Earlier this summer, marine specialists reeled up a shipping-container-size datacenter coated in algae, barnacles and sea anemones from the seafloor off Scotland’s Orkney Islands. The retrieval launched the final phase of a years-long effort that proved the concept of underwater … Continued
Water is essential to life. We depend on it for our survival. The basic need has shaped how human societies have advanced over time. Explorers from pre-Columbian times and the age of antiquity to NASA have lived by the motto … Continued
More than three billion people on the planet play games for fun, escape, and human connection. Unlike any other medium, games empower people to engage in creativity, strategic thinking and teamwork, immersing them into interactive stories and worlds created by … Continued
In a typical year, retailers would have placed their orders by now with manufacturers and distributors to stock up on inventory for the holiday season. However, the uncertainty of the upcoming season has made that difficult. Forecasting demand has been … Continued
How Paramjeet Kaur Dhillon, the principal of a rural school in Punjab, is encouraging both teachers and students to dream big with technology. At the Kamla Nehru Public School (KNPS) in Punjab’s Chak Hakim village, the teachers all tend to … Continued
You’re sitting at your PC, at home, working remotely. You’ve got a partner who is doing the same. Without requiring you to even turn around, an LED display visible to anyone near you lights up an emoji: a stop sign. … Continued
In his life and music, Moses Sumney defies genres and easy categorizations. The son of Ghanaian immigrants who grew up in Southern California and in Ghana, he’s used to straddling worlds. While he studied creative writing in college, he was … Continued
It’s been a big three years for The Honey Pot Company. The brand started selling its plant-based feminine care products in Whole Foods in 2016, less than two years post-launch. Target took it up in 2017 and, when a Target-backed … Continued
Speedily-growing tech startups often get a hand from VC funding. But even with money in the bank, acquiring credit from traditional lenders is difficult, especially for very young companies. To solve this problem, Brazilian-born entrepreneurs Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi … Continued
Just because there’s a pandemic, doesn’t mean companies can’t raise equity. But for those companies looking to fight through a challenging time to tap into private equity (PE) investment dollars or pursue an IPO, a little creativity, a bit of … Continued