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Why Inflation Is No Longer a Concern : EY Chief Economist
[Investing]
2025/01/16 09:08
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the CPI report for December on Wednesday.The consumer price index increased by 0.4% last month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday.EY's chief economist Gregory Daco says that even though headline inflation is up, core inflation is at a six-month low, which is a sign that inflation is not accelerating.I understand that the data...
BCG - Capturing Real-World Value in Automotive AI
[Business]
2025/01/16 09:07
Beyond technical implementation, success hinges on design choices that promote adoption, thoughtful process reengineering, and an unwavering focus on savings targets:Fostering adoption by users ensures seamless integration of tools into daily work.Redesigning processes allows automotive companies to embed AI capabilities in core functions such as manufacturing and product design.Linking executi...
(Paper) Stretchable, Flexible, Recyclable : 3D Printing Method Creates Fantastic Plastic
[Tech]
2025/01/16 09:06
Unlike similar materials that require complex processing, the plastic can be created with a 3D printer. Princeton engineers have developed an easily scalable 3D printing technique to manufacture soft plastics with programmed stretchiness and flexibility that are also recyclable and inexpensive—qualities not typically combined in commercially manufactured materials.In an article in the journal...
L.A. Wildfires Among the Costliest in Recent History
[Consumer]
2025/01/16 09:05
As fires continue to rage across Southern California, leaving parts of Los Angeles reduced to ashes, the human and economic toll of the blazes continues to rise. So far, the fires have killed at least 24 people, officials said on Sunday.Eight of the victims died in the Palisades fire and 16 in the Eaton fire, according to updated information from the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner.Accor...
(Video) MIT - Thermochromorph : Transforming Images Through Heat
[Tech]
2025/01/16 09:04
The Thermochromorph printmaking technique developed by CSAIL researchers allows images to transition into each other through changes in temperature.[MIT graduate student researchers Paris Myers (left) and Ticha Sethapakdi watch as a drawing of a human face turns its head to the right. Thermochromorph combines CMYK imaging, laser cutting, manual printmaking, and thermochromic inks to transform i...
X-Bridge XR Glasses Project Features Glassmorphism Visual-Design Style
[Design]
2025/01/16 09:03
Dopaming, it’s a creative word from today’s social trend that combines “dopamine” and “farming”. Therefore, Dopaming is a collection of pleasure, something that this generation is always searching for. Inspired by this trend, X-Bridge XR Glasses has been designed to offer extraordinary experience that helps ordinary daily life. This project adds innovation and fun through XR glasses.VR an...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Harnessing Revenue Growth Management for Sustainable Success
[Business]
2025/01/15 09:10
In recent years, many consumer companies have delivered strong price-driven sales growth at the expense of volume. As inflation abates, they will need a more sophisticated recipe.The economic disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic and high inflation changed the way consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) companies achieved sales growth. Prior to 2020, pricing and volume propelled sales growth, with prici...
(Patent) Microsoft’s Personal Touch
[Tech]
2025/01/15 09:09
The company filed a patent application for “IoT enhanced search results.” This essentially uses data from Internet of Things devices, such as smart appliances or wearables, to inform results of search queries. “The user's search query can be augmented with this IoT data to provide more relevant search results than are obtained in the traditional scenario,” Microsoft said in the filing. “Fu...
The Foundation Model Divide : Mapping The Future of Open vs. Closed AI Development
[Business]
2025/01/15 09:08
With industry leaders divided in their approaches, we look at the winners and losers in the open-source vs. closed-source landscape and what enterprises need to think about next for adoption.This is part 1 of 2 in our series on the generative AI divide. In part 2, we will cover considerations for enterprise adoption of open & closed models. The divide between open-source and closed-source A...
