Needed: A More Rigorous Approach.For senior executives, the main question about gender diversity is not whether but how. How can the company identify specific initiatives that offer the greatest payoff? How should the company allocate its resources—in time, managerial focus, and capital—to generate the biggest diversity gains? Unfortunately, many companies simply don’t know the answers to th...

Bill Gates’s net worth still beats bitcoin’s entire market cap.Not all money is created equal.Bitcoin burst into our financial consciousness like a fiery comet, setting the internet ablaze with visions of upending the existing global money system. Yet, by its nature as a cybercurrency, whose legitimacy only exists in the ether, its credibility leaves much room for debate.HowMuch.net on Wednes...

Laser additive manufacturing can 3D print an object by "drawing" it with a laser in a layer of powdered metal. GE has announced its plans to build the world's largest laser-powder additive manufacturing machine. The device, which will be developed through a new branch of the company called GE Additive, uses a laser to mold metal powders and will be able to build parts measuring up to 1 m3 (35 c...

Australian research company DT has developed an on-ear wearable that notifies users when it detects a machine-generated voice, sending a chill down the user’s neck.As AI becomes more robust, and we’re seeing the implementation of it in various unobtrusive ways that may not be immediately obvious to the human users interacting with it, such as a smart sales assistant that can respond to email...

A new concept called Aim brings the doctor to you, in a self-driving car.Technology has changed the way we work, shop, bank, meet others, and even order coffee. Personalized services and intelligent assistants help us navigate choices and make informed decisions in the office, in the car and at home. But despite how advancements like machine learning, big data, ubiquitous computing, and univers...

Customization is one of the trends that has been shaping the food industry leading to the increase of various build-your-own operations in many businesses around the world, and now an online service is giving users the opportunity to design their own popsicles.Pixsweet was founded by Finnish 3D printing expert Janne Kyttanen, whose company, Freedom of Creation, produces all kinds of exclusive 3...

Most people agree, when it comes to work email, less it more. Reachmail surveyed 1,000 Americans who use email regularly at work to see if they were taking their work home with them. They looked at after hours work email usage, how people are dealing with work email on weekends and days off as well as work interfering with vacation. To see the results of their survey, check out the infographic...

With a fortune largely tied to his 78.9 million shares of Amazon, the net worth of Jeff Bezos continues to be on the rise.Just days ago, Amazon shares reached all-time highs after the company’s ambitious acquisition of Whole Foods. This puts Bezos just $4 billion away from displacing Bill Gates as the world’s number one billionaire – and if the stock continues upwards, he could take the titl...

Amazon’s long been a go-to for people to online price compare while shopping at brick-and-mortars. Now, a new patent granted to the company could prevent people from doing just that inside Amazon’s own stores.The patent, titled “Physical Store Online Shopping Control,” details a mechanism where a retailer can intercept network requests like URLs and search terms that happen on its in-store...