Author: Anderson

Venus Williams is most famous for being one of the best tennis players of all time, but she’s also a prolific angel investor. In her latest business move, Williams has backed French startup WeWard. WeWard is a free app that offers real-world rewards for walking. It tracks your steps and lets you earn points (called “Wards”), which can be exchanged for gift cards, donations, or discounts. The goal is to encourage people to be more active while benefiting from their daily movement. Williams has invested an undisclosed sum in the company and will also act as an ambassador. WeWard, meanwhile, has…

The Food and Drug Administration canceled an upcoming vaccine advisory committee meeting to discuss influenza virus strains, according to committee member Paul Offit.  The meeting was scheduled for March 13. Committee members received a cancellation email — which was first reported by Jeremy Faust of Inside Medicine — on Wednesday afternoon. Offit said the email contained no information about rescheduling the meeting, and noted that the meeting is a critical resource for vaccine makers trying to figure out which flu strains to include in their shots for the next flu season. “It’s an important meeting,” Offit said. “Vaccine makers look…

Edgware Re has filed a Form D with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, indicating an exempt offering of securities totaling $20 million. As of the filing date, $80,000 has been sold, with the remaining $19.92 million available. The minimum investment accepted from any outside investor is $40,000. The company, founded in 2023, focuses exclusively on cyber risk and operates solely with its participating members, who can secure up to $10 million in insurance or reinsurance coverage, with the potential for higher limits as more organizations join. Marsh supports Edgware Re by providing captive management, incident response, vendor engagement, and…

Polycam, a leader in photorealistic 3D capture technology through its iPhone and iPad app, has introduced Vision 25, a major update designed to enhance 3D scanning, documentation, and collaboration capabilities across mobile and the web. Built for professionals and enterprises working in architecture, engineering, construction, and product design, Vision 25 introduces three key innovations—Space Mode, Scene Editor, and Spatial Report—along with several workflow improvements that make reality capture more accessible and powerful. According to Chris Heinrich, Polycam’s co-founder and CEO, the company is evolving from a consumer-focused application into a full-scale enterprise tool. “We’re releasing a bundle of features to…

Leading today’s Green Deals is Aventon’s clearance sale that is making way for its newest models (the Level 3 Smart Commuter has officially joined the lineup), with the Level 2 Commuter e-bikes down at $1,599, among others. Right behind it is the early-bird preorder deal direct from Anker on its new 40L and 58L SOLIX EverFrost 2 Electric Coolers for a $10 ticket that gives you $300 off once it officially releases next month. We also spotted Leviton’s EV40P Level 2 Smart EV Charger for at-home or on-the-go usage hitting a new $334 low, as well as DJI’s Power 1000…

Fear Street: Prom Night will premiere on May 23, with Netflix confirming the news in an intriguing announcement trailer. The first three movies in the Fear Street slasher franchise really surprised me when they arrived on Netflix in 2021. I was very quickly lured into the world-building and seeing three different eras portrayed against a horror backdrop was very fun indeed.Fear Street parts One, Two, and Three – set in 1994, 1978, and 1666 respectively – received critical acclaim, and all of them are worthy holders of spots on our best Netflix movies round-up. I was worried that the creators…

Credit: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.12.189 The advent of organic aqueous electrolytes represents an advancement in battery technology over the past decade. These additives have proven to be remarkably efficacious in modulating the solvation structure and establishing interfacial layers. The efficacy of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) can be optimized through the enhancement of safety, electrochemical reversibility, and ion mobility. A delicate equilibrium must be maintained between performance and operational stability, as certain organic additives may precipitate undesirable side reactions or intricate phase behavior, thereby nullifying their advantageous effects. In a study published in the Journal of…

Dive Brief: The New York State Public Service Commission has approved the state’s retail and residential energy storage implementation plan, a significant step in its effort to reach 6 GW of energy storage by 2030. The Feb. 13 order approved a framework to reach the state’s retail storage deployment goal of 1,500 MW and its residential storage deployment goal of 200 MW. It also includes incentives for resources participating in the New York Independent System Operator’s distributed energy resources program to also be eligible for the retail storage incentive, the PSC said. The plan was approved as a new forecast…

“We are proud to continue a piece of Dutch machinery construction history with the Radium series silage wagons from Kaweco,” said Robin Krampe, Managing Director of Krampe Fahrzeugbau GmbH. “These wagons are renowned for their good quality and value retention. Four new models therefore fit well into our existing product portfolio and close a gap between the BigBody tippers and the Krampe RamBody push-off trailers, which will be crucial in our efforts to expand our position as a full-range manufacturer in the transport technology sector.”The official launch of the Krampe Radium series will be at Agritechnica 2025, with the first…

Samsung is finally getting into the high performance PCIe 5.0 storage game, two years after the first PCIe 5.0 SSDs arrived. The Korean phone and storage maker unveiled its first “true” PCIe 5.0 SSD, the 9100 Pro, which delivers full PCIe 5.0 speeds. Samsung’s new M.2 NVMe SSD is capable of read speeds of up to 14.8 GB/s. Pricing will start at $199.99, and the drive comes with a 5-year warranty.The new drive is built on a revised version of Samsung’s TLC V8 V-NAND flash and utilizes the company’s homebrewed “Presto” SSD controller. The main selling point of the drive…