4 tips for transforming your customer communications with AI

GUEST: Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are not just tools for streamlining customer engagement. They represent an opportunity for companies to completely rethink how they build context around each individual, ultimately creating a better experience and a more lo … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Survey reveals why drivers want safety not Apple CarPlay

GUEST: Car manufacturers, take heed: While you’re hard at work redefining the future of driving by developing completely autonomous vehicles, today’s consumers are looking for new cars loaded with both high-tech and safety features. While they’re willing to pay for these bells an … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Bitcoin Price Weekly Analysis – Can BTC/USD Stay Above $2000?

Key Points Bitcoin price fell sharply during the past few days and broke the $2400-2350 support against the US Dollar. There was a break below a major contracting triangle with support at $2420 on the 4-hours chart of BTC/USD (data feed from SimpleFX). The price is currently trad … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Ethereum Price Weekly Analysis – ETH/USD Leaning Towards $150

Key Highlights ETH price remained under heavy pressure and moved below the $205 support against the US Dollar. There is a monster bearish trend line with resistance at $205 forming on the 4-hours chart of ETH/USD (data feed via SimpleFX). The pair is likely to decline further and … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Product Hunt founder: ‘Launching is not a one-time thing’

At Startupfest this week, there was one piece of advice that really resonated with me, and it came from Product Hunt founder Ryan Hoover. During an interview with TechCrunch’s Fitz Pepper, Hoover ended up downplaying what many startups naturally obsess about: the launch. Hoover m … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Oculus Medium’s Studio Share adds cooperative sculpting

Oculus Medium is a creative platform that enables users to create amazingly detailed digital sculptures using the power of VR with their Oculus Rift and Touch controllers. It launched with the Touch controllers back in December, but the platform has since evolved and is now getti … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

VCs in the land of the redwoods need to stand taller and address gender inequality

 to truly address this problem, we have to acknowledge the larger issue of gender bias within our culture, which unfortunately is often conscious, deliberate, and systematic. It sickens me and it needs to end. And ending it also needs a conscious, deliberate, and systematic effor … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Lionel Richie says “Hello” to startup investing

 It’s been a while that he’s had the idea of startup investing inside his mind… And in Lionel Richie’s dreams he’s thought of pulling the trigger on a deal at least a thousand times. Richie told me he’s seen several startups pass outside his door, but it wasn’t until the healthca … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

A farm shouldn’t be a factory

 A shift to technologically driven organic farming practices could save our topsoils, lessen our dependence on synthetics and even capture 100% of today’s CO2 emissions. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Disney is opening an immersive Star Wars Hotel where each guest gets a storyline

 AHHHHHHH. Disney just announced that’s potentially so damned cool that I hardly need to use complete sentences here: Immersive. Star Wars. Hotel. Details are still super light, but Disney just dropped this bombshell in the middle of its D23 expo down in Los Angeles. Here’s what … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

5 ways chatbots need to evolve before they go mainstream

GUEST: It’s hard to swing a $400 juicer in Silicon Valley these days without hitting a chatbot. Advances in artificial intelligence have enabled these talkative assistants to become a reality, and they’re now cropping up in many different forms. Facebook has greatly improved its … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Disney’s Star Wars-themed land will be called Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

Disney always puts a big focus on its parks at D23 Expo, and today it revealed some important new information about the upcoming Star Wars lands. First off is the official name. They’ll be called Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, tying into the overall concept of the lands being set on a … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

The First Woman to Win Math's Highest Award Dies at 40

Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal, called the Nobel Prize of math, died on Saturday. Mirzakhani was a professor at Stanford University, which made the announcement, saying she had breast cancer that spread to her bones. She was 40.Mir … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Kingdom Hearts 3 is coming out in 2018

Kingdom Hearts 3, the long awaited third major installment in the epic Final Fantasy and Disney crossover RPG series, finally has a release date, although it remains somewhat ambiguous for now. At the conclusion of a new Toy Story-themed trailer of the game shown off at Disney’s … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Ron Pauls Feels the war on Cash is an Authoritarian Power Grab

Going cashless is never the answer for consumers and business owners. The only entities benefiting from such a move are the local government and the banks. Cash is a form of financial freedom, something most of us will never see again. Ron Paul feels a cashless society is equal t … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

How a new wave of machine learning will impact today’s enterprise

GUEST: Advances in deep learning and other machine learning algorithms are currently causing a tectonic shift in the technology landscape. Technology behemoths like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook and Salesforce are engaged in an artificial intelligence (AI) arms race, gobbli … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

