAST UPDATED JULY 16, 2019, 9:05 AM SHOP THIS INFO VARRAM Pet Fitness Robot $169.00$101.40 BUY Varram Pet Fitness Robot Full Package Get your pet a companion to keep them occupied while you're out. This robotic toy, now almost $70 off, plays with your...
Cheap Foods to Buy When You’re Broke
If you're confined to a strict budget, consider beans and oats – some of the cheapest foods you can buy. By Geoff Williams, Contributor July 10, 2019, at 1:52 p.m. More Cheap Foods to Buy When You're Broke More If you shop smart and plan ahead, you can still eat well...
The OOLER Sleep System Optimizes Temperature for a Sound Sleep
By: Laura McQuarrie - May 27, 2019 References: chilitechnology The OOLER Sleep System helps people get a better night of sleep by addressing the fact that temperature is one of the most effective ways to optimize your sleep. While many people invest in a new mattress...
VC Daily: VC Firms Polish Their Brands | Andreessen Horowitz Raises First LateStage Fund
Andreessen Horowitz Raises First Late-Stage Fund - WSJ Good day. When early-stage venture firm Trail Mix Ventures fired up its website in 2017, it chose “a mauve take on millennial pink” for its color scheme. That was a deliberate contrast to the web design co-founder...
What’s the Impact of Blocking Serial Returners?
Changing one's return policy midway may cause customer uproar, as seen recently with Asos. Experts weigh in on the impact of returns. By Kaley Roshitsh on June 18, 2019 with Asos. Experts weigh in on the impact of returns. By Kaley Roshitsh on June 18, 2019 Asos...
4 Trends That Will Rewire the Inner Workings of the Fintech Industry
The past few decades have seen entrepreneurs sprinting to innovate and exploit outdated process gaps for riches. Image credit: jamesteohart | Getty Images Andrew Medal Contributor Serial Entrepreneur, Digital Strategist, Web Designer, Author, Volunteer June 14, 2019 6...
14 Items Sleep Experts Swear by for an Awesome Night’s Rest
From the best ear plugs, to gravity blankets, to blackout curtains, here are sleep experts' top picks to catch some serious zzz’s. May 29, 2019, 11:49 AM MST By Halley Bondy Getting a good night’s sleep is crucial for good health, and yet according to the Centers for...
What’s the Impact of Blocking Serial Returners?
Changing one's return policy midway may cause customer uproar, as seen recently with Asos. Experts weigh in on the impact of returns. By Kaley Roshitsh on June 18, 2019 with Asos. Experts weigh in on the impact of returns. By Kaley Roshitsh on June 18, 2019 Asos...
This Warming and Cooling Mattress Pad May Be the Key to a Good Sleep
Using smart technology, you can set the temperature of this mattress pad before you even get into bed. Here's how it works. By Hannah Bruneman | May 23, 2019 A good day doesn’t start when you wake up; it starts when you fall asleep—and you can’t have a...
Here’s why $3.9 billion data warehousing startup Snowflake is so hot, as told by its partners and experts
https://www.businessinsider.com/snowflake-cloud-data-storage-startups-cloud-giants-2019-6
8 Best Cooling Mattress Pads and Toppers, According to Bedding Experts
More ZZZs, fewer sweats. By Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping Institute May 22, 2019 If your mattress is not feeling as comfy as it used to, a mattress pad or mattress topper is an easy fix. For many, mattresses can trap in heat and feel super hot once the summer...
Corporations Are Silently Outsourcing VC To A $600M Fund
Natasha Mascarenhas May 2, 2019 Everyone wants in on the venture capital game, including corporations of all shapes and sizes. Owning a piece of the future is always a lucrative bet, even for cash-rich tech companies. But Scott Lenet, president of Touchdown Ventures,...
6 Ways Investors Can Help Their Heirs
Preparation now sets the stage for a smoother process later. By Jeff Brown, Contributor May 7, 2019, at 1:46 p.m. Most small investors don't have to worry about estate tax these days. Most investors have one overriding goal: to build a nest egg that will last as long...
