My latest @Forbes feature looks at Texas-based startup Noveon, which recycles rare earth magnets, offering an alternative to China as demand soars. https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2023/05/10/meet-the-texas-startup-that-recycles-rare-earth-magnets-bypassing-china/?sh=b533642c1ad9
10.5.2023 12:52My latest @Forbes feature looks at Texas-based startup Noveon, which recycles rare earth magnets, offering an alternative to China as demand...Your couch is probably toxic. The furniture industry is finally dealing with it. My latest https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2023/04/28/your-couch-is-probably-toxic-the-furniture-industry-is-finally-dealing-with-it/?sh=63e48eec480c
28.4.2023 18:34Your couch is probably toxic. The furniture industry is finally dealing with it. My latest ...As a Bell Labs kid in the mid-70s, I played with an early chatbot named Red Father. With AI chatbots everywhere, I tried to find out more about its history--and mystery--for my latest Forbes story https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2023/04/02/the-thrill---and-the-mystery---of-a-1970s-bell-labs-ai-chatbot-known-as-red-father/?sh=5ee0f1b32277
2.4.2023 13:04As a Bell Labs kid in the mid-70s, I played with an early chatbot named Red Father. With AI chatbots everywhere, I tried to find out more...Seedless lemons? The billionaire Resnicks who flogged Halos and pomegranate juice think they can control 25% of the lemon market--that's 400 pounds worth $370M--in 15 years @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2023/03/23/seedless-lemons-are-the-next-big-bet-from-the-billionaires-behind-halos-pom-wonderful-and-fiji-water/
23.3.2023 15:19Seedless lemons? The billionaire Resnicks who flogged Halos and pomegranate juice think they can control 25% of the lemon market--that's...Looking at the impact of SVB collapse on immigrant founders https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2023/03/17/for-many-immigrant-founders-silicon-valley-banks-collapse-is-one-more-hurdle-to-jump/?sh=333bf3574701
17.3.2023 12:31Looking at the impact of SVB collapse on immigrant founders...Watching SVB unravel and having major 2008 vibes
10.3.2023 14:13Watching SVB unravel and having major 2008 vibesFirefighters union cranking up its calls to get toxic chemicals out of gear https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2023/03/06/bidens-visit-to-firefighters-spotlights-unions-calls-to-replace-toxic-protective-gear/?sh=8e72aef77294
6.3.2023 17:47Firefighters union cranking up its calls to get toxic chemicals out of gear...USPS hired trucking companies at cut-rate prices, pushed them on aggressive schedules and looked the other way on safety rules. Result: crashes killed 79 people since 2020. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trucks-mail-violate-safety-rules-deadly-crashes-8b9a4c92
2.3.2023 15:53USPS hired trucking companies at cut-rate prices, pushed them on aggressive schedules and looked the other way on safety rules. Result:...On miniature automated factories in shipping containers--and why we'll see more of them soon https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2023/02/28/meet-the-startup-thats-putting-ice-factories-in-shipping-containers-for-winn-dixie-supermarkets/?sh=26fbc55a179a
1.3.2023 15:32On miniature automated factories in shipping containers--and why we'll see more of them soon...Does anyone else remember Bell Labs's "Red Father" chatbot program? My dad worked there, and as kids we would go in on the weekends and chat with it for fun.
16.2.2023 13:18Does anyone else remember Bell Labs's "Red Father" chatbot program? My dad worked there, and as kids we would go in on the..."My watch thinks I'm dead." Our devices are failing us as Apple Watches flood 911 with false alarms from the ski slopes. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/health/apple-watch-911-emergency-call.html
3.2.2023 14:39"My watch thinks I'm dead." Our devices are failing us as Apple Watches flood 911 with false alarms from the ski slopes....Damning studies on racial bias in pulse oximeters led the FDA to hold a hearing in November. Now it's in the hot seat to come up with a fix and Black researchers are working on a cure. Where do we go from here? My latest on @Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2023/01/31/a-quick-remedy-proves-elusive-for-life-saving-pulse-oximeters-problems-with-darker-skin/?sh=6451a4821e14
31.1.2023 13:45Damning studies on racial bias in pulse oximeters led the FDA to hold a hearing in November. Now it's in the hot seat to come up with a...Despite inflation and nagging fears of a recession, majority of manufacturing execs optimistic about future and planning to increase hiring and spend on technology in new poll by @Forbes, Xometry and Zogby. https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2023/01/10/despite-warning-signs-95-of-manufacturing-executives-say-theyre-optimistic-according-to-a-new-poll-by-forbes-xometry-and-zogby/?sh=156d0de425d5
10.1.2023 13:30Despite inflation and nagging fears of a recession, majority of manufacturing execs optimistic about future and planning to increase hiring...Hundreds of errors carved into stone on Korean War memorial. Absolutely crazy that no checked, edited, cared. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/us/korean-war-memorial-wall-names.html
9.1.2023 19:52Hundreds of errors carved into stone on Korean War memorial. Absolutely crazy that no checked, edited, cared....Chanukah and winter solstice aligned this year: Here’s to less darkness, more light.
21.12.2022 13:33Chanukah and winter solstice aligned this year: Here’s to less darkness, more light.It's highly unusual for a consumer tech firm to reach $75 million in revenue with no investors. Here's how one company did it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2022/12/20/how-a-former-vc-built-a-consumer-tech-company-to-75-million-revenue-with-no-investors/?sh=6bef806743db
20.12.2022 13:36It's highly unusual for a consumer tech firm to reach $75 million in revenue with no investors. Here's how one company did it....Inside the company that uses robots to deal with cat poop. https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2022/12/16/inside-the-company-that-uses-robots-to-deal-with-cat-poop/?sh=33d2ec95259f
16.12.2022 13:04Inside the company that uses robots to deal with cat poop....How an under-the-radar life sciences software firm reached $1.3B valuation with its first outside investment in 30 years https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2022/12/15/first-outside-investment-in-30-years-makes-life-sciences-software-firm-a-unicorn/?sh=26f5588e3f4d
15.12.2022 15:46How an under-the-radar life sciences software firm reached $1.3B valuation with its first outside investment in 30 years...Parkinson's is a horrific disease. Cool to see that Google cofounder Sergey Brin has quietly donated $1B towards research into it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2022/12/09/exclusive-google-cofounder-sergey-brin-has-quietly-donated-more-than-1-billion-toward-this-one-specific-disease/?sh=2abb1e874d59
9.12.2022 16:35Parkinson's is a horrific disease. Cool to see that Google cofounder Sergey Brin has quietly donated $1B towards research into it....