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Coffee Shops are Replacing The Office But Being a “Third Place” Can be a Third Rail
[Business]
2024/11/26 09:07
Independent cafe owners aren’t feeling perky and even Starbucks is struggling to adapt.Bedford Studio, an independent coffee shop in New York, sells more than just caffeine and pastries. It essentially sells table space for remote workers.Lawrence Helfant, the founder, said Bedford Studio’s business model was designed to be a haven for remote work. In addition to selling coffee and other typi...
Solid-State Micro-Speaker Downsizes Full-Range Sound for Open Earphones
[Product]
2024/11/26 09:06
The Sycamore module is billed as the world’s first 1-mm-thin near-field full-range MEMS micro speaker for smartwatches, XR glasses and goggles, open-Fit earbuds and other applicationsxMEMS Labs.Last year, California's xMEMS Labs took aim at legacy coil-based speaker technology and decided it was time for a tiny change. The first of its silicon-based solid-state micro-speakers subsequently foun...
How Nvidia Makes Money
[Investing]
2024/11/26 09:05
How Nvidia ($NVDA) makes money according to their 3rd quarter earnings report released this past Wednesday. Nvidia beat revenue and eps expectations, here’s all the numbers:EPS: $0.81 vs. $0.75 est. (+111% YoY)Revenue: $35.08B vs. $33.16 est. (+94% YoY)Data Centers: $30.8B (+112% YoY)Gaming: $3.3B (+15% YoY)Professional Visuals: $0.5B (+17% YoY)Auto: $0.4B (+72% YoY)Shares fell -3% after the r...
Adidas and AVAVAV Unveil Superfinger Superstar Sneakers
[Design]
2024/11/26 09:04
AVAVAV launches adidas sneakers with detachable rubber toes that double as purses. Adidas and AVAVAV unveil Superfinger Superstar, a pair of sneakers with detachable four-toed rubber gloves that also double as purses. First previewed during the 2024 Milan Fashion Week, the sneakers have finally made it to the market, still true to the finger shoes that the Stockholm-based fashion house is known...
Iris Headphones - Headband-less Headphones are a Thing Now
[Design]
2024/11/26 09:03
Headphones concept design for digital nomads who need to move fast, lightweight and practical. Easy to use headphones that generate microenvironments letting you connect yourself with people vitually and explore the digital world, while at the same time having a clear perception of your nearer surrounding. Create a private virtual spaces for chatting and interacting, even when you are in a crow...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Supercharging Product Portfolio Performance with Generative AI
[Business]
2024/11/25 09:10
When generative AI tools do the heavy lifting, companies can optimize their product portfolios faster and more effectively.Product portfolios tend to grow. Companies add new products and variants all the time to meet specific customer needs, pursue new market opportunities, or exploit technological advances. They can also be reluctant to kill off older items, for fear of upsetting long-standing...
Clean Skin Club’s Face Towel Raises $32M
[Investing]
2024/11/25 09:09
The investment will help the brand make an aggressive retail push, as well as develop new versions of its hero product.Clean Skin Club, a mass skincare brand known for its single-use disposable face towels, announced today that it has closed a $32 million investment round led by US-based growth equity fund Astō Consumer Partners, with support from California-based Amberstone Ventures.The brand...
Innovation Awards 2025 - Health Tracker Lives In Our Toilet and Automatically Scans Pee
[Product]
2024/11/25 09:08
The Shanmu S1 is waterproof and coated to stay clean while it remains fixed in your toilet.A startup from China wants to sell you its upcoming gadget to track health markers from your entire family. Roughly the size of an iPhone, it sticks onto the inside of a toilet bowl and automatically scans urine to help detect diseases early, and provide prescription guidance.Dubbed the S1, the gadget com...
2024 : The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise
[Investing]
2024/11/25 09:07
The enterprise AI landscape is being rewritten in real time. As pilots give way to production, we surveyed 600 U.S. enterprise IT decision-makers to reveal the emerging winners and losers.[click to enlarge]From Pilots to Production2024 marks the year that generative AI became a mission-critical imperative for the enterprise. The numbers tell a dramatic story: AI spending1 surged to $13.8 billio...