10 coworking spaces in New York City that make regular offices feel like medieval torture

Gone are the days of working in a traditional office setting, where cubicles separate colleagues and the only social interactions occur around the water cooler. The rise in coworking spaces in New York City, and other tech hub cities around the world, has left more people yearnin … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Marvel is getting its own virtual reality game and it’s called Powers United VR

Disney’s D23 Expo covers all aspects of its entertainment empire, and today the studio revealed that virtual reality is coming to the Marvel universe. Powers United VR is being made by Oculus and Sanzaru Games, and will let players step into the shoes of characters like The Hulk, … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

5 strange things nerds hacked to play video games

Human ingenuity knows no boundaries, especially not when it comes to gaming. Despite having access to eight generations of perfectly good consoles designed specifically to play video games, intrepid, tech-savvy gamers can’t seem to stop modding everything with a chip and a screen … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Marvel VR game for Oculus Rift lets you become Hulk, Captain Marvel, Rocket Raccoon

The day virtual reality gamers have been hoping for has arrived: Marvel is launching a VR game that will let you take on the role of some of the best-known heroes in Marvel universe. SEE ALSO: How I lost the first national VR gaming tournament, but saw the future of esportsAnnoun … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Star Wars Battlefront II: EA/Disney reveal more details about single-player campaign

Electronic Arts and Disney revealed more details about the single-player campaign for Star Wars Battlefront II, the next game in EA’s Star Wars video game series. Janina Gavankar, the actress behind Commander Iden Versio in the story, revealed a new trailer about the Star Wars Ba … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Disney is making a Star Wars holochess game with augmented reality

Earlier this year at WWDC, Apple showed off an augmented reality demo that used an iPad to recreate the famous Dejarik holochess game from Star Wars. It turns out that was more than just a tech demo: today Disney announced that it is creating an actual augmented reality platform … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Coinbase Lets Users Pay 100 Times the Normal Bitcoin Withdrawal Fee

For quite some time now, people have been wondering why is pushing up Bitcoin network fees. For some reason, an unknown entity is trying to up the average transaction cost. It now appears Coinbase is the guilty party. In fact, they are overpaying fees by as much as 10,000%. This … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Watch the making of Star Wars: Battlefront II’s single-player campaign

The hype for Star Wars: Battlefront II has been slowly building, and today EA released a new behind-the-scenes clip detailing the making of the game’s eagerly-anticipated single-player campaign. The video was first shown during the “Level Up” gaming panel at Disney’s D23 Expo, wh … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

James Harden intent on winning title with Houston Rockets after signing extension

HOUSTON -- James Harden never wants to leave Houston and is intent on bringing another NBA title to the city the Californian now considers home. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

Modern Two Story Family Home Set Amidst Old Oaks in Carmel Valley, California

This two story family home is situated within the Santa Lucia Preserve of Carmel Valley, California. Solar roof, High efficiency plumbing | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 7 years ago

To Regulate Cryptocurrencies or Not? Bitcoin Foundation Says, Not Right Now!

The growing Bitcoin adoption and the popular cryptocurrency’s performance this year has got governments rallying to introduce cryptocurrency regulations in their respective jurisdictions. These attempts have received a mixed reaction from the community as a poorly drafted law can … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

D23 Expo 2017: the latest news from Disney's annual expo

Star Wars, Marvel, and more Continue reading… | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Star Wars: The Last Jedi gets a thrilling behind-the-scenes reel

Disney’s D23 Expo this year is full of Star Wars, and today director Rian Johnson debuted a new behind the scenes reel about the making of The Last Jedi. Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, and Oscar Isaacs all make appearances in the clip, which details the creative process behind the ea … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Reports: New Orleans Pelicans, Rajon Rondo agree to one-year deal

Rajon Rondo's deep career tour through the NBA will continue in 2017-18 when he plays for the New Orleans Pelicans, his fifth team in four seasons. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

VCs determined to replace your job keep AI’s funding surge rolling in Q2

 These are good times for AI entrepreneurs. Venture, corporate and seed investors have put an estimated $3.6 billion into AI and machine learning companies this year, according to Crunchbase data. That’s more than they invested in all of 2016, marking the largest recorded sum eve … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Bitcoin Trading and Investments Continue to Attract Mainstream Support

