Mining Startup KoBold Metals Hits Unicorn Status After $195M Raise. A.I. unicorn that uses machine learning for mining rare earth metals crucial for EVs.Startups hitting the magical $1 billion unicorn valuation is not rare — however, it’s not usually a mining company.Nevertheless, Berkeley, California-based KoBold Metals pulled off the feat after a $195 million raise from a number of big-name...

Luxury and beauty brands reported stellar results during the 618 shopping festival. But the silence around platforms’ GMV figures hints at underlying consumer concerns. Major e-commerce giants such as Tmall, JD.com, Douyin, and Pinduoduo collectively recorded a total gross merchandise volume (GMV) of over $111 billion (798.7 billion RMB) during the 618 shopping festival, according to third-par...

Blend is a set of concept XR glasses, created for interaction between 2 universes. It’s more than VR glasses. VR Glasses do offer immersive experience but they also come at the cost of being completely cut off from your surroundings, eliminating interaction, and looking awkward. Seriously waving your arms while wearing a device that looks like bulky blindfold, you can look a bit ridiculous. We...

Sales is a business about people and getting the right talent is vital—companies must reconsider their talent strategies and the sales roles they need to continue to drive growth.Now more than ever, B2B organizations are focusing on their talent. They need to know what roles and attributes can contribute to—and sustain—high performance. Here’s how to assemble the right teams and equip them...

For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer “lab-grown” meat to the nation’s restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves.The Agriculture Department gave the green light to Upside Foods and Good Meat, firms that had been racing to be the first in the U.S. to sell meat that doesn’t c...

This weekend, Pilton, Somerset will be the epicenter of the music world, as more than 200,000 people have made their way to rural South West England to attend Glastonbury Festival, where the Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Elton John are among the headliners this year. Founded in 1970 by local farmer Michael Eavis, Glastonbury is now a staple of the European festival summer and one of the mo...

PLP Labs, the in-house research group of PLP Architecture, have created renewable, biodegradable building blocks using fungus mycelium.The UK’s PLP Architects is focused on creating a greener future by collaborating with nature, developing a fungus-based modular block that is renewable and biodegradable, and has the potential to become a new building material with minimal environmental impact....

Francis Bacon IPO Gives Chance to Buy Shares in Artwork for $100. After Artex takes Francis Bacon's "Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer" public, it will hang in a museum for art-lovers to admire.In the second half of July, anyone with a couple of hundred dollars to spare will be able to buy a share in a Francis Bacon masterpiece: “Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer,” finishe...

It admittedly isn’t the kind of invention marking a radical departure from its previous drone-related innovations, but a recently published US patent application by the Ford Motor Co. does offer additional evidence the automotive giant is intent on integrating UAVs into its future cars and trucks.Given its earlier filings describing concepts for gear permitting drones to perform wide-ranging s...