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KIT KAT’s The Break Brothers Are Here to Protect Your Breaktime
[Business]
2025/04/09 09:09
Consolidating its position as the “authority-figure on breaks”, KIT KAT releases a new walking, talking, extension of the brand’s iconic tagline during the NCAA Men’s Championship game on April 7th.We’re all guilty of it, spending our lunch breaks in front of the computer, forgetting to actually step away and take that well-deserved break. KIT KAT however, is here to change that. Today it...
How Google Makes Money
[Investing]
2025/04/09 09:08
Alphabet (GOOG) is making its biggest bet yet on AI infrastructure.The company plans to invest $75 billion in 2025—a 43% jump from last year—far exceeding expectations of $58 billion. This massive capex ramp will expand AI capacity, but it could also affect near-term free cash flow and margins.Of course, Alphabet isn’t alone in this AI arms race. Microsoft is investing $80 billion in capex f...
(Video) Mobile Drone Lighting System Uses 288 LEDs to Turn Night Into Day
[Tech]
2025/04/09 09:07
The Flying Sun 1000 package uses an LED-equipped drone to pump out 300,000 lumens of ground-illuminating lightFreefly Systems.Sometimes a flashlight just isn't enough. The Flying Sun 1000 drone system was designed with that fact in mind, as it uses 288 airborne LEDs to light up the night like the alien mothership from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.Manufactured by Washington-state-based dro...
Women’s Protein Appetite Shakes Up $100 Billion Nutrition Market
[Business]
2025/04/09 09:06
A blossoming wellness boom and growing uptake of slimming injections are opening a brand new opportunity for protein shake makers: more female customers.Women have become an increasingly important customer segment for sports nutrition companies as demand jumps from both GLP-1 users and a more nebulous — but growing — class of shoppers: women who care about strength and wellbeing, rather than...
SignalFire Raises Over $1B as LPs Embrace Data-Driven Investing
[Investing]
2025/04/09 09:05
Thirteen years ago, when Chris Farmer founded early-stage venture firm SignalFire with data analysis at the core of its investment strategy, many were skeptical about the approach — conventional wisdom dictated that nascent companies didn’t have enough data to make investment algorithms effective.“This was a very radical idea, and everyone thought I was crazy,” Farmer (pictured above, on th...
Luxury Brands Must Inspire as Recession Risk Rises
[Business]
2025/04/09 09:04
Luxury brands are increasing their prices to offset rising tariffs. However, without enhancing their value proposition, these price hikes may backfire.As recession risks loom large over the global economy, luxury brands are facing unprecedented challenges in maintaining consumer loyalty and perceived value.Over the past two years, many brands within the industry have implemented significant pri...
(Infographic) The World’s Most Visited Websites by Time Spent Per Visit
[Consumer]
2025/04/09 09:03
On average, people spent 20m 47s on YouTube per visit, the highest amount of time across the top 20 most visited websites in the world.Across social media platforms, people spent more time on X (12m 37s) than Facebook (10m 59s) and Instagram (8m 41s).People who use ChatGPT spent nearly seven minutes on average per visit, beating out Reddit (6m 7s) and Wikipedia (3m 18s).Today, megacap companies...
(PDF) Kearney - Winning in a Cooling Market : Strategies for Luxury Brands
[Business]
2025/04/08 09:10
This year’s Global Luxury Industry Outlook highlights key findings shaping the future of the global luxury market. Some are exciting. Others may be causes for concern. But all show that change is inevitable even in this, perhaps the most protected of all categories of consumer goods and services.Global growth slows. Overall global luxury industry growth is projected at 1 to 3 percent through 2...
'The Ordinary Eggs' : New York Skincare Brand Selling Eggs
[Business]
2025/04/08 09:09
The Ordinary, a beauty and skincare brand, has started selling eggs at $3.37 per dozen in New York City amid a severe egg shortage. The initiative, created in collaboration with the art collective MSCHF, aims to provide affordable eggs during a significant shortage caused by avian influenza.Egg prices in the US have surged from $1.21 per dozen in 2005 to nearly $5 today, marking a 310% increase...
