NEWS IN BRIEF
NEWS ANALYSIS
Sextech Rises to Coronavirus Challenge As Homebound Users Seek Intimacy, Companionship
The growing market for sextech products that help users deal with all things intimate may emerge from the coronavirus crisis stronger than ever.Sexual wellbeing, education and inclusion are seen as growth areas,...
Plastic is Cheap, Efficient, Polluting — And Here to Stay
TAKEAWAY: Plastic is an unprecedented environmental problem and a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Yet not only is plastic here to stay, it may even become...
Bright Spot: Telemedicine Startups See Surge in Demand as Coronavirus Spread Accelerates
Telemedicine companies seeing call volumes surge as the coronavirus cuts person-to-person contact and doctors’ offices close.While U.S. equities have plummeted as coronavirus slows the economy, shares in telemedicine provider Teladoc have surged...
Coronavirus Market Selloff Tests Robo-Advisors as Financial Advisors Field Client Calls
As AI disrupts the financial industry, the current stock selloff is testing assumptions about the industry’s future and showing the need for human skills.Robo-advisors increasingly important to younger investors and big banks...
PROFILES
Mightier’s Video Games Aim to Impart Soothing Techniques to ADHD Kids
Many children have been learning their ABCs through video games. Now Mightier wants to help them conquer anxiety and depression disorders using the same technology.
The gaming startup seeks...
OPINIONS
Group K Diagnostics: “The most usable diagnostic will likely win out.”
Perspectives: Opinions from our network of advisors, investors, operators and analysts on the risks and opportunities they see.
Just two drops of blood is all it takes — that is Sight Diagnostics’ promise to analyze,...
Bryan Walsh Talks Climate Change Threats, Latest Book
Climate change. Nuclear war. Asteroid Collision. Supervolcanoes.
For TIME Magazine’s former Senior Writer, Bryan Walsh, these are among the numerous catastrophes threatening civilization.
Walsh’s latest book,...
Medium Still Searching To Fix the Internet — and Itself
When Billionaire Ev Williams founded Medium.com in 2012, he thought it would help him fulfill his self-appointed mission to “fix” the Internet that, as a founder of Twitter, he helped break.
Two Women at Rice University Are Shaking Up Academia with Entrepreneur Education
Perspectives: Opinions from our network of advisors, investors, operators and analysts on the risks and opportunities they see.
Despite the growing importance of the startup culture in keeping the US economy competitive, academia lags behind,...