NASA’s Mars helicopter’s first flight test plans have been postponed after failing to complete a test last weekend. Now the team behind it says that the vehicle has completed a turn at full speed. As described in a blog post and video update, the team appears to have taken two approaches to solving the problem … Read more
The first full year of the pandemic caused a significant surge in video game exposure that continues to this day. (NPD group diagram) Last month, American consumers spent $ 5.6 billion on video game hardware, accessories, and miscellaneous content. This corresponds to an increase of 18% compared to March 2020 and a record for March … Read more
It’s all about the credentials Ralph Pisani is President at Exabeam and has 20 years of sales, channel and business development experience with organizations such as Imperva and SecureComputing (acquired by McAfee). If the definition Madness does the same thing over and over again and expects a different result. Then you could say the cybersecurity … Read more
Walmart signals its commitment to autonomous delivery with a new investment in the self-driving company Cruise. The two already have a cozy relationship after recently working together on a delivery pilot in Scottsdale, Arizona. Walmart was so impressed with Cruise’s “differentiated business, unique technology and unmatched driverless testing” that it decided to participate in the … Read more
Chris Voorhees, President of First Mode, and engineers Brian Geddes and Sophia Kim check the newly completed goniometer before shipping it to Western Washington University. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) The 3 foot wide device, built in First Mode’s Seattle workshop, looks like a science fiction movie with spinning gears and a flashing beam of … Read more
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has proposed bill that would restrict the types of information that technology companies could buy and sell overseas and the countries in which it could be legally sold. The legislation is resourceful and not very specific. However, this indicates growing federal concerns about international data trading. “Shady data brokers shouldn’t get … Read more
FitXR, formerly BoxVR, has developed a virtual reality experience for home training over the past three years. The pandemic has helped people avoid having to go to the gym, but there is still a feeling that exercising at home is a poor substitute for the sweat and hustle and bustle of a health club. For … Read more
New financing: 2Morrow, a Seattle-area startup developing digital coaching software to help people achieve health goals, has raised $ 1.5 million. Total funding so far is $ 2.9 million. Company background: Founded in 2011, 2Morrow works with employers, states, health plans, retailers, providers and public health organizations that use the smartphone-based apps to help patients … Read more
There is no shortage of data-driven sales management tools on the market. Of course, Atrium, a five-year-old San Francisco-based company that was co-founded by serial entrepreneur Pete Kazanjy, says it can do a far better job of empowering sales managers to improve their team’s performance. How? By giving them simple, easy-to-digest, real-time insights into who … Read more
Three years after its sparkling debut at CES 2019, LG’s rollable OLED R television is finally available in the US. Just don’t expect to find one at your local Best Buy. In a change discovered by HD Guru, LG recently updated its international website and added a “Request To Buy” button to the OLED R … Read more