A new Google foldable phone has appeared in a patent filing with a design similar to the Samsung Galaxy Fold. The patent was filed at WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation). It was filed way back in June 2021 and was published earlier today.Google foldable phone is expected to launch later this year.Google for a while is known to be working on a foldable phone, dubbed the Pixel Notepad...

Jason Allen’s A.I.-generated work, “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” took first place in the digital category at the Colorado State Fair.Jason Allen’s A.I.-generated work, “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” took first place in the digital category at the Colorado State Fair.Credit...via Jason AllenThis year, the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition gave out prizes in all the usual categ...

Blockchain emerging technologies continue to be subject to significant hype. In particular, the metaverse, Web3 and cryptocurrency are three key innovations that have promise to deliver unique business benefits, but all are in varying stages of maturity.Hype Cycle for Blockchain and Web3, 2022We sat down with Avivah Litan, Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner, to discuss the recently published G...

Interaxon, a Toronto, Canada-based consumer neurotechnology company behind Muse, a brain-sensing headband that helps users refocus during the day and recover overnight, raised $9.5M in Series C funding.The round was led by BDC Capital, Alabaster, Export Development Canada, Phyto Partners, Iter Investments, Intretech, and The Clavis Foundation.The company intends to use the funds to enrich its b...

The national report card isn’t looking great. Data out this week revealed that 9-year-olds’ math and reading scores took a huge hit in the last two years — a worrying early sign of the pandemic’s impact on education. Reading results are down some 5 points, the steepest decline since 1990, and math scores have declined for the first time since the National Assessment of Educational Progress...

Honing the creative bend of kids in their early life is important, and their best tool is drawing. That, however, comes with a menacing aftermath for the parents who have to ensure the kids don’t etch the walls of the living room or bedroom with a permanent marker or a hard-to-wipe-off crayon.To create a good balance between the incremental increase in kids’ creative levels over time without...

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the effects of energy supply disruptions are cascading across everything from food prices to electricity to consumer sentiment.In response to soaring prices, many OECD countries are tapping into their strategic petroleum reserves. In fact, since March, the U.S. has sold a record one million barrels of oil per day from these reserves. This, among other factor...

The 2010s were a period of stagnating mobile development, but smartphones are getting exciting again, thanks in no small part to Samsung’s exploration of foldable form factors. Phones that fold in half might not be the end of mobile innovation for the South Korean technology giant, though. A new patent application teases a phone with two screens, but unlike the dual-screen Microsoft Duo, this...

China-originated biopharmas will likely have greater influence on the industry by 2028, but regulatory developments and the quality of partnerships will determine how the industry grows.The West’s biggest biopharma companies, such as GSK, Sanofi, and Pfizer, have cracked the code on going global. They started in their home markets, with all the advantages they had there, and then expanded glob...