Anker today launched a 3D printing brand named AnkerMake. Its first printer, the AnkerMake M5 just made its Kickstarter debut, with a $499 price tag. The diminutive price packs in a comprehensive feature set, including cameras that do AI-powered monitoring of your printing, enabling the printer to pause if it detects that something has gone awry.For the past few years, Anker has been carving ou...

Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof raises the cost of its new models, citing supply chain woes.Dutch electric bike maker VanMoof unveiled updated versions of its e-bikes, along with higher prices due to supply chain constraints. New features include LED displays on the handlebars that provide information on battery levels and speed, a torque sensor in the motor that adjusts the level of assistance base...

The metaverse promises a vast range of immersive experiences and has the potential to reshape large sections of the global economy. Citi says metaverse economy could be worth $13 trillion by 2030This regular roundup brings you a selection of the latest news and updates on the development of the metaverse.Below you'll find insights and opinions on how this emerging technology could transform the...

Currently valued at $15 billion, Discord – the community platform that connects over 150 million monthly users — is rumored to go public by the end of the year. While this move would further solidify the company’s role in Web3, future-thinking brands have already jumped on the platform. By leveraging the tools that this previously "gamers only" space provides, companies can build collaborati...

Splitting a robot’s AI brain into modules that handle simpler tasks means it can be trained more quickly, but that may come at the cost of adaptability.A robot has learned to open doors using a new method that reduces the time and effort required to train it, but that efficiency may come at the cost of adaptability.Robots are often controlled by a deep learning model that has been trained over...

Piper Sandler completes 43rd semi-annual Generation Z survey of 7,100 U.S. teens Over 21 years of research on U.S. teens and GenZ insightsOverall teen “self-reported” spending increased slightly to $2,367 per year; seeing emergence of female-led spending cycle led by apparelFood returns to upper-income teens’ No. 1 wallet priority at 22% share, up from 21% in Fall 2021 but down from 23% LYTe...

A US company is changing the look and feel of charging stations with more inviting designs that incorporate solar awnings and customer services.We are used to thinking of charging stations—and gas stations, for that matter—as entirely utilitarian. No-one expects them to incorporate innovative designs. But charging station company Electrify America has a different vision for the future of elec...

2021 may have been the year of the NFT, but wealthy collectors still dropped plenty of cash on physical objects. This included the usual items like paintings and cars, as well as some more obscure ones like meteorites.To gain insight into the world of rare collectibles, this infographic summarizes the biggest auction sales of 2021, spread across 12 different item categories.Here are some intere...

Food tech startup BioBetter has developed a novel way to create growth factors for cell-cultivated meat utilizing tobacco plants.Based in Kiryat Shemona, Israel, the company announced today that it has developed a method to create growth factors via molecular farming techniques by essentially turning the tobacco plant into a bioreactor. BioBetter’s technology employs plant cells to produce gro...