Ever make excuses for why you don’t partake in grains? Wondering the best way to pass on processed foods at a party? And how do you eat healthy when there are no healthy choices available? In this week’s edition of Ask a Health Coach, Erin is here to answer your …
Read More »Eargo raises $71 million to bring its connected hearing aids to more people
VB Transform Watch every session from the AI event of the year On-Demand Watch Now Eargo, a company that makes “virtually invisible” rechargeable hearing aids that can be controlled with a smartphone, has raised $ 71 million in a series E round of funding. The raise comes as technology companies …
Read More »OK, Boomer? At Least We’re Not Running Around Killing People
Photo by Roman Samborskyi / Shutterstock.com I live in South Florida, which recently earned the dubious distinction of being labeled one of the world’s coronavirus hot spots. I’m also about to turn 65, which makes me a “boomer,” short for “baby boomer”: the label attached to those born between 1946 …
Read More »ESA CEO: 64% of U.S. adults are gamers, 41% of players are women, older people are playing more
VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 15 – 17 Learn More Last Chance: Register for Transform, VB’s AI event of the year, hosted online July 15-17. Sixty-four percent of American adults, or 214.4 million people, play video games, according to a report by the Entertainment …
Read More »‘Fundamentally flawed’ study describes facial recognition system designed to identify non-binary people
VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 14 – 17 Register Today Last Chance: Register for Transform, VB’s AI event of the year, hosted online July 15-17. In a paper published on the preprint server Arxiv.org, coauthors affiliated with Harvard and Autodesk propose extending current facial …
Read More »Carnegie Mellon’s robotic painter is a step toward AI that can learn art techniques by watching people
VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 14 – 17 Register Today Take the latest VB Survey to share how your company is implementing AI today. Can a robot painter learn from observing a human artist’s brushstrokes? That’s the question Carnegie Mellon University researchers set out …
Read More »Why a Coronavirus Vaccine Might Fail People 50 and Older
Photo by wavebreakmedia / Shutterstock.com People around the world are holding their collective breath, dreaming of the day a vaccine finally brings the coronavirus to its knees. Unfortunately, the reality is likely to be messier. Experts are divided about how quickly a vaccine might be ready and how effective it …
Read More »10 Oddball Things People Are Spending More on While Staying Home
SunKids / Shutterstock.com Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, people have been spending significantly more time at home. Stay-at-home orders in many states kept people from venturing out for weeks or months, except perhaps for essential errands. During this time, we’ve collectively spent money for many items that make sense given …
Read More »The Birds Are Not on Lockdown, and More People Are Watching Them
The adult male scarlet tanager is a medium-size songbird with glaring crimson feathers and jet-black wings. It can be hard to spot, because the species tends to forage among the upper branches of tall trees. But it does come down to earth, and sometimes can be caught hanging out with …
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