Bitcoin is dead, a prediction we have heard more than hundred times already. Well, who is keeping count? (Some platforms are actually keeping count of these grim forecasts). But time and time again, the cryptocurrency has received support from unexpected quarters, thanks to its r … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Apartment Block Madreselva Has a Timeless Design with a Low Environment Impact

Apartment Block Madreselva it´s brought to life in a mutual concern for the well development of the real-estate and urban sprawl of our city. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 7 years ago

Sprint customers who lease smartphones can now upgrade every year

Sprint is hoping that updates to its phone leasing program and the option to upgrade any smartphone annually will help improve its standing in the wireless market. The company has been taking some drastic steps lately in pursuit of that goal — including offering new customers an … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Agrello Smart Agreements Platform Announces Crowdsale on July 16, 2017

The smart agreements solution provider, Agrello has announced the crowdsale set to go live on July 16, 2017. Read more... | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

The decentralization of startup building

 Breakthroughs in technology, changes to regulation and socio-economic tailwinds are allowing talent and capital to be more widely distributed and at the same time closely connected. We’re witnessing the democratisation of a number of components of the startup ecosystem. Read Mor … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Harbour DAO Updates Their ICO Model and Voting System to More Closely Align with a Commitment to Community-Driven Governance

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, July 14, 2017 – Harbour, a DAO for managing and holding token assets built on the Ethereum blockchain, released an updated version of their white paper to announce key changes to their ICO model that more closely reflect the DAO’s value of community-driven go … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Watch the first trailer for Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time

Disney has released the first trailer for Selma director Ava DuVernay’s upcoming science fiction film, A Wrinkle in Time at its D23 expo, showing off fantastic worlds and a diverse cast. The trailer begins with Chris Pine’s character talking about travelling through space instant … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

California is facing a major battle over internet privacy

When the Congress voted in March to overturn landmark FCC privacy rules, consumers and advocacy groups were incensed by the decision. The FCC rules that were set to go into effect would have forced internet service providers to get permission from customers before selling their d … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

SoundCloud says it’s ‘here to stay’ amid rumors it’s running out of cash

Following a tumultuous week at Berlin-based music streaming service SoundCloud, which last week laid off 40 percent of its staff without warning, the company’s chief exec has responded by saying “SoundCloud is here to say.” In a blog post posted to the company’s website, CEO Alex … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Orlando Magic sign free agent Jonathon Simmons

ORLANDO – The Orlando Magic have signed free agent forward Jonathon Simmons, President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman announced Saturday. Per team policy, terms of the deal are not disclosed. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

Health insurance startup Alan adds life insurance

 French startup Alan launched a brand new full-stack health insurance last year. This week, the company is launching corporate-owned life insurance so that it can become a one-stop shop for all your corporate insurance needs. When Alan launched its health insurance product, it wa … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

A Fire Kills 3 in a Honolulu High-Rise Without Sprinklers

A fire in a Honolulu high-rise building killed three people and injured 12 others. It was only after the flames and smoke spread from a the 26th floor that many residents learned the building wasn’t equipped with sprinklers. If it had been, officials said it’s very likely the fir … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Warner Music has acquired Songkick’s concert recommendation app

Music discovery and ticketing company Songkick has grown in in the last decade, providing local concert recommendations to users and ticket sales for live events around the world. The company is now dividing up some of its assets, according to Billboard, and is selling its concer … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

King George Military Hospital, hospital gift shop

King George Military Hospital, hospital gift shop | Continue reading


@nos.twnsnd.co | 7 years ago

PSA: here’s how to put your old Amazon shipping boxes to good use

By now, all your Prime Day goodies should have arrived at your doorstep, finding their rightful places in your life. But what to do with all those boxes they arrived in? A quick PSA: if you don’t want to break the boxes down and recycle them, you can instead reuse them to ship aw … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

406-Zoll-Glotze: Samsung baut LED-TV als Kinoleinwand

Samsung hat den wohl größten LED-TV überhaupt gebaut, ein Monster, das alle Wohnzimmerdimensionen sprengt und als Alternative zur Kinoleinwand konzipiert wurde: Der Cinema LED Screen kommt mit glorreichen 406 Zoll, also 10,3 Metern Bilddiagonale,... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

SoundCloud says it’s not going anywhere

 I’m glad to hear that because I can’t lose SoundCloud. Ever.Last week, SoundCloud announced layoffs of 173 employees (about half of its staff), as well as the closing of its offices in San Francisco and London. TechCrunch’s Josh Constine later found out that those layoffs and ot … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago