Commuting in crowded spaces demands a swift and agile ride that’s easy to store when not needed. A city bicycle, or even better a kick scooter is the best option for an urban lifestyle. If these commuters are high on style and function while not overcomplicating things, it’s the red cherry on top.When it comes to personal commuters, less is more and vice versa too. So, what if you get the per...

Consumers are in control, and company strategies are shifting as the market matures. Is the streaming-video marketplace of the early 2020s beginning to resemble the linear-TV landscape of 40 years ago?Back then, ad-supported television still reigned, while cable, satellite, and other video distributors offered consumers a rapidly expanding number of paid-TV channels, the most popular of which w...

Google and OpenAI are among companies that have developed artificial intelligence models that generate images based on text.Pictures from a publicly-available tool called DALL-E Mini have become trendy on social media.As with other AI technologies, there are moral and ethical concerns about how the products will be used.The DALL-E Mini software from a group of open-source developers isn't perfe...

Amazon has entered the book club world with the creation of Sarah Selects. Named after Amazon’s editorial director for books Sarah Gelman, the club’s first selection is Half-Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith, which will be released on May 31 by Grand Central Publishing. The book club, which is the first to feature a selection by a prominent Amazon executive, is available on Amazon Book Clubs, a...

For the best part of the last two decades the "big 4" — made up of EY, Deloitte, PwC and KPMG — have dominated the world of professional services. Do business, or even just look at the accounts of, any major multinational company and you're likely to cross paths with the work of one of the audit, advisory, consulting, corporate finance, legal or tax divisions of the big 4.Indeed, in just over...

Autonomic Materials, a Champaign, IL-based developer of self-healing, ESG compatible smart coatings incorporating proprietary and patented microencapsulation technology, raised $3M in funding.The round was led by Burwell Management Company and Camino Real Capital Partners with participation from CSR Investments, Phoenix Venture Partners, and Solvay Ventures.The company intends to use the funds...

People are bringing their bad mental health to work, and employers must be part of fixing it. More than half of people felt lonely at work in the last 12 months.Your marketing department may be in the empathy business, but it’s time to make that a company policy.Two years of disruption have culminated in the ongoing Great Resignation. But while companies scramble to fill open positions, the em...

The Blizwheel e-scooter is fast, ultra light, and portable so you can take it with you everywhere. With its smooth ride and compact design, you’ll never have to worry about getting stuck in traffic or finding a parking space again. Blizwheel e-scooters are 70% lighter than average e-scooters which makes it easy to carry around and even faster to ride. Blizwheel is a 15.6-inch e-scooter that’s...

With a design that feels like a hybrid between a wheel and yoke, the Wheel X shapeshifts between both types, depending on exactly whether you want control or thrill while riding.The yoke gets a bad rap because it isn’t particularly user-friendly in regular cars. Often found on racecars and on jets, the yoke is designed for a sturdy grip and force-based steering – something that regular cars d...