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(Patent) Apple Continues to Work on Possible Future Foldable iPhones with Curved Sidewalls
[Tech]
2021/07/23 09:10
The US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent update from Apple that relates to that relates to iPhones with curved sidewall touch displays and foldable iPhone displays with curved sidewalls with touch capabilities built-in. Apple's patent covers electronic devices that may have enclosures with walls formed from transparent and opaque materials. Display layers may be mounted under tra...
China’s Vast Network of Gray-Market Shoppers Grounded by the Pandemic
[Business]
2021/07/23 09:09
Travel restrictions and a government shift have stymied daigou who buy goods overseas.Vivian Li, a stay-at-home mother in Shenzhen, used to make weekly trips abroad, leaving her husband in charge of their toddler and traveling to Hong Kong or Tokyo with two empty suitcases. She would fill them with Lancôme eye creams, Pola shampoos, Louis Vuitton handbags, and other products that in China were...
Global EV Battery Industry Will Be “Sold Out” by 2025 : BofA
[Business]
2021/07/23 09:08
According to a Bank of America Global Research (BAC) report, there is a looming threat of the global battery supply for electric vehicles (EVs) running dry by as early as 2025.“Our updated EV battery supply-demand model suggests the global EV battery supply will likely hit [a] ‘sold-out’ situation between 2025-26, with its global operating rates reaching above 85%,” the report reads.The rep...
Untether AI Nabs $125M for AI Acceleration Chips
[Investing]
2021/07/23 09:07
Untether AI, a startup developing custom-built chips for AI inferencing workloads, today announced it has raised $125 million from Tracker Capital Management and Intel Capital. The round, which was oversubscribed and included participation from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Radical Ventures, will be used to support customer expansion.Increased use of AI — along with the technology’...
Tesla’s Semi Truck Is Finally Getting Ready To Enter Production
[Product]
2021/07/23 09:06
After what’s felt like forever and years of delays, the Tesla Semi, an electric truck, is getting ready to enter production. While it won’t be the first all-electric truck on the market, it will be the first one that promises class 8 status for long-range hauling.As reported by Electrek, the Tesla Semi was first announced in 2017 with some promising numbers.When launching Tesla Semi in 2017,...
(PDF) Mckinsey - 5 Areas of Growth for Digital Marketing in ASEAN
[Business]
2021/07/23 09:05
With growth increasingly hard to achieve, Southeast Asian companies must make decisive moves in five areas of modern digital marketing to capture potential opportunities.Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has upended lives and livelihoods throughout Southeast Asia, with most countries experiencing some form of lockdown.While vaccination drives are in rollout across the region, uncertaint...
(Video) This Wearable Promises to Trick Your Brain Into Thinking You’re Cooler - Embr Wave 2
[Product]
2021/07/23 09:04
I gave the Embr Wave 2 wearable from Embr Labs a test to see if its tech actually works. I moved houses recently—in sticky 90-degree weather. While the day of the move was exhausting, it was also those long weeks before and after, when I was surrounded by hundreds of boxes and questioning my life choices, that left me in a sweat. Strapping an A/C to my body never sounded more appealing, which...
World's First Lamp From Orange Peels - Ohmie The Orange Lamp
[Product]
2021/07/23 09:03
Ohmie means Design Revolution. Reclaimed, organic and 3D printed in a fully circular loop.If you glance around your home, you’ll see plastic everywhere, from your air-conditioner to your phone charger to your lamp. When you’re done with these products, they’ll likely end up in a landfill where they’ll sit for hundreds of years, breaking into minuscule particles that make their way into rain...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Seizing The Decarbonization Opportunity in Construction
[Business]
2021/07/22 09:10
As decarbonization initiatives gain momentum, construction players can benefit from this growing trend—but only if they view ESG as a strategic opportunity and collaborate with other stakeholders in the ecosystem.As one of the world’s biggest economic ecosystems, the construction industry has a major part to play in achieving global sustainability goals. “Ecosystem” in this article refers t...
NFT Market OpenSea Hits $1.5 Billion Valuation
[Investing]
2021/07/22 09:09
It’s been a wild 2021 for NFT auction marketplace OpenSea. The startup was exceedingly well positioned in a niche space when NFTs exploded earlier this year, seemingly out of nowhere. Since then, the startup has found its user base expanding, the total volume of sales skyrocketing and more investor dollars being thrown at them.The startup announced in March it had closed a $23 million Series A...
'Hotel on Wheels' Aims to Replace Budget Flights with Rail Travel - Midnighttrains
[Business]
2021/07/22 09:08
Midnight Trains is promising comfort, ease of access and trips that are only slightly longer than a flight on many European routes.The French startup Midnight Trains seeks to make comfortable, overnight train travel an easy switch for travellers used to queuing up for hours for their budget flights. Rather than fly with a company that offers no in-flight amenities, sleeper trains provide comfor...
(Infographic) Recommerce : A Look at the Second-Hand eCommerce Economy
[Business]
2021/07/22 09:07
There has been an emerging trend in the world of buying and selling second-hand goods online. eBay has called this trend recommerce in its recent report has displayed some of the data visually in the following infographic.Infographic : https://bit.ly/3rsPGTm[ebay]
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