Author: Anderson

Earlier this week, Microsoft broke from a long tradition of only offering paid versions of the native Microsoft Office app (web having been free for some time) and silently introduced a free, ad-supported version of Microsoft Office exclusively for Windows 11 users. This was first spotted by Beebom, which tested it on Windows 11 machines and VMs (My testing on Windows 10 quickly revealed it to be business as usual on older versions of Windows. Go figure.)Even so, it’s nifty and arguably even intelligent of Microsoft to build in a “Skip for now” button leading into a free version of…

About 85% of women and 30% of men will experience hormonal challenges in their lifetime. Recognizing this, The HRT Club is stepping up by providing consumers access to hormone replacement therapies, treatments that replace lost hormones and are commonly used for menopause. The Bridgewater, New Jersey-based company announced the commercial release of its solution last week following an April soft launch. Members pay $99 a year and gain access to a network of over 700 healthcare providers that partner with The HRT Club and can prescribe hormone treatments. Members don’t require insurance for the company’s services. The HRT Club bypasses…

After weeks of being blocked by the Trump administration, one crucial step in the National Institutes of Health process for funding biomedical research is being largely restored, but it seems that won’t immediately allow new grants to be approved and resume the flow of millions of dollars to universities and medical schools. Dozens of NIH study sections — meetings in which panels of expert scientists consider which research projects the agency should support — have been canceled in recent weeks, after the Trump administration barred the NIH from posting any new notices to the Federal Register as part of a…

Flood data company Floodbase See full company profile “> announced a $5 million investment led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund with participation from Pulse Fund. The investment will allow Floodbase to accelerate development of flood insurance programs. Co-founded by Bessie Schwarz and Dr. Beth Tellman, Floodbase has now raised $17 million in venture capital. Since its series A in 2023, Floodbase has operated across 40+ countries and enabled more than 9,000 flood insurance policies, becoming a preferred partner for re/insurers including Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, Liberty Mutual Re, and AXA Climate. The Floodbase platform continuously monitors flooding globally, allowing the company…

Segwise today announced that it’s launching a new feature for its AI-based user acquisition platform: New creative analytics and insights features, specifically the Creative Analytics AI Agent. This new agent uses AI to help mobile game and app developers track the reactions to various creative elements in their ad campaigns. These can include the backgrounds, the calls-to-action, the emotional hooks and other elements, saving developers the task of manually tagging and analyzing those elements themselves. According to the company, its AI automatically tags creative elements across various different kinds of ads. In addition to the AI Agent, Segwise’s Creative Analytics…

Tesla has lost two of its top car designers, including a founding member of its design studio, amid a broader talent exodus. After a few years designing concept cars for GM, David Imai joined Tesla in 2011, when the automaker was a little-known California company trying to ramp up production of the Roadster and bring Model S, its first EV built from the ground up, to production. He quickly became Tesla’s manager of exterior and interior design. Imai was promoted to “Director of Design” in 2019. He has been credited for several design aspects of the Model 3. Along with…

The excitement about DeepSeek is understandable, but a lot of the reactions I’m seeing feel quite a bit off-base. DeepSeek represents a significant efficiency gain in the large language model (LLM) space, which will have a major impact on the nature and economics of LLM applications. However, it does not signal a fundamental breakthrough in artificial general intelligence (AGI), nor a fundamental shift in the center of gravity of AI innovation. It’s a sudden leap along an expected trajectory rather than a disruptive paradigm shift.DeepSeek’s impressive achievement mirrors the broader historical pattern of technological progression. In the early 1990s, high-end…

The utility sector is undergoing a significant transformation. Increased demand for electricity, aging infrastructure, expanding renewable energy adoption, extreme weather and technological advancements are all making planning and operations processes and decision making much more complex.  In this article, we’ll outline three of the most pressing energy trends every utility must prepare for in 2025.  Trend #1: Electricity loads are skyrocketing Global electricity demand is expected to grow annually by 3.4% through 2026. On-going electrification efforts, including the increased adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), heat pumps and other connected devices will drive some of this demand, but the lion’s share…

Companies working with Drive TLV represent various industries with shared interests in these advancing areas and can leverage Drive TLV’s vast network of startups and innovators. By focusing on specific customer challenges, Drive TLV will facilitate collaboration between John Deere and other participating companies and identify startups with the right capabilities and technologies to tackle challenges and create market-ready solutions.This announcement follows John Deere’s presence at CES 2025 where four new and fully autonomous machines were revealed to support customers in agriculture, construction, and commercial landscaping and to address a shortage of available skilled labor.“This is a great opportunity for…

AMD reportedly held a press briefing and disclosed more information about its upcoming Radeon RX 9000-series graphics processors as well as the RDNA 4 architecture. Perhaps the most important part was the disclosure of AMD’s official performance numbers of the new Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card that appeared to be significantly ahead of the Radeon RX 7900 GRE, according to the allegedly official numbers published by VideoCardz.In fact, AMD claims that the upcoming Radeon RX 9070 XT is 42% – 168% faster than the Radeon RX 7900 GRE at a 4K resolution with ‘ultra’ quality settings across over 30…