Intel’s acquisition earlier this month of Nervana Systems is another example of how startups are preparing to disrupt the worlds largest industries using Artificial Intelligence.Artificial Intelligence is undergoing a massive acceleration driven by rapid growth in available data and rapid evolution of algorithms.DCVC, a venture capital fund that invests in entrepreneurs applying cognitive comp...

New research reveals that focus, simplicity, “digital first,” and perceptions matter most.In recent years, customer experience (CX) has emerged as a major differentiator for large companies, including financial-services providers. In a McKinsey survey of senior executives, 90 percent of respondents confirmed that CX is one of the CEO’s top three priorities.It’s a priority because the stakes...

According to University of Washington-based startup JikoPower, approximately 80 percent of Kenyans have a cell phone, but only 20 percent of them have electricity. In some cases, this means that people in rural locations have to spend hours walking long distances in order to use paid charging stations. JikoPower, however, aims to bring the power to the people's cooking fires, with its Spark the...

The Airpods became a meme on the internet for being by far the most functionally inferior products to leave the Apple headquarters. Headphones without wires? It didn’t take the smartest of us to think, what if they fell off? Even one of the Airpods going missing would render the $150 product useless. Spigen came to the rescue with their $10 Airpod tethers and the internet laughed a little more...

This infographic by Casino Shortlist shows which Pokémon are the hardest to catch and includes tips that can help you secure such rare finds. Advice includes throwing the Pokéball from the top of the screen rather than from the bottom, trailing the Pokémon’s shadow with the ‘AR mode’ on and taking note of other factors affecting your Pokémon catch rate. Discover the illustrations that im...

Despite a dollar drop in Q2'16, deal count remains high to software & hardware restaurant management startups[click to enlarge]The restaurant tech category is heating up, with at least 26 deals to startups in six of the past seven quarters and funding on track for record annual highs. Investors have poured $403M into the category across 69 deals so far this year. If that pace continues, dea...

It's no secret that flying drones are becoming increasingly useful, with most of their applications tending to involve either obtaining aerial video footage, or being loaded up with cargo by human ground crews.Imagine, however, if they could grab things. While we've already seen experimental "armed" drones, Japan's Prodrone has just unveiled a model that's actually in production.On display this...

Greater responsibilities require increased commitments of time and energy.Building a strong board of directors never seems to get easier. High-profile board failures, the boom in activist investing, and the disruptive forces of technology are only a few of the reasons effective board governance is becoming more important.Start with oversight, a role of the board that, most directors would agree...

Could a robot do your job? Millions of people who didn’t see automation coming will soon find out the painful way. The answer is a resounding yes.The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs study predicts that 5 million jobs will be lost before 2020 as artificial intelligence, robotics, nanotechnology and other socio-economic factors replace the need for human workers.The good news is that thos...