Nvidia’s Biggest Rival Agrees to Buy an AI Startup for Over Half a Billion Dollars in Cash
AMD’s deal is set to close later this year.
Digital twins of human organs are here. They’re set to transform medical treatment.
A healthy heart beats at a steady rate, between 60 and 100 times a minute. That’s not the case for all of us, I’m reminded, as I look inside a cardboard box containing around 20 plastic hearts—each a replica of a real human one. The hearts, which previously sat on a shelf in a lab…
Robot-packed meals are coming to the frozen-food aisle
Advances in artificial intelligence are coming to your freezer, in the form of robot-assembled prepared meals. Chef Robotics, a San Francisco–based startup, has launched a system of AI-powered robotic arms that can be quickly programmed with a recipe to dole out accurate portions of everything from tikka masala to pesto tortellini. After experiments with leading…
These 2 Visas Can Open Doors for Global Entrepreneurs to Franchise in the U.S.
Let’s take a look at the E-2 and EB-5 visa options to get a birds-eye understanding of what they mean, the initial baseline requirements for each and why they are viable options for aspiring franchise owners.
Costco Increases Membership Fees Days After Announcing Hourly Employees Are Getting a Raise
The new fees will affect members in the U.S. and Canada.
3 Lessons I Learned While Working With Participant Media
Here are three key takeaways left behind by Participant Media and its founder, social entrepreneur Jeff Skoll.
Which State Was Just Ranked No. 1 for Business?
CNBC’s annual state ranking is out and this year marked the closest finish ever.
Prices Fell in June for the First Time Since 2020. Are Interest Rate Cuts Coming Next?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest Consumer Price Index report reveals something that hasn’t happened in a very long time: declining consumer prices. Here’s what that could mean for interest rates.
6 Ways California’s New Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers Will Hurt Franchises — And Consumers
Discover how California’s new minimum wage law is transforming the fast food industry, impacting franchise owners, employees, and the broader economy.
The Download: automating warehouse tasks, and problems with recycling plastics
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI is poised to automate today’s most mundane manual warehouse task Before almost any item reaches your door, it traverses the global supply chain on a pallet. More than 2 billion pallets are…
After Starting 5 Businesses, This Entrepreneur Found Unprecedented Success with Goodr. Here’s What He Did Differently When Starting the Eyewear Brand.
Stephen Lease, co-founder of Goodr, was a guest on a recent episode of ‘How Success Happens.’