TREND REPORTS
Here’s How Andreessen Horowitz & Union Square Ventures Are Betting On Blockchain
[Investing]
2018/04/19 10:55
Two of the top early-stage tech VCs, Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures, have been placing bets on blockchain technology since 2013.[click to enlarge]While their early investments focused on bitcoin mining and exchanges, recent investments reflect a shift toward new foundation-layer protocols, cryptocurrencies, and decentralized applications.Below, we show how their approaches to the...
Elite Dating Apps Threaten to Make America’s Wealth Gap Worse - The League
[Business]
2018/04/19 10:55
Their romance began on a server at a San Francisco startup. Anna Wood had submitted a profile to the League, a dating app aimed at young professionals. She was the perfect prospect: Degree from a top university? Check. Management-track job at a marquee company? Check. Carefully selected profile pictures and a winning smile? Check and check.The League’s algorithm quickly matched Wood, who’d be...
BenevolentAI, Which Uses AI to Develop Drugs and Energy Solutions, Nabs $115M at $2B Valuation
[Investing]
2018/04/19 10:55
BenevolventAI announced today that it has raised $115 million to continue developing its core “AI brain” as well as different arms of the company that are using it specifically to break new ground in drug development and more.In the ongoing race to build the best and smartest applications that tap into the advances of artificial intelligence, a startup out of London has raised a large round o...
46% of Crypto Traders Refuse to Pay Taxes, Survey Finds
[Investing]
2018/04/19 10:55
Many crypto traders are gambling that the tax man will turn a blind eye to 2017 gains.Tax day is here, and a significant number of investors have decided not to report gains from digital currency trading.According to a recent survey from TeamBlind, an anonymous social app for tech employees, 46% of people who made money trading cryptocurrencies in 2017 will attempt to dodge the tax man.“We sur...
Tomorrow’s Airplane Cabins Could Be More Luxurious Than Your Apartment
[Design]
2018/04/19 10:54
Let’s face it, flying is often a chore. Those tiny seats. That limited legroom. And airlines’ constant push to make the flying experience more miserable.That reality seems really far from the potential future presented at last week’s 12th annual Crystal Cabin Awards, a ceremony honoring innovative aircraft cabin concepts in Hamburg, Germany. These designs make today’s first class look total...
BIG's Hotel Design Will Let Guests Ski Down Its Zigzagging Roof
[Design]
2018/04/19 10:54
Bjarke ingels group has unveiled plans for a new hotel in switzerland, which will be embedded into the topography of the scenic vallée de joux. designed for audemars piguet, ‘hôtel des horlogers’ will be sited next to the luxury watch manufacturer’s museum — which is also being designed by BIG. As part of the hotel’s design, five zigzagging volumes, which contain hotel rooms, traverse a...
(PDF) Mckinsey - In Fresh-Food Retailing, Quality Matters More Than Price
[Business]
2018/04/18 10:17
Our survey of 23,000 European shoppers reveals specific ways grocers can win in fresh fruits and vegetables, boosting sales by as much as 10 percent even in a flat market.If you’re a fresh-food retailer in Europe, your apples and bananas better be top-notch. European consumers tend to judge the quality of a retailer’s fresh-produce department based on those two particular fruits. Vegetable pr...
Flyprint, Nike’s Next-Gen Running Shoe, Is Just Plastic
[Product]
2018/04/18 10:16
Nike’s successor to Flyknit is a brand-new material called Flyprint. The fabric looks like pearlescent mosquito netting or a screen door made of snakeskin. As it shimmers in an ever-changing array of pinks, oranges, and greens under the light, I can literally see right through it.This is Nike Flyprint, the first 3D-printed performance fabric in the world, which will debut on the feet of the el...
Why Facebook Will Never Change Its Business Model
[Business]
2018/04/18 10:16
By most accounts, Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional testimony last week was a resounding success. From beginning to end, Facebook’s market cap increased by $34 billion. There were few bombshell revelations. Zuckerberg got to roll out his well practiced contrition act again as Facebook’s apologizer-in-chief. Dozens of Congressional representatives got to look earnest, outraged and informed for...
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