The One Surprising Skin Essential Margot Robbie and Her Fellow Barbies Swore by During Filming

Working with Ivana Primorac, the movie’s lead make-up artist, Vico created a skin and wellness protocol for each of the Barbies to follow, while seeing them consistently for in-clinic treatments in tandem.

NBA Launchpad: Inside the latest tech developments from the fan engagement entries

The startups Action Audio, Edge Sound Research, Tagboard and nVenue presented their latest basketball-specific product developments in Las Vegas.

Sigo Seguros Raises $5.1M in Pre-Series A Funding

Sigo Seguros, the rapidly growing insurtech company with a Spanish-first approach to providing auto insurance services for immigrant and working-class communities, announces it has raised an additional $5.1 Million in its pre-Series A funding round, co-led by Zeal Capital Partners and Listen Ventures with participation from existing investors Chingona Ventures, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest, Fiat Ventures, and Remarkable Ventures. The funding will be used to continue its rapid pace of growth, expand customer-facing technology, and continue digitizing the underwriting process.

Junk Theory wants to teach Gen Z about the fate of beauty empties

“Recycling systems are broken today, [especially] in the U.S.,” Mabbott said. As such, she said, it wasn’t enough for the products to be recyclable. She noted that plastic, even the better plastics — like ocean waste plastic and recycled plastic — are only recycled 5% of the time. “Ninety-five percent of the time, you put it in the recycling bin, and it’s still going to the trash.”

EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES FIVE TEAMS SELECTED TO COMPETE IN ROUND SEVEN OF GENIUS NY ACCELERATOR

Empire State Development (ESD) today announced the five teams selected to take part in round seven of the innovative GENIUS NY business accelerator program. Supported by the CNY Rising Upstate Revitalization Initiative and administered by CenterState CEO and The Tech Garden in downtown Syracuse, these startup, uncrewed systems industry companies will participate in a yearlong program.

Zendrive and Autio join forces: Changing the game for auto insurance and audio entertainment

Zendrive, a San Francisco-based creator of a mobile driver analytics platform with the mission of making roads safer with data and analytics, has announced a partnership with Autio (Santa Barbara, Calif.), a location-based audio entertainment app that delivers travelers compelling stories about the places they’re driving through.

Firestorm Labs and Greenjets Forge Path for Next Generation 3D Printed Drones

Firestorm Labs and Greenjets have joined forces to develop groundbreaking drone solutions through additive manufacturing. Firestorm Labs, known for their Modular Unmanned Aerial System (MUAS), aims to create a 100% additively manufactured UAV airframe and engine with the help of Greenjets’ expertise in electric propulsion.

Night Night? A New Wave of Tech Is Out to Optimize Sleep

“The pandemic brought home the importance of sleep,” says Ana C. Krieger, MD, medical director for the Center for Sleep Medicine at Weill Cornell in New York, where she says she’s had a 50 percent increase in patients since 2020. “In the past, sleep was seen as something we can easily discard, and never prioritize.” But in lockdown people found they had more time to sleep—and also a higher incidence of stress-induced sleeplessness. According to the Centers for Disease Control, a third of American adults are sleep-deprived, routinely getting fewer than the recommended seven to eight hours per night.

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