Eye Scanning Tech Using Blockchain To ID Patients Is Ready For Trials
By PYMNTS Posted on February 1, 2019 A healthcare firm and a biometric company have teamed up to test iris-recognition software for applications involving patient identification in the healthcare field, according to a release. IrisGuard, an iris-recognition solutions...
Transaction Costs and Tethers: Why I’m a Crypto Skeptic
By Paul Krugman The bitcoin logo on display at the Consensus 2018 blockchain technology conference in New York in May.CreditCreditMike Segar/Reuters I’m still on vacation, hiking and biking in various parts of Europe. I’m keeping up with the news, more or less, but am...
SoftBank COO Marcelo Claure says second Vision Fund will back AI revolution
May 21, 2019 By Marina Temkin Although the timetable for a second Vision Fund is not known, SoftBank Group COO Marcelo Claure acknowledged that most of the capital from the first near $100 billion Vision Fund has been deployed. In addition, Claure said that...
Los Angeles sky taxi takes off in bid to create Uber-like flight-hailing
Jerome Brenndon “JB” Adkins is the founder of Skyryde, a sky taxi service that he has launched in the hope of creating an Uber-like flight-hailing service in Los Angeles. The firm has flown only a little more than a dozen passengers and is operating in a gray area of...
SoftBank COO Marcelo Claure says second Vision Fund will back AI revolution
May 21, 2019 By Marina Temkin Although the timetable for a second Vision Fund is not known, SoftBank Group COO Marcelo Claure acknowledged that most of the capital from the first near $100 billion Vision Fund has been deployed. In addition, Claure said that...
Bitcoin Surges Past $8,000 As ‘Crypto’ Market Cap Passes $300B, But Where Next?
Roger Aitken Contributor (Image: Shutterstock) As a who’s-who line-up of entrepreneurs, blockchain experts, artificial intelligence (AI) specialists and well-known economic and business figures were preparing to descend on Las Vegas for ChainXChange, an upcoming...
Mindfulness Goes Mobile; The New App That’s Programmed to Make You Happy
Ola Danilina, Contributor Founder and CEO, PMBC Group 11/27/2017 03:38 pm ET Meditation and mindfulness have made headlines recently with high-profile, successful luminaries like Arianna Huffington, Steve Jobs and Oprah Winfrey openly discussing how regular practice...
Apple’s Steve Wozniak Plans to Get ‘Involved’ in Blockchain Project for First Time
By Max Yakubowski Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has announced that he plans to get “involved” in a blockchain project in what is a “first” for him. The statement was made at the ChainXchange blockchain conference and reported by NullTX news site August 19. At the...
The Eminem AR show
Jonathan [email protected] / 1 year ago With the debut of his Eminem Augmented app at Coachella last night, hip hop’s not-so-merry prankster took the (somewhat revolutionary) step of embracing the machine that so many musicians have raged against — by building an...
‘I’m Even Better Than Elizabeth Taylor’: Meet Chinese Actress Liu Xiaoqing
Chinese actress and businesswoman Liu Xiaoqing poses during a photo shoot at the Darling Hotel in Sydney, Australia, on July 17, 2015. Richard Dobson/Newspix—Getty Images By Charlie Campbell / Beijing June 12, 2017 “I said to President Obama, ‘I’m the best ever...
Uber Is Speeding Up the Race to Bring Taxis to the Sky
It's a new space race of sorts--but there are still plenty of details to consider. By Elizabeth KiehnerGlobal design practice director, IBM The future of transportation is ride sharing in the skies. Last week Uber unveiled its flying taxi prototype, designed like a...
Supercell invests $5 million in U.S. indie studio Redemption Games
Dean Takahashi June 7, 2018 8:01 AM Above: Redemption Games team Image Credit: Redemption Games Supercell’s indie studio investment spree continues today with a $5 million bet on mobile game studio Redemption Games. The Carlsbad, California-based studio deal...
How Artificial Intelligence in Medicine is Improving Healthcare (and Business)
The use of AI, or artificial intelligence, in the medical field is an emerging trend that promises exponential advances in the way we diagnose and treat a multitude of health conditions. Advances in the application of medical AI technology are occurring at a lightning...
