This Startup Could Sell You Crypto Tokens—With SEC Backing
Initial coin offerings have gotten a bad rap—in many cases, deservedly so. Sure, there were blockchain projects with sound dreams and solid business plans. But as the bitcoin bubble swelled…
A Finnish Startup Is Using Prison Labor to Train AI
Cheap Labor A Finnish AI startup called Vainu has spent the last three months relying on prison labor to train its AI algorithm. Vainu previously paid people through Mechanical Turk, a…
This Startup Pays Humans to Remotely Operate “Driverless” Cars
Take the Wheel Even today’s most advanced autonomous vehicles (AVs) can’t navigate roads with the same ease as human drivers. Sure, they might do fine on a long stretch of…
Startup Unveils “World’s First Automated Cannabis Farm”
Reefer Farm Seedo says it’s taking the guesswork out of growing weed. The Israel-based startup’s flagship product is mini fridge-sized device that automates the process of growing cannabis for home farmers….
McDonald’s Acquires Machine-Learning Startup Dynamic Yield for $300 Million
[ad_1] Mention McDonald’s to someone today, and they’re more likely to think about Big Mac than Big Data. But that could soon change: The fast-food giant has embraced machine learning,…
Brutal Startup Is Using Eye Tracking to Force You to Watch Ads
Eyes Up Here The founder of MoviePass is back, and this time he’s not messing around. MoviePass co-founder Stacy Spikes has a new startup called PreShow, and it’s using a business…
First Graphene-Based Device Is A “Few Months” Away, Says Startup
The Waiting Game Scientists first isolated graphene — a transparent layer of carbon just one atom thick — in 2004. Almost immediately, we began hearing about all the wondrous ways the material…
Bill Gates Backed Startup Is Using CRISPR to Grow Lab Meat
Lookin CRISP You already knew about lab-grown meats, which are grown from animal cells instead of in a whole animal. And you probably know about CRISPR, the technology that lets…
Seaweed Straw “Looks, Feels, and Acts Like Plastic,” Says Startup
Seaweed Sippers Every day, Americans use an estimated 500 million plastic straws — and the vast majority are ending up in landfills or oceans, where they’ll likely remain for hundreds of…
Startup Says Its Electric Car Charges to 80 Percent in 5 Minutes
Mark Zero European startup Piëch Automotive just unveiled a high-end electric car called the Mark Zero — and it’s claiming the vehicle can charge in almost as little time as it…