The market for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) surged to new highs in the second quarter, with $2.5 billion in sales so far this year, up from just $13.7 million in the first half of 2020, marketplace data showed.An NFT is a crypto asset, representing an intangible digital item such as an image, video, or in-game item. Owners of NFTs are recorded on blockchain, allowing an NFT to be traded as a stan...

A Belgian artist has devised a novel way to catch misbehaving politicians: automatically tagging the rogues who use their phones at work.Dries Depoorter is using AI to monitor YouTube videos of Flemish government meetings. When the stream starts, his software uses machine learning to find phones in the footage, and facial recognition to identify politicians using the devices.Videos of the distr...

The Lego Group unveiled its first brick prototype made from recycled plastic, but said it will be "some time" before bricks made from recycled material can be sold.The Lego Group is one step closer to reaching its goal of making all its products from sustainable material by 2030.The Danish toymaker unveiled a prototype brick made from recycled plastic. In a news release, Lego said the PET plast...

Companies and investment funds are more likely to achieve their ambitious goals if they work closer together.At a GlanceMore capital is flowing into funds that invest according to principles of environmental and social responsibility, and good governance. It’s becoming increasingly important for energy and natural resources companies to provide investor propositions that allow them to tap thos...

A gigantic 3D cat has appeared on a billboard in Tokyo, where it looms playfully over one of the city's busiest railway stations.Shown between advertisements, the hyper-realistic feline comes to life on a 1,664-square-foot curved LED screen in the Shinjuku district. The 4K-resolution display shows the cat walking around high above the Japanese capital as it audibly meows.Airing between 7 a.m. a...

People have varying opinions on what constitutes a good movie. And while it’s nearly impossible to identify a film’s intrinsic quality—at least, in an objective way—one thing that can be measured is the revenue that a movie generates.With this in mind, here’s a look at the top grossing movies worldwide since the early 1990s, using data from Box Office Mojo. These figures include box office...

Microwave ovens on the market makes you bend down to look inside and place your food. This design doesn’t change much since it was introduced in 1954 by Raytheon Corporation, the same rectangular shape and a semi-transparent door. You need to consider a good placement for this microwave if you don’t want to bend down or squat in order to put things in.Inspired by a waiter who serves your food...

There’s face masks, and then Air-Ring, a wearable air purifier that is design to encompass the user’s face with a refreshing atmosphere of purified air. It uses a powerful silent air turbine to deliver essential airflow, while multi-layered air purification begins with filtration of harmful particles and viruses by a state-of-the-art replaceable N95 HEPA filter at the air intake cartridge. Re...

There are over 700 private companies around the world valued at $1B+, all featured on our real-time unicorn tracker. These tech startups are collectively worth over $2T and have raised a combined total of more than $485B.Using the CB Insights database, we mapped all 728 global unicorn companies valued at $1B or more according to the primary markets in which they operate.Our market map sorts uni...