How to Take Advantage of Meditation
As modern life continues to change rapidly with the advent of new technology, the pace of daily life only seems to increase along with it. Stress, anxiety, and even conditions such as clinical depression are far more common than they were just 20 short years ago and...
This Artist Just Entered The Age Of Augmented Reality By Releasing Her Own Mobile App
5,479 viewsFeb 18, 2018, 08:00pm Kat Mustatea Contributor It’s as if the sky is punctured. Artist Nancy Baker Cahill’s new augmented reality (AR) app, 4thWall, allows viewers to see several of her distinctive, shard-like, explosive forms superimposed on any place they...
Chinese Film Fund Bets $100M on Hollywood Directors Amid Fraught U.S. Relations
6:00 AM PDT 8/28/2017 by Patrick Brzeski The mysterious Chinese firm has signed an impressive roster of veteran Hollywood filmmakers to development pacts, including F Gary Gray, Roland Emmerich and James Wan. China might be escalating its crackdown on investment into...
Stephon Marbury Stops at N.Y.U., as His Story Continues
Stephon Marbury with students at N.Y.U., where he had a question-and-answer session on Wednesday.CreditCreditDoug Feinberg/Associated Press By Mike Vorkunov Aug. 31, 2017 Stephon Marbury walked into a secluded courtyard off East 12th Street in Lower Manhattan...
National Geographic Launching Family Entertainment Centers in China (EXCLUSIVE)
National Geographic is launching a series of family-oriented indoor exploration centers, starting with two sites in China. The venerable non-profit brand has signed with iP2Entertainment for the venture, which will draw on National Geographic’s content and offer...
Volumetric photogrammetry — big words, bigger impact on VR
Ben Bloch is a Los Angeles-based serial entrepreneur. He is best known for his focus on emerging business opportunities at IBM, followed by contributing his leadership in three startup exits, including clean-tech company Econation, which he co-founded in 2009 and sold...
A Silicon Valley Technologist’s Mission to Conquer Cancer
While movies and television often focus on the negative possibilities of a world driven by artificial intelligence, trading in traditional relationships for life-like robots or evil machines destroying the planet, many technologists today are focused on the positive...
Tech Mindfulness in 2018
Want to be on your phone less and connect more with the people around you? Here are some tips from an expert! Over and over, I'm hearing how people are resolving to spend less mindless time on their phones and connect with the folks around them in a more meaningful...
Startup Spotlight: GrailAI hopes to use AI to detect cancer’s most subtle red flags
Anand Prakash is taking an unexpected path toward building GrailAI, a startup that he recently launched to fight cancer. He’s setting up shop in Bellevue, Wash. instead of his hometown of Silicon Valley. He’s going to employ artificial intelligence (AI) to detect the...
CheckAlt Buys Klik to Beef Up Mobile Capture
The check image specialist CheckAlt has acquired the receivables transaction management provider Klik Technologies, a deal CheckAlt hopes will boost its profile as the financial services and corporate payments markets turn toward mobile-based technology to process...
4 Trends That Will Rewire the Inner Workings of the Fintech Industry
The past few decades have seen entrepreneurs sprinting to innovate and exploit outdated process gaps for riches. Image credit: jamesteohart | Getty Images Andrew Medal Contributor Serial Entrepreneur, Digital Strategist, Web Designer, Author, Volunteer June 14, 2019 6...
14 Items Sleep Experts Swear by for an Awesome Night’s Rest
From the best ear plugs, to gravity blankets, to blackout curtains, here are sleep experts' top picks to catch some serious zzz’s. May 29, 2019, 11:49 AM MST By Halley Bondy Getting a good night’s sleep is crucial for good health, and yet according to the Centers for...
What’s the Impact of Blocking Serial Returners?
Changing one's return policy midway may cause customer uproar, as seen recently with Asos. Experts weigh in on the impact of returns. By Kaley Roshitsh on June 18, 2019 with Asos. Experts weigh in on the impact of returns. By Kaley Roshitsh on June 18, 2019 Asos...
