A Department of Energy-funded lab and an AI-backed biotech firm are teaming...
Researchers around the world are racing to employ advanced tech like AI to try to uncover a treatment for the coronavirus. But a new partnership between a Department of Energy-funded lab and AI-backed...
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Like other industries, dairy manufacturers had to quickly pivot operations during the coronavirus to both accommodate social distancing guidelines and meet rapidly changing consumer preferences. In...
View ArticleHere's how to make sure the economic recovery from the pandemic helps the...
Too often low-income communities and communities of color are left behind by innovation and government responses to economic downturns.We need to make sure this doesn't happen as we climb out of the...
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Companies are increasingly turning to agile teams to help reduce development time for new products and increase productivity in its workforce. The method utilizes small, cross-functional teams that...
View ArticleHow State Farm took a new Alexa-enabled app for seniors from its internal...
Many top corporations have internal innovation labs, but moving new products of features through those centers remains difficult. State Farm is gearing up to launch a new, Alexa-enabled application for...
View ArticleHow the agile method already used by Amazon, Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase, and...
The world's most successful companies rely on the agile framework to develop products more quickly and improve employee happiness. The method, which uses independent, small, cross-functional teams, or...
View ArticleInnovation Inc: Why this management style may be the key to help solve...
Corporate America is facing dual crises right now.The coronavirus pandemic is creating significant economic uncertainty and forcing companies to overhaul operations almost overnight to adapt to rapidly...
View ArticleThe head of Edward Jones shares the company's plan for reopening offices...
Penny Pennington is the managing partner and a 20-year veteran of the financial-services firm Edward Jones.In an interview with Business Insider, Pennington shared the company's plans for reopening...
View ArticleExclusive: Why Samsung's SmartThings arm is pivoting entirely into software
Samsung's SmartThings is at the tail end of an 18-month transformation to stop hardware production and pivot entirely to software. The smart home automation firm isn't laying off employees amid the...
View ArticleHow LinkedIn's employee engagement arm gives workers an increasingly desired...
A chaotic year, complete with an historic civil rights movement and a global pandemic, is having a major impact on what employees are seeking from a job. Perks like free beer aren't enough anymore....
View ArticleMeet the AI startup using your health data to help drug companies target ads
Drug advertisements have always been controversial, but now one startup wants to make it easier for pharmaceutical manufacturers to target patients with the diseases their treatments help cure. On...
View ArticleHow to look and feel healthier in one month, according to science
Most detox and diet programs sound too good to be true, because they are.But there are some quick, simple, evidence-based acts you can perform right now that will improve overall health.They include...
View ArticleHow software from SAP helps candy giant Ferrara cut development time by 50%...
Consumer packaged goods companies are rapidly turning to digital technologies to help capitalize on fast-changing customer preferences.Ferrara Candy Co., for example, tapped SAP to more quickly...
View ArticleGoodyear's CEO on driving simulators, 'intelligent' tires, and all the tech...
Goodyear is in the midst of what CEO Richard Kramer calls a shift from being a legacy tire manufacturer to a "technology-driven mobility company." Alongside the core tire business, Goodyear is pivoting...
View ArticleHow real-estate giant Douglas Elliman's Eklund Gomes Team started beta...
Agent Image, a California web-development firm specializing in business-to-business real-estate services, is building out a new presentation platform called Access that its founders say is "years ahead...
View ArticleMicrosoft is offering free online courses for job seekers to develop new...
The US is grappling with record high unemployment rates as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Tech company Microsoft predicts that global unemployment could rise to a quarter of a billion...
View ArticleI launched Okta during the 2008 recession and it's now a $25 billion company....
Todd McKinnon is the chief executive officer and cofounder of Okta.He launched his company during the 2008 recession, but timely technology shifts and market realities made his idea needed.There are...
View ArticleHow top medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific is preparing for the...
The rapid adoption of telemedicine amid the coronavirus is forcing Boston Scientific and other healthcare companies to quickly pivot to expand their offerings. As many as 80% of the nearly 884 million...
View Article20 Apple patents spanning wearable tech, VR, and autonomous driving that...
Apple has made in-roads on expanding into new markets like digital healthcare, but Bank of America analysts say investors remain concerned about the tech giant's lack of innovation. To figure out how...
View ArticleSiemens and Salesforce are teaming up to try to bring employees back to the...
The market is booming for firms that can help companies safely return employees back to the office. The pandemic is forcing software and automation providers like Salesforce and Siemens to partner in...
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