Tel Aviv-based startup SQream, a GPU database provider that analyzes data stores cost effectively, announced it has raised $26.4 million in a Series B funding round led by China’s multinational e-commerce giant Alibaba Group. Funding will be used to cement SQream’s position as the leading GPU database of choice for enabling enterprises to maximize and leverage their big data analytics.SQream,...

Designers have quite a few varying ideas of the future. Some say the future is autonomous, others say it’s more focused on the thrill of driving and the performance. Some believe the car will become smart, others say that the car will become more about the space rather than the ride, focusing on interiors, more than anything.The EVE Vision is traditionally a car. It has a steering wheel, GPS,...

YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat are the most popular online platforms among teens. Fully 95% of teens have access to a smartphone, and 45% say they are online 'almost constantly'.Until recently, Facebook had dominated the social media landscape among America’s youth – but it is no longer the most popular online platform among teens, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Today, roughl...

TIME magazine drone cover intel shooting star drones light the california sky, re-creating the TIME magazine masthead.A fleet of intel shooting star drones helped create a magazine cover for TIME as part of its june special issue dedicated to the topic of unmanned aerial vehicles. the intel team worked closely with the magazine to replicate its iconic masthead and red border with nearly 1,000 f...

EVERY MORNING MILLIONS of people worldwide kickstart their day with a cup of hot coffee. They line up patiently in coffee shops waiting to receive a cardboard mug with their name written on it. After adding a pinch of sugar and a dash of milk, they're good to get caffeinated.Whether in Hanoi's bustling alleyways or New York's hip Lower East Side, hardly anyone can say no to good java (full disc...

We all love Westworld, but its main premise -- that we'll be able to build robots identical to human in the near future -- still seems impossibly far-fetched. That said, a company called Engineered Arts is definitely exploring the edges of the uncanny valley. It has built a number of life-sized, humanoid robots that look incredibly realistic and move smoothly, quietly and relatively naturally.T...

According to the latest quarterly research from Strategy Analytics, global smart speaker shipments reached 9.2 million units in Q1 2018. Market leader Amazon is estimated to have shipped an impressive 4 million smart speakers during the quarter though its global market share has nearly halved from the same period last year. Google and Alibaba consolidated their number two and three rankings whi...

This start-up made connected toothbrushes -- now it aims to overthrow the 'primitive' dental insurance industry. It raised another $22 million off the back of that shift. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins, a firm that is increasingly investing in health-tech.When it comes to dental health, companies seem to more and more see consumer technology and insurance as natural partners. Beam Dental,...

In the two decades since Amazon streamlined the e-commerce process, most retailers have followed suit with an online point of sale option, seeing no other way to compete.As a result, about 70% of Americans (230 million) will make an online purchase in 2018, contributing $474 billion to total retail sales, according to Statista's Digital Market Outlook. As this chart from Statista shows, even as...