This Warming and Cooling Mattress Pad May Be the Key to a Good Sleep
Using smart technology, you can set the temperature of this mattress pad before you even get into bed. Here's how it works. By Hannah Bruneman | May 23, 2019 A good day doesn’t start when you wake up; it starts when you fall asleep—and you can’t have a...
Here’s why $3.9 billion data warehousing startup Snowflake is so hot, as told by its partners and experts
https://www.businessinsider.com/snowflake-cloud-data-storage-startups-cloud-giants-2019-6
8 Best Cooling Mattress Pads and Toppers, According to Bedding Experts
More ZZZs, fewer sweats. By Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping Institute May 22, 2019 If your mattress is not feeling as comfy as it used to, a mattress pad or mattress topper is an easy fix. For many, mattresses can trap in heat and feel super hot once the summer...
Corporations Are Silently Outsourcing VC To A $600M Fund
Natasha Mascarenhas May 2, 2019 Everyone wants in on the venture capital game, including corporations of all shapes and sizes. Owning a piece of the future is always a lucrative bet, even for cash-rich tech companies. But Scott Lenet, president of Touchdown Ventures,...
6 Ways Investors Can Help Their Heirs
Preparation now sets the stage for a smoother process later. By Jeff Brown, Contributor May 7, 2019, at 1:46 p.m. Most small investors don't have to worry about estate tax these days. Most investors have one overriding goal: to build a nest egg that will last as long...
Eye Scanning Tech Using Blockchain To ID Patients Is Ready For Trials
By PYMNTS Posted on February 1, 2019 A healthcare firm and a biometric company have teamed up to test iris-recognition software for applications involving patient identification in the healthcare field, according to a release. IrisGuard, an iris-recognition solutions...
Transaction Costs and Tethers: Why I’m a Crypto Skeptic
By Paul Krugman The bitcoin logo on display at the Consensus 2018 blockchain technology conference in New York in May.CreditCreditMike Segar/Reuters I’m still on vacation, hiking and biking in various parts of Europe. I’m keeping up with the news, more or less, but am...
SoftBank COO Marcelo Claure says second Vision Fund will back AI revolution
May 21, 2019 By Marina Temkin Although the timetable for a second Vision Fund is not known, SoftBank Group COO Marcelo Claure acknowledged that most of the capital from the first near $100 billion Vision Fund has been deployed. In addition, Claure said that...
Los Angeles sky taxi takes off in bid to create Uber-like flight-hailing
Jerome Brenndon “JB” Adkins is the founder of Skyryde, a sky taxi service that he has launched in the hope of creating an Uber-like flight-hailing service in Los Angeles. The firm has flown only a little more than a dozen passengers and is operating in a gray area of...
SoftBank COO Marcelo Claure says second Vision Fund will back AI revolution
May 21, 2019 By Marina Temkin Although the timetable for a second Vision Fund is not known, SoftBank Group COO Marcelo Claure acknowledged that most of the capital from the first near $100 billion Vision Fund has been deployed. In addition, Claure said that...
Bitcoin Surges Past $8,000 As ‘Crypto’ Market Cap Passes $300B, But Where Next?
Roger Aitken Contributor (Image: Shutterstock) As a who’s-who line-up of entrepreneurs, blockchain experts, artificial intelligence (AI) specialists and well-known economic and business figures were preparing to descend on Las Vegas for ChainXChange, an upcoming...
Mindfulness Goes Mobile; The New App That’s Programmed to Make You Happy
Ola Danilina, Contributor Founder and CEO, PMBC Group 11/27/2017 03:38 pm ET Meditation and mindfulness have made headlines recently with high-profile, successful luminaries like Arianna Huffington, Steve Jobs and Oprah Winfrey openly discussing how regular practice...
Apple’s Steve Wozniak Plans to Get ‘Involved’ in Blockchain Project for First Time
By Max Yakubowski Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has announced that he plans to get “involved” in a blockchain project in what is a “first” for him. The statement was made at the ChainXchange blockchain conference and reported by NullTX news site August 19. At the...
The Eminem AR show
Jonathan [email protected] / 1 year ago With the debut of his Eminem Augmented app at Coachella last night, hip hop’s not-so-merry prankster took the (somewhat revolutionary) step of embracing the machine that so many musicians have raged against — by building an...
