TREND REPORTS
From e-Visas to e-Payments, Saudi Arabia Prepares for 3 Million Chinese Visitors by 2030
[Business]
2023/11/08 09:06
Saudi Arabia aims to attract 3 million Chinese tourists by 2030. Could the kingdom become China’s hottest outbound tourism destination?What Happened: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is rolling out the red carpet for Asian tourists.In the first eight months of 2023, more than 4.1 million travelers from the Asia Pacific region visited Saudi Arabia — a 15 percent jump from the same period in 2019, a...
Tech Giants Bounce Back From Post-Pandemic Slump
[Investing]
2023/11/08 09:05
Apple was the last of the big five U.S. tech companies to report its earnings for the three months ended September 2023 on Thursday. And like the other four GAFAM companies before it, Apple reported a record third quarter profit, despite falling short of expectation in terms of sales, as it and other tech giants are bouncing back from their post-pandemic slumps.While the company's net net sales...
Ingenious Titanium Ring Aims to Replace Your Tape Measure - Tiroler
[Product]
2023/11/08 09:04
While everyday carry (EDC) multitools are great at many things, they can fall short in the measuring department. The new titanium Tiroler ring fixes that by adding the ability to take measurements to your EDC kit, with a smart portable design.You know the issue. Even if your EDC multitool has a ruler built into it, it's usually not very long, so you wind up measuring things in three- or four-in...
Service Robot Mobile Robotics by Hyundai Motor Company
[Design]
2023/11/08 09:03
After acquiring Boston Dynamics, Hyundai Motor Company has sharpened its focus on advancing robotics technology to enhance our lives, especially through mobility solutions.Next Generation Service Robot is in category where robots would be useful in our lives. In the past, this type of robots has limited applications, but now, these robots would become part of the community in fact, they can bec...
(PDF) Art Basel & UBS - The Survey of Global Collecting 2023
[Business]
2023/11/07 09:10
The report presents the results of research on the activities and attitudes of high-net-worth (HNW) art collectors in mid-2023, when continued economic uncertainty in many major art markets a significant factor weighing on buyer optimism. Factors such as higher interest rates potentially affect the demand for art, however, there has been little comprehensive research on how these and other econ...
Sam Altman Backs Teens’ AI Startup Automating Browser-Native Workflows - Induced AI
[Investing]
2023/11/07 09:09
Sam Altman, Peak XV, and Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman’s AI grant are among backers of an AI startup, founded by two teenagers, that’s aiming to assist businesses in automating numerous workflows in previously unexplored ways.Induced AI, founded this year, enables businesses to input their workflows in plain English, subsequently converting the instructions into pseudo-code in real time for n...
The Billionaires' Brand Emporium
[Business]
2023/11/07 09:08
The people who have built some of the world's most successful and influential companies have earned the extra cash that has enabled them to found and acquire - more companies and brands. However, the world's richest billionaires, including Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, have employed different strategies to build their brand emporiums. While some haven't tired of bringin...
(Video) Microsoft’s Futuristic ‘Project Silica’ Stores Data on Glass Plates for 10,000 Years
[Tech]
2023/11/07 09:07
3,500 films or 1.75 million songs can be stored on a single, small glass disk. Microsoft is currently developing the data storage of the future. Much more durable and uncomplicated than any hard disk.Microsoft Research, the R&D arm of the Redmond software giant, is testing the storage of huge amounts of data on glass plates in a futuristic initiative dubbed “Project Silica.” If successful...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Why AI-Enabled Customer Service is Key to Scaling Telco Personalization
[Business]
2023/11/07 09:06
Telcos increasingly rely on customized commercial marketing. But integrating those efforts with service-related outreach into a comprehensive next-best-experience engine is critical for growth.Agrowing number of telcos are harnessing commercial next-best-action engines that use real-time, data-based insights for objectives such as boosting cross-selling and upselling, reducing churn, improving...
