Why the open banking movement is gaining momentum (VB Live) Join this VB Live event to learn how open banking is fueling both opportunity for FIs and better financial outcomes for consumers.

Apple’s Newest Fitness Feature: Celeb-Guided Outdoor Walks The company's latest subscription product combines outdoor fitness with podcasting, though you'll need an Apple Watch to enjoy it.

Google claims almost no change in ad revenue from targeting proposals in its Privacy Sandbox — but privacy upside less clear As Google’s Privacy Sandbox remains under scrutiny over competition concerns, the tech giant has released an update claiming experimental ad-targeting techniques it’s developing as part of the plan to depreciate support for third party cookies on its Chrome browser show results that are “nearly as effective as cookie-based approaches”. Google has been working on a […]

Report: Brexit could help China and the US in the global AI race The EU is falling further behind the US and China in the AI race, and will lose more ground after Brexit, according to a new report. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation assessed the trio’s AI capabilities by analyzing data across six categories: talent, research, commercial development, hardware, adoption, and data. The think tank found that while the US still holds a substantial overall lead, China is reducing the gap in several important areas — while the EU’s position is slipping: Absent significant policy changes in both the EU and United States — particularly the EU changing its regulatory system to be more innovation-friendly, and the United States developing and funding… This story continues at The Next Web

Sky ramps up film and TV plans to compete with streaming giants The company plans to release a new film every week by 2022 with more investment in original content.

Top Futurist Speakers to Have at Your Conference in 2021 The future always arrives faster than you think and it often hits before you’re ready. Some people, though, have a talent for spotting trends. They see which technologies will make an impact, how new innovations will change society, and what’s coming up next for business and commerce. They also share what they’ve discovered. I’ve put […] The post Top Futurist Speakers to Have at Your Conference in 2021 appeared first on ReadWrite.

BlackCart raises $8.8M Series A for its try-before-you-buy platform for online merchants A startup called BlackCart is tackling one of the key challenges with online shopping: an inability to try on or test out the merchandise before making a purchase. That company, which has now closed on $8.8 million in Series A funding, has built a try-before-you-buy platform that integrates with e-commerce storefronts, allowing customers to ship […]

Cortical.io’s AI makes bulk contract analysis faster and more accurate Reviewing large quantities of legal or financial documents can be a chore, but Contract Intelligence promises to cut analysis time by 80%.

Diamonds may help measuring thermal conductivity in living cells Scientists have very precise instruments, but measuring properties of tiny little cells is still very difficult. Now researchers

Melio raises $110M on a $1.3B valuation to bring B2B payments for SMBs into the 21st century Payments for consumers have made a huge shift to the online world in the last year, a time when they have moved more of their purchasing to the internet to minimize in-person transactions in the midst of a virus-based health pandemic. Today, a startup that has built a similar kind of payments infrastructure — but […]

My precious! – noble metals recovery from PCB waste Since the industrial revolution, the world has been dominated by electronic devices. They just made our life more

Early-stage African VC firm, Microtraction reports portfolio boom despite the weight of COVID-19 In a year marred by the coronavirus pandemic, it seems that early-stage startups on the African continent are continuing to see some notable growth, both in terms of their business and from investors looking to back them.  Microtraction, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Lagos, Nigeria, saw funding nearly quadruple for its portfolio. In […]

JetPlay’s Ludo AI platform accelerates game concept creation JetPlay has launched Ludo AI, a game creativity platform that leverages artificial intelligence to accelerate the creative process.

Apple’s new Fitness+ feature brings celebrity-guided walks to your wrist Here’s a bit of a curve ball from Apple. A month-and-a-half or so after launching the Fitness+ app premium workout service, the company’s offering up an add-on intended to offer an exercise dimension beyond the confines of iOS (and your living room). Arriving today for Fitness+ subscribers, Time to Walk is a new, guided walking […]

Fintech may end up the real buzzword of 2021. Here’s your chance to get in on the ground floor TLDR: The Ultimate Fintech and Blockchain Bootcamp Bundle explains the revolution in financial services happening around the globe right now — and how you can join in. If you aren’t all that familiar with the term Fintech yet, you might want to address that deficiency. Because after a mostly stellar year for many companies applying new technology to financial businesses, even in the teeth of the pandemic, investors are dumping millions into growing and developing more tech-driven financial services operations in 2021. It’s a booming industry. And with the training found in The Ultimate Fintech and Blockchain Bootcamp Bundle ($39.99,… This story continues at The Next Web