‘I’m Even Better Than Elizabeth Taylor’: Meet Chinese Actress Liu Xiaoqing
Chinese actress and businesswoman Liu Xiaoqing poses during a photo shoot at the Darling Hotel in Sydney, Australia, on July 17, 2015. Richard Dobson/Newspix—Getty Images By Charlie Campbell / Beijing June 12, 2017 “I said to President Obama, ‘I’m the best ever...
Uber Is Speeding Up the Race to Bring Taxis to the Sky
It's a new space race of sorts--but there are still plenty of details to consider. By Elizabeth KiehnerGlobal design practice director, IBM The future of transportation is ride sharing in the skies. Last week Uber unveiled its flying taxi prototype, designed like a...
Supercell invests $5 million in U.S. indie studio Redemption Games
Dean Takahashi June 7, 2018 8:01 AM Above: Redemption Games team Image Credit: Redemption Games Supercell’s indie studio investment spree continues today with a $5 million bet on mobile game studio Redemption Games. The Carlsbad, California-based studio deal...
How Artificial Intelligence in Medicine is Improving Healthcare (and Business)
The use of AI, or artificial intelligence, in the medical field is an emerging trend that promises exponential advances in the way we diagnose and treat a multitude of health conditions. Advances in the application of medical AI technology are occurring at a lightning...
How to Take Advantage of Meditation
As modern life continues to change rapidly with the advent of new technology, the pace of daily life only seems to increase along with it. Stress, anxiety, and even conditions such as clinical depression are far more common than they were just 20 short years ago and...
This Artist Just Entered The Age Of Augmented Reality By Releasing Her Own Mobile App
5,479 viewsFeb 18, 2018, 08:00pm Kat Mustatea Contributor It’s as if the sky is punctured. Artist Nancy Baker Cahill’s new augmented reality (AR) app, 4thWall, allows viewers to see several of her distinctive, shard-like, explosive forms superimposed on any place they...
Chinese Film Fund Bets $100M on Hollywood Directors Amid Fraught U.S. Relations
6:00 AM PDT 8/28/2017 by Patrick Brzeski The mysterious Chinese firm has signed an impressive roster of veteran Hollywood filmmakers to development pacts, including F Gary Gray, Roland Emmerich and James Wan. China might be escalating its crackdown on investment into...
Stephon Marbury Stops at N.Y.U., as His Story Continues
Stephon Marbury with students at N.Y.U., where he had a question-and-answer session on Wednesday.CreditCreditDoug Feinberg/Associated Press By Mike Vorkunov Aug. 31, 2017 Stephon Marbury walked into a secluded courtyard off East 12th Street in Lower Manhattan...
National Geographic Launching Family Entertainment Centers in China (EXCLUSIVE)
National Geographic is launching a series of family-oriented indoor exploration centers, starting with two sites in China. The venerable non-profit brand has signed with iP2Entertainment for the venture, which will draw on National Geographic’s content and offer...
Volumetric photogrammetry — big words, bigger impact on VR
Ben Bloch is a Los Angeles-based serial entrepreneur. He is best known for his focus on emerging business opportunities at IBM, followed by contributing his leadership in three startup exits, including clean-tech company Econation, which he co-founded in 2009 and sold...
A Silicon Valley Technologist’s Mission to Conquer Cancer
While movies and television often focus on the negative possibilities of a world driven by artificial intelligence, trading in traditional relationships for life-like robots or evil machines destroying the planet, many technologists today are focused on the positive...
Tech Mindfulness in 2018
Want to be on your phone less and connect more with the people around you? Here are some tips from an expert! Over and over, I'm hearing how people are resolving to spend less mindless time on their phones and connect with the folks around them in a more meaningful...
Startup Spotlight: GrailAI hopes to use AI to detect cancer’s most subtle red flags
Anand Prakash is taking an unexpected path toward building GrailAI, a startup that he recently launched to fight cancer. He’s setting up shop in Bellevue, Wash. instead of his hometown of Silicon Valley. He’s going to employ artificial intelligence (AI) to detect the...
