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A Decade of Growth for GAFAM
[Investing]
2019/12/15 09:06
Looking back at the past ten years, it seems fair to say that it’s been the decade of tech companies.The smartphone boom and the still ongoing digitization of our lives have helped companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft (“GAFAM”) grow to unprecedented heights, turning three of them into trillion-dollar companies, at least temporarily.The usual ups and downs notwithst...
AI Robot Does Its Own Experiments in Revolution That Could Replace Scientists
[Tech]
2019/12/15 09:05
The Intelligent Tow Tank conducts experiments and changes experimental values to seek out new and useful results, conducting 100,000 experiments a year.We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see ourPrivacy Noticefor details of your data protection rightsScientists are always warning us that our jobs are under threat from artificial intelligence. Self-driving tec...
Montblanc Note - Note Digital Pencil Design Study Proposal for Montblanc
[Design]
2019/12/15 09:04
Existing digital pencils on the market have their own limitations as you need your smartphone or tablet to use it, otherwise those pencils are useless. The basic idea of this project was to combine AI devices with a high-end writing instrument, inspired by iconic and luxurious Montblanc’s design DNA. Montblanc Note is a concept study of an advanced digital pen designed not only for tablets and...
(Infographic) Why Biometric Security is the Future
[Investing]
2019/12/15 09:03
With nearly eight billion people on the planet — and more than half of them on internet — verifying who’s who is one of the great technological challenges of our time. To meet this challenge, Biometric security is rising to the occasion, buoyed by technological advancements and user-friendly experiences.Modern biometrics can seem like science fiction, but the concept is far from new. Sir Fra...
(Patent) Nike Wins Patents to Tokenize Limited-Edition “Breedable” Shoes on Ethereum
[Tech]
2019/12/12 11:44
American footwear and apparel powerhouse Nike appears primed to be the latest major oncomer to the arena of tokenization — that is if a patent the company has just received from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is any indication.The patent, first filed back in the spring and awarded by the USPTO on December 10th, is for a token system that would be built around Ethereum’s ERC721 t...
Blockbusters Like ‘Frozen 2’ will Make Disney the First Studio to Earn $10 Billion in a Single Year
[Business]
2019/12/12 11:44
Disney really iced out the box office competition this year. It’s already about $12 billion if you include the Fox titles Disney acquired earlier this year.Now that “Frozen 2” is on the brink of earning $1 billion worldwide, the House of Mouse’s global box office total is poised to cross the $10 billion mark, making it the first movie studio to ever do that in a single year. That breaks its...
Aeva Unveils Lidar on a Chip
[Tech]
2019/12/12 10:09
Aeva says its high-performance lidar will sell for less than US $500; VW is buying it. There are scores of lidar startups. Why read about another one? It wouldn’t be enough to have the backing of a big car company, though Aeva has that. In April the company announced a partnership with Audi, and today it’s doing so with Porsche—the two upscale realms of the Volkswagen auto empire. Nor is it...
Amazon and Apple will be Our Doctors in the Future, Says Tech Guru Peter Diamandis
[Business]
2019/12/12 10:07
“Do I think Apple and Google and Amazon can do a better job? A thousandfold.” Amazon and Apple will be our doctors in the future, says tech guru Peter Diamandis.“Healthcare is the biggest business in the world, and it is phenomenally broken,” says Peter Diamandis, cofounder of the X-Prize, Singularity University, and Health Longevity Inc. “So, do I think Apple and Google and Amazon can do...
On the Impact of the FAMANGs
[Investing]
2019/12/12 10:06
Market headlines, globally, have been dominated by the storied performance of a select few transformational, winner-take-all business models. These securities are now household names, even for the kids. At the end of the last decade, this wonder-basket (including companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft) already commanded a whopping market cap of over $700 billion. Today, with less than four...
