Let’s ignore the fact that this conceptual iPhone XFold has the exact same format as the Samsung Galaxy Fold, because this who-did-it-first battle between iPhone and Samsung isn’t worth our time. It should be, however, more of a who-did-it-better battle. The Samsung Galaxy Fold is absolutely gorgeous, but the iPhone XFold looks like it would be a bigger commercial success… and that’s becaus...

Today’s artists express their vision by stretching far beyond the boundaries of canvas and paint. Through unorthodox juxtapositions of light, color, video, sound, and nature, artists such as Bill Fontana and the artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude create immersive experiences that require the input of a complex and highly adaptable network of collaborators—including the spectators themsel...

Philips showcases unique augmented reality concept for image-guided minimally invasive therapies developed with Microsoft.Companies collaborate to combine Philips’ industry-leading Azurion image-guided therapy platform with Microsoft HoloLens 2 mixed reality computing platform as a concept for the operating room of the future Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Barcelona, Spain – At the MWC Barcel...

Amazon launched a new service called Amazon Day on Thursday, which enables Prime members to have all their orders delivered on the same day of any given week. While Amazon is selling this new feature as a perk that will help customers take control of deliveries and reduce packaging, the new delivery option could also help the e-commerce giant achieve its ultimate goal of carbon-neutral shipment...

Back in 2001, an acquaintance who worked for Lonely Planet told me about a surprise discovery. The travel guide business had an audience of people who would buy their travel books, but never travel. Lonely Planet dubbed them “virtual tourists”.Now Lonely Planet, and others, have become excited by tourism powered by virtual reality (VR) – both on this planet and, thanks to NASA, on others.VR...

Bitcoin may be getting its groove back, albeit slowly. The digital currency finally snapped a record-setting, six-month losing streak by closing out February with a win, gaining 11% to finish the month just shy of $3,800.[Canaccord Genuity Capital Markets]Now, with a potential base forming, chart watchers are eyeing a pattern, that if correct, could take bitcoin, BTCUSD, -0.18% the best-known c...

A coffee cup made from home-grown vegetables could serve as a sustainable alternative to the 250 billion fiber cups starbucks uses annually. Brooklyn-based design studio crème is behind the design which repurposes gourds, a large fruit with a hard skin, to create the ‘HyO-cup’.Gourds have traditionally been used by ancestors as receptacles like cups for centuries. they are fast-growing plant...

Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are rapidly proving their value across many industries.Today’s infographic comes from GoldSpot Discoveries, and it shows that when this tech is applied to massive geological data sets, that there is growing potential to unlock the next wave of mineral discoveries.Mineral Exploration: Fortunes Go to the FewDiscoveri...

For the past 18 years, MIT Technology Review has published an annual list of 10 breakthrough technologies that it believes will have the biggest long-term impact on society. This year, Bill Gates helped curate the selections.It's fitting: investors and philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates are known for making sweeping futuristic predictions in their own annual letter. In 2015, they predicted...