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5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In May: AI Help With Parenting And Fighting Obesity

5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In May: AI Help With Parenting And Fighting Obesity

This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting deals every month that may have flown under the radar. Check out our April entry here. School is nearly out and summer’s almost here. A lot is going on in most people’s lives, so let’s take a look at a few intriguing startups that raised cash this month that may have escaped your notice. This month the rounds included everything from added support for cancer survivors to leveraging your car for credit. Let’s take a look. AI parenting Depending on who you talk to, AI can solve everything. But can…
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An unofficial Lego event filled with ’empty space and piles of loose Lego’ has been compared to the infamous Willy Wonka experience

An unofficial Lego event filled with ’empty space and piles of loose Lego’ has been compared to the infamous Willy Wonka experience

British Lego fans were left feeling less than impressed last weekend after a convention dubbed the "UK's biggest Lego festival" turned out to be a "bleak" half-empty room.Brick Fest Live UK was held from May 25 to 27 in the British city of Birmingham. It promised to bring fans a "jaw-dropping collection of brick creations from across the globe under one roof."It was not sponsored by or affiliated with Lego.The poster promised a Lego brick pit, life-sized models, floor mosaics, derby races, and a "glow zone." Instead, footage from the event appeared to show a large convention hall with a…
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Trump’s donor website crashed after he started asking fans for money following his guilty verdict in New York

Trump’s donor website crashed after he started asking fans for money following his guilty verdict in New York

"So many Americans were moved to donate to President Trump's campaign that the WinRed pages went down," the post read. "We are working on getting the website back online as quickly as possible. Stay strong."About 30 minutes later, the account posted an update saying the website was back online.The New York Times and CNBC also reported on the outage.Preliminary trend data from Google shows that searches for "Donald Trump donation" jumped to a four-year high this week.Trump, who has decried the jury's decision, sent his supporters multiple messages linking to his donation pages in the hours after the verdict. His…
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Google Admits Its AI Overviews Search Feature Screwed Up

Google Admits Its AI Overviews Search Feature Screwed Up

When bizarre and misleading answers to search queries generated by Google’s new AI Overview feature went viral on social media last week, the company issued statements that generally downplayed the notion the technology had problems. Late Thursday, the company’s head of search Liz Reid admitted the flubs had highlighted areas that needed improvement, writing that “we wanted to explain what happened and the steps we’ve taken.”Reid’s post directly referenced two of the most viral, and wildly incorrect, AI Overview results. One saw Google's algorithms endorse eating rocks because doing so “can be good for you,” and the other suggested using…
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Trump not testifying in his hush-money trial was a mistake, legal experts say

Trump not testifying in his hush-money trial was a mistake, legal experts say

Former President Donald Trump's historic conviction on Thursday may have been in part due to mistakes made by his defense team, including not having him take the stand, legal experts told Business Insider.A New York jury convicted Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush-money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels. The verdict made history: Trump is the only US president to also be a convicted felon.Though the conclusion of the case was significant, three legal experts told BI the verdict wasn't a major shock. Two said Trump's team made a number of mistakes during…
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Costco says it’s not ready to raise its membership fee — for now

Costco says it’s not ready to raise its membership fee — for now

Costco is once again kicking the can on raising its membership fee."I would really kind of revert back to some of the comments that Richard shared previously," CFO Gary Millerchip told investors Thursday, referring to his predecessor, Richard Galanti, who said last year that a Costco membership fee increase would "happen at some point.""There's nothing about anything that we see within how the business is performing that's changing our view on that," Millerchip said. The wholesale club last raised fees in 2017, and analysts have noted that an increase is long overdue, based on the typical five- to six-year interval…
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