CheckAlt Buys Klik to Beef Up Mobile Capture
The check image specialist CheckAlt has acquired the receivables transaction management provider Klik Technologies, a deal CheckAlt hopes will boost its profile as the financial services and corporate payments markets turn toward mobile-based technology to process...
4 Trends That Will Rewire the Inner Workings of the Fintech Industry
The past few decades have seen entrepreneurs sprinting to innovate and exploit outdated process gaps for riches. Image credit: jamesteohart | Getty Images Andrew Medal Contributor Serial Entrepreneur, Digital Strategist, Web Designer, Author, Volunteer June 14, 2019 6...
14 Items Sleep Experts Swear by for an Awesome Night’s Rest
From the best ear plugs, to gravity blankets, to blackout curtains, here are sleep experts' top picks to catch some serious zzz’s. May 29, 2019, 11:49 AM MST By Halley Bondy Getting a good night’s sleep is crucial for good health, and yet according to the Centers for...
What’s the Impact of Blocking Serial Returners?
Changing one's return policy midway may cause customer uproar, as seen recently with Asos. Experts weigh in on the impact of returns. By Kaley Roshitsh on June 18, 2019 with Asos. Experts weigh in on the impact of returns. By Kaley Roshitsh on June 18, 2019 Asos...
This Warming and Cooling Mattress Pad May Be the Key to a Good Sleep
Using smart technology, you can set the temperature of this mattress pad before you even get into bed. Here's how it works. By Hannah Bruneman | May 23, 2019 A good day doesn’t start when you wake up; it starts when you fall asleep—and you can’t have a...
Here’s why $3.9 billion data warehousing startup Snowflake is so hot, as told by its partners and experts
https://www.businessinsider.com/snowflake-cloud-data-storage-startups-cloud-giants-2019-6
8 Best Cooling Mattress Pads and Toppers, According to Bedding Experts
More ZZZs, fewer sweats. By Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping Institute May 22, 2019 If your mattress is not feeling as comfy as it used to, a mattress pad or mattress topper is an easy fix. For many, mattresses can trap in heat and feel super hot once the summer...
Corporations Are Silently Outsourcing VC To A $600M Fund
Natasha Mascarenhas May 2, 2019 Everyone wants in on the venture capital game, including corporations of all shapes and sizes. Owning a piece of the future is always a lucrative bet, even for cash-rich tech companies. But Scott Lenet, president of Touchdown Ventures,...
6 Ways Investors Can Help Their Heirs
Preparation now sets the stage for a smoother process later. By Jeff Brown, Contributor May 7, 2019, at 1:46 p.m. Most small investors don't have to worry about estate tax these days. Most investors have one overriding goal: to build a nest egg that will last as long...
Eye Scanning Tech Using Blockchain To ID Patients Is Ready For Trials
By PYMNTS Posted on February 1, 2019 A healthcare firm and a biometric company have teamed up to test iris-recognition software for applications involving patient identification in the healthcare field, according to a release. IrisGuard, an iris-recognition solutions...
Transaction Costs and Tethers: Why I’m a Crypto Skeptic
By Paul Krugman The bitcoin logo on display at the Consensus 2018 blockchain technology conference in New York in May.CreditCreditMike Segar/Reuters I’m still on vacation, hiking and biking in various parts of Europe. I’m keeping up with the news, more or less, but am...
SoftBank COO Marcelo Claure says second Vision Fund will back AI revolution
May 21, 2019 By Marina Temkin Although the timetable for a second Vision Fund is not known, SoftBank Group COO Marcelo Claure acknowledged that most of the capital from the first near $100 billion Vision Fund has been deployed. In addition, Claure said that...
Los Angeles sky taxi takes off in bid to create Uber-like flight-hailing
Jerome Brenndon “JB” Adkins is the founder of Skyryde, a sky taxi service that he has launched in the hope of creating an Uber-like flight-hailing service in Los Angeles. The firm has flown only a little more than a dozen passengers and is operating in a gray area of...
SoftBank COO Marcelo Claure says second Vision Fund will back AI revolution
May 21, 2019 By Marina Temkin Although the timetable for a second Vision Fund is not known, SoftBank Group COO Marcelo Claure acknowledged that most of the capital from the first near $100 billion Vision Fund has been deployed. In addition, Claure said that...
