TREND REPORTS
(Patent) Microsoft Invents Devices That are Designed to Support BCI for Monitoring Health
[Tech]
2024/09/03 09:09
On August 15, the U.S. Patent Office and Europe's WIPO published a patent application from Microsoft relating to self-dispensing electrodes. Electrodes are positioned on humans to sense electrical signals associated with various biological processes, such as heart function and/or brain function. This will lead to Brain-Computer Interfaces for work productivity and entertainment scenarios.Micros...
iCloud Storage Remains Apple’s Most Popular Service
[Business]
2024/09/03 09:08
Apple’s service garden: With growing regulatory oversight, Apple may soon need to look at its services for more revenue.Price-gouge crackdown: Vice President Kamala Harris proposed a ban on price gouging, but the question becomes who it should target. Have feedback for us? Just hit reply - we'd love to hear from you! Apple’s services segment is increasingly important to its bottom line as a...
Ex-Microsoft Engineers’ Supio Raises $25M to Bring GenAI to Personal Injury Cases
[Investing]
2024/09/03 09:07
Supio, an AI platform for personal injury law, has emerged from stealth with $25 million Series A funding. The round was led by Sapphire Ventures (which recently invested in AI-powered product discovery platform Constructor and proptech unicorn EliseAI) with participation from existing investors Bonfire Ventures and Foothill Ventures. The new investment brings Supio’s total funding to date to...
(Video) Wearing 'Retimer 3' for 45 Minutes a Day Can Fix Your Sleep Cycle
[Product]
2024/09/03 09:06
Your sleep health is more linked to your regular health than you think. A lack of sleep (or just bad quality sleep) can lead to fatigue, cognitive issues, or even physical illnesses… and 1 in 3 people are at risk of these, because of bad quality (or quantity) sleep. The reason? Exposure to screens, working odd hours/shifts, inconsistent bedtimes and wake-up times, or even jet lag. However, thi...
(Infographic) Visualizing the Decline of U.S. Manufacturing, by Sector
[Business]
2024/09/03 09:05
Between 2002 and 2022, the U.S. lost more than 45,000 manufacturing firms amid evolving global trade dynamics.While the U.S. was the world’s leading manufacturer up to 2010, production has fallen $2.4 trillion behind China as of 2022. Factors such as trade liberalization, including the North American Free Trade Agreement, and China’s accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001, have con...
Affordable Luxury ? Chocolate Charms China’s Gen Z
[Consumer]
2024/09/03 09:04
Is China’s high-end chocolate market set to flourish, as more brands like Louis Vuitton and Godiva dive into the market?As China’s appetite for luxury lifestyle grows, a new frontier is emerging in the form of high-end chocolate, with the likes of Louis Vuitton and Godiva at the helm. The fusion of fashion, craftsmanship, and confectionery is adding to the luxury experience in China, where co...
Porsche is Building its First Residential Tower in Bangkok with 22 Luxury Duplex Apartments
[Design]
2024/09/03 09:03
A car is simply a room on wheels, right? Or that’s what the oversimplified definition of a car is… by that very standard, all car companies might as well be architecture firms; and it seems like Porsche may be taking that theory rather seriously. The automotive marque has unveiled plans for a residential building in Bangkok, its first in Asia, following previous ventures in Miami, USA and Stu...
(PDF) Bain - Gaming Report 2024
[Business]
2024/09/02 09:10
Meet the moment: How gamers are changing the game.The global audience for video games continues to surge, led by younger players who are spending more time on games and less time on video and other media. The second Bain Video Game Consumption Survey looked at how gamers spend their time and money. Gamers told us that they like immersive games and want more interoperability across devices and p...
Bland AI Scores $16M to Automate Enterprise Phone Calls with Agents
[Investing]
2024/09/02 09:09
Is the end of the predominantly human-staffed call center nigh? Controversial San Francisco startup Bland AI, which seeks to automate enterprise phone calls with realistic-sounding AI agents that sometimes pretend to be human, announced it has raised a $16 million Series A funding round.Scale Venture Partners led the round. To date, Bland says it has raised a total of $22 million from the likes...
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