Nike Enters Boutique Fitness Market with Launch of “Nike Studios”
[Business]
2025/05/22 10:04
Nike has officially stepped into the boutique fitness space with the launch of Nike Studios, a high-end, membership-based workout destination designed to bring together premium training, immersive digital integration, and the iconic branding of Nike. The company has introduced the concept in multiple U.S. locations, with membership prices starting at $249 per month.The new fitness concept is bu...
This ‘Superwood’ Is Stronger Than Steel. It’s Coming To A Building Near You.
[Product]
2025/05/22 10:03
A company called Inventwood is starting to mass-produce a new wood that is light, tough, and locks away carbon.Steel has long anchored modern construction, but its environmental toll is staggering: producing a single ton emits nearly two tons of CO2. Steel is also complex to manage in construction processes, which prevents smaller contractors and projects from using it.A material invented at th...
(PDF) Mckinsey - GLP-1s Are Boosting Demand For Medical Aesthetics
[Business]
2025/05/21 09:10
Industry stakeholders can take steps to better understand the needs and preferences of GLP-1 patients who seek to address one—and often multiple—aesthetic concerns.The rapid adoption of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists is changing the life sciences landscape, with ripple effects extending well beyond cardiometabolic and obesity care. Global prescriptions of GLP-1 agonist therapies gre...
Google is Teaming Up with Gentle Monster to Develop AI-Powered Smart Glasses
[Product]
2025/05/21 09:09
Google announces smart glasses partnerships as it takes on Meta, Apple preps its own eyewear.The company announced the partnerships during its Google I/O conference in Mountain View, Calif., on Tuesday, saying that it is also extending its existing relationship with Samsung to intelligent eyewear, as well.The move puts Google in direct competition with Meta (META), which already offers its own...
AI Startup Cartwheel, Led By OpenAI Raises $10M To Simplify 3D Animation
[Investing]
2025/05/21 09:08
Cartwheel, a new 3D animation company founded by OpenAI scientist Andrew Carr and former Google creative director Jonathan Jarvis, has come out of stealth with a browser-based animation platform designed to dramatically accelerate the creation of character animation for games, films, advertising, and social content. The company also announced a $10 million funding round led by Craft Ventures, b...
(Infographic) The Art and Science of Prompt Engineering
[Consumer]
2025/05/21 09:07
As they say in the world of computing – garbage in, garbage out. This is also true when it comes to generative AI.What you write in a prompt makes all the difference. That’s why you need to really learn the art and science of prompt engineering to level up your game. Learn more in the infographic below, courtesy of YU Global.Infographic : https://bit.ly/45iMMGM[global.yu]
Art Basel Qatar to Launch in February 2026
[Business]
2025/05/21 09:06
Art Basel, which operates four fairs wordwild, said today that it would partner with Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) and QC+ to launch a fair in Doha next February, marking the first major art fair in the Middle East. The news of this fair comes about a month before Art Basel’s Swiss fair will open its doors.“Growing the global art market, supporting artists and galleries and developing new co...
YouTube Wants To Monetize Its Growing TV Dominance With AI-Powered Ad Formats
[Business]
2025/05/21 09:05
It’s been a big week for TV, with the annual “upfront” period kicking off in New York, where television titans put on extravagant sales presentations to draw in big advertising advances — a mainstay of the ad industry since the 1960s Madison Avenue days. This year, though, was different. Not only did the uncertainty of looming tariffs tighten the purse strings of some of TV’s biggest spend...
Chinese Startup Trials First AI Doctor Clinic in Saudi Arabia
[Business]
2025/05/21 09:04
A Chinese startup has opened the world’s first clinic in Saudi Arabia where artificial intelligence diagnoses patients, a key step in replacing human doctors as the first line of medical treatment.Synyi AI, a Shanghai-based medical technology company, launched the trial program in Saudi Arabia’s eastern Al-Ahsa region in April in collaboration with the country’s Almoosa Health Group. The pil...