When Zuiily went public in 2013, it sparked a resurgence of interest in an otherwise lagging e-commerce market. Quickly trading up to reach an $8B market cap — valuing the company at over 10 times revenues — Zulily became the poster child of the flash sales boom. Over the ensuing months and years, concepts such as curated commerce, conversational commerce, flash sales,… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have seen an explosion in value as of late, but this has also led to a new breed of malware designed to hijack your computer to mine cryptocurrencies.
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Source: Digital trends
Winnow, the U.K. startup that has developed smart kitchen tech to help commercial kitchens reduce food waste, continues to be on a roll. It counts the likes of IKEA, Compass Group, and AccorHotels as customers, and estimates its 600-plus clients are saving 4,300 tonnes of food waste annually through the use of the Winnow system. Read More
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Essential has an offer that’s honestly very hard to refuse: The price of the Essential Phone (PH-1, going by technical model number), is now $200 cheaper, so $499 off-contract and unlocked. That’s an amazing price for their debut smartphone, which remains my favorite in terms of straight up industrial design (and it has one of the best color-tuned displays in devices right now in… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Ever since Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods became official in August, food tech entrepreneurs have been holding their collective breath in anticipation of what comes next. First prices dropped; now, apparently, they’re on the rise.
Without knowing Bezos’ ultimate vision for an Amazon-owned Whole Foods, food tech companies must decide whether and how to compete. I offer… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Oliver Cabell, a Minneapolis-based startup selling bags and other accessories, has raised $1.2 million to slip into the shoe business. The company’s high end canvas and leather bags caused a bit of a stir around TechCrunch’s offices a few years ago (we were too busy using the bags to review them) — and now the company’s ready to try on footwear to see how the new… Read More
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El equipo sabe qué canción va a cantar el pinzón cebra 30 milisegundos antes de que lo haga, gracias a una combinación de electrodos y aprendizaje automático. El siguiente paso será aplicar esta información para seguir avanzando en la búsqueda de un aparato que lea el pensamiento humano
Source: MIT
Tristan Harris está convencido de que Facebook, Google, Twitter y el resto de plataformas sociales están diseñadas para persuadir al usuario hacia sus propios objetivos en lugar de intentar que el mundo sea un lugar mejor y las personas se acerquen a sus objetivos vitales
Source: MIT
Las posibilidades de esta tecnologÃa se mezclan con el peligro de que el software malicioso nos engañe para ver cosas que realmente no están ahà y que incluso podrÃan amenazar la vida de las personas. Debemos empezar a trabajar en los retos de seguridad antes de que sea tardeÂ
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A towering wall of computer screens blinks alive with crisis. A digital map of Los Angeles alerts to 911 calls. Television screens track breaking news stories. Surveillance cameras monitor the streets. Rows of networked computers link analysts and police officers to a wealth of law enforcement intelligence. Real-time crime data comes in. Real-time police deployments go out. This high-tech… Read More
Source: TechCrunch