Earlier this year, Boston Dynamics revealed that its SpotMini robot was now capable of opening doors using a manipulator arm. But though it’s called Mini, this four-legged bot may not be small enough to get into tight spaces or move through crumbling ruins caused by an earthquake. A micro-drone might be better suited to such situations. Even […]

Technology was at the center of the biggest consumer product launches of the past 12 months and they have one thing in common: they embody what has come to be known as a digital native brand. This is an analysis that summarizes how the top DNVBs differentiate from the rest. Kylie Jenner launched her cosmetics […]

By Laura Desmond Foul play at BitMEX? Exploring the biggest concerns Representatives of BitMEX, the largest Bitcoin exchange, love to show how much they care about the crypto community. When their charismatic CEO Arthur Hayes goes on CNBC to say nice things about Bitcoin, the recordings go viral on Twitter, and when the amazing BitMEX Research puts out […]

Blockchain is virgin territory, a new frontier. Getting there first, exerting influence, and dominating the market matters. England, France, Spain, and Portugal all knew this when the New World was discovered. America knew this with global force projection after WWII, and most recently, the internet. But like all history, the empires of the past are […]

How twisted can things get when an anonymous piece of code harms people but can’t be stopped? Two cinematic masterpieces offer us devastating answers and lots of food for thought: Dr. Strangelove (1965). In this Stanley Kubrick classic that takes place at the height of the cold war, an American General loses his mind and […]

By Laura Desmond This week at the Crypto Invest Summit, Spice VC’s partner Ami Ben-Davidunveiled his vision for Ownera, a new blockchain for security tokens. Ami was kind enough to brief me on his ideas for Ownera months ago and I’ve been thinking about the subject ever since. The concept of a new blockchain for crypto-securities is far […]

The State of The Market — October 23, 2018 BTC: $6,477.03 (-0.65%) ETH: $202.96 (-1.24%) XRP: $0.4436 (-2.13%) Bitcoin continues to move sideways, fluctuating between $6,450 and $6,550. However, Ethereum has managed to maintain its price above $200. With most major cryptocurrencies in red, the total market cap experienced a minor dip, going from $212 Billion to […]

When Apple announced this September that its newest Series 4 Apple Watch includes EKG functionality, I imagined millions of hearts worldwide fluttering with delight. The news was significant for several reasons, chief among which is that it is the first time a mainstream consumer wearable device will perform a sophisticated medical procedure we need to […]

“You have to debug your business model.” I looked across the table at the VC I was having lunch with. It wasn’t going how I thought it would. I was ready to tell him about the cool technology I had developed. How it would transform the world of enterprise computing. He wasn’t interested in that. […]

NEW YORK  – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) shares jumped as much as 22 percent on Thursday, putting them on track for their biggest one-day gain, as the social media company easily beat Wall Street’s revenue and profit estimates by selling more ads even though it lost users after purging millions of fake accounts. The surge in […]