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Why Customers Love Subscription Models ?
[Consumer]
2025/02/14 09:07
About 39 percent of millennials and 31 percent of Gen Z already rely on subscriptions to replenish their regularly used products. While customers benefit from greater value and ease, companies greatly gain as well. Subscription models for products and services are becoming increasingly popular with today’s consumers. Brands like Book of the Month, Blue Apron, and Netflix that curate products a...
The Rise of the Agentic Workforce
[Business]
2025/02/14 09:06
In fact, over the last year, we’ve seen a rapid evolution from AI copilots—tools that simply guide or augment a human—to full-fledged AI agents that can do more tasks autonomously. One common way we’re seeing them commercialized within organizations in the form of AI teammates/ colleagues/ coworkers. These teammates often mirror familiar roles (like an SDR, support rep, or test engineer), a...
Wearing an Apple Watch on the Ankle? New Report Explains the Trend
[Consumer]
2025/02/14 09:05
A report from The New York Times over the weekend highlighted the trend of people wearing an Apple Watch on their ankles, instead of the wrist.[Apple Watch AnkleApple Watch on ankle (Image Credit: The New York Times)]The report highlighted reasons why some people prefer to wear the Apple Watch on the ankle:Some people with tiny wrists find the Apple Watch fits too loosely for heart rate sensing...
(Infographic) U.S. Industries Where Companies Make the Most Profit
[Investing]
2025/02/14 09:04
The investment playbook for 2025 will be very different from 2024, with disruptions expected in trade, AI-spending, and energy markets.But for an overall look into U.S. markets, here’s some data on which sectors can be generally expected to turn a profit and deliver returns.In this chart, we rank the top U.S. industries by their average net profit margin in 2024. Data is sourced from Damodaran...
Elders Design the Future of Autonomous Mobility with AI
[Design]
2025/02/14 09:03
A recent project, “Elders as Creatives: Directing the Design of New Mobility,” challenges this paradigm, demonstrating how generative AI can empower senior citizens to actively shape the future of autonomous transportation. Led by Donn Koh, this initiative explores the potential of co-creation between seniors aged 63-90 and cutting-edge technology.The project’s premise is simple yet profound...
(Patent) Apple’s Secret Vision Pro Controller Suggests It’s Finally Taking VR Gaming Seriously
[Tech]
2025/02/13 09:10
You would think that Apple’s Vision Pro headset would be the perfect platform for virtual reality (VR) gaming. After all, it has a top-notch processor, super-high-resolution displays, and both VR and augmented reality (AR) capabilities. In theory, that should make it a leading device for gamers.The reality is, unfortunately, very different, with few popular gaming titles making it onto visionO...
Millions of Luxury Products Have Digital IDs. Is Anyone Using Them ?
[Business]
2025/02/13 09:09
Brands are attaching the virtual identifiers to their products to comply with upcoming regulations, and see potential side benefits that could make for a better user experience — if they can get customers to notice.[A hand reaches out with an iPhone to scan the logo of a Tod's Di Bag containing an NFC chip.]Buy a pair of Maison Margiela Tabis, a Bulgari necklace or a Lalique vase and there’s...
(PDF) WEF - Circular Transformation of Industries : Unlocking Economic Value
[Business]
2025/02/13 09:08
Businesses across industries increasingly recognize the potential of circularity to create value through revenue growth, increased resilience, sustainability and cost reduction.The perception of the importance of circularity has grown significantly – only 40% considered it important or extremely important three years ago. Today, that number has risen to around 75%, and in three years, it is ex...
Google Whisk, An Image Remixing Tool, is Now Available in 100+ Countries
[Business]
2025/02/13 09:07
Google keeps releasing experimental products built with its AI models to give users a taste of its capabilities. Last year, the company debuted an image-remixing tool called Whisk that was available to users in the U.S. On Tuesday, Google made the tool available in more than 100 countries.There are plenty of image-generation tools that create images through text prompts. Google Whisk tries to m...
