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On June 16, 2017, at 9:01 am ET, Amazon announced its agreement to acquire Whole Foods Market for $13.7B. Four minutes later, Walmart announced its agreement to acquire online brand Bonobos for $310M. While the announcements were coincidental, the strategies…

Amazon announced today that it is testing Alexa Answers, a program that crowdsources responses to questions that Alexa currently doesn’t have answers to. One of the principal issues with voice assistants is that they can do a lot, but not…

A while back, I laid out an argument for why I think neurotechnology is an important and compelling field: it entails investigating, fixing, and enhancing the brain—the substrate of human phenomenological existence. Here, I want to discuss the ethics of…

Earlier this month, the first ever Facebook-branded hardware device shipped. It’s a smart, hands-free video calling device with Alexa built-in called Portal. It was built with the intention of bringing friends and families closer together when they are apart. Though not…

This is the second of a four-part series exploring the concept of the Metaverse. Authored by Loup Ventures analyst Pat Bocchicchio, Part 2 explains why you should care about the Metaverse and why it has the potential to be one…

Halo Sport Headset | $499 | A pair of headphones that utilizes neuropriming to improve workouts. Apple Watch Series 4 | $499 | Fall detection, an electrocardiogram, super-accurate fitness tracking, and cell connectivity make it the best smartwatch period. Plae Shoes |…

Two weeks ago, I tested using a distraction-free iPhone – no social media, no email, no entertainment, no news, and no web browser. I loved it so much that I named the device the “Good Phone” in my settings. I don’t think I’ll ever go…

Jim Cavuoto is the Editor and Publisher at Neurotech Business Reports, a neurotech market analysis firm that’s been following the field for nearly two decades. Jim holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. Top 3…

Written by guest author Carlos Castelán with Andrew Murphy. Carlos is Managing Director of The Navio Group. There’s an old Sun Tzu quote that speaks to the power of a winning mindset: “Victorious warriors win first and then go to…

Shares of NVDA are down 16% after-hours. While the near-term is ugly, the long-term story is intact. Nvidia missed Oct-19 revenue by 2%. The biggest miss occurred in its gaming segment. Crypto miners have been using gaming products for mining…

The first thing many of us think when we hear the word esports is: “why would someone want to watch someone else play video games.” And this is often just referencing Twitch streamers or YouTube gaming channels, let alone going…

AJ Keller is co-founder and CEO of Neurosity, which is building consumer brain-computer interfaces. AJ has worked extensively on many parts of BCI pipelines, and helped design and build the WiFi Shield for OpenBCI. Top 3 Takeaways OpenBCI was a critical…