Bitcoin Surges Past $8,000 As ‘Crypto’ Market Cap Passes $300B, But Where Next?
Roger Aitken Contributor (Image: Shutterstock) As a who’s-who line-up of entrepreneurs, blockchain experts, artificial intelligence (AI) specialists and well-known economic and business figures were preparing to descend on Las Vegas for ChainXChange, an upcoming...
Mindfulness Goes Mobile; The New App That’s Programmed to Make You Happy
Ola Danilina, Contributor Founder and CEO, PMBC Group 11/27/2017 03:38 pm ET Meditation and mindfulness have made headlines recently with high-profile, successful luminaries like Arianna Huffington, Steve Jobs and Oprah Winfrey openly discussing how regular practice...
Apple’s Steve Wozniak Plans to Get ‘Involved’ in Blockchain Project for First Time
By Max Yakubowski Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has announced that he plans to get “involved” in a blockchain project in what is a “first” for him. The statement was made at the ChainXchange blockchain conference and reported by NullTX news site August 19. At the...
The Eminem AR show
Jonathan [email protected] / 1 year ago With the debut of his Eminem Augmented app at Coachella last night, hip hop’s not-so-merry prankster took the (somewhat revolutionary) step of embracing the machine that so many musicians have raged against — by building an...
‘I’m Even Better Than Elizabeth Taylor’: Meet Chinese Actress Liu Xiaoqing
Chinese actress and businesswoman Liu Xiaoqing poses during a photo shoot at the Darling Hotel in Sydney, Australia, on July 17, 2015. Richard Dobson/Newspix—Getty Images By Charlie Campbell / Beijing June 12, 2017 “I said to President Obama, ‘I’m the best ever...
Uber Is Speeding Up the Race to Bring Taxis to the Sky
It's a new space race of sorts--but there are still plenty of details to consider. By Elizabeth KiehnerGlobal design practice director, IBM The future of transportation is ride sharing in the skies. Last week Uber unveiled its flying taxi prototype, designed like a...
Supercell invests $5 million in U.S. indie studio Redemption Games
Dean Takahashi June 7, 2018 8:01 AM Above: Redemption Games team Image Credit: Redemption Games Supercell’s indie studio investment spree continues today with a $5 million bet on mobile game studio Redemption Games. The Carlsbad, California-based studio deal...
How Artificial Intelligence in Medicine is Improving Healthcare (and Business)
The use of AI, or artificial intelligence, in the medical field is an emerging trend that promises exponential advances in the way we diagnose and treat a multitude of health conditions. Advances in the application of medical AI technology are occurring at a lightning...
How to Take Advantage of Meditation
As modern life continues to change rapidly with the advent of new technology, the pace of daily life only seems to increase along with it. Stress, anxiety, and even conditions such as clinical depression are far more common than they were just 20 short years ago and...
This Artist Just Entered The Age Of Augmented Reality By Releasing Her Own Mobile App
5,479 viewsFeb 18, 2018, 08:00pm Kat Mustatea Contributor It’s as if the sky is punctured. Artist Nancy Baker Cahill’s new augmented reality (AR) app, 4thWall, allows viewers to see several of her distinctive, shard-like, explosive forms superimposed on any place they...
Chinese Film Fund Bets $100M on Hollywood Directors Amid Fraught U.S. Relations
6:00 AM PDT 8/28/2017 by Patrick Brzeski The mysterious Chinese firm has signed an impressive roster of veteran Hollywood filmmakers to development pacts, including F Gary Gray, Roland Emmerich and James Wan. China might be escalating its crackdown on investment into...
Stephon Marbury Stops at N.Y.U., as His Story Continues
Stephon Marbury with students at N.Y.U., where he had a question-and-answer session on Wednesday.CreditCreditDoug Feinberg/Associated Press By Mike Vorkunov Aug. 31, 2017 Stephon Marbury walked into a secluded courtyard off East 12th Street in Lower Manhattan...
National Geographic Launching Family Entertainment Centers in China (EXCLUSIVE)
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