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The Ordinary's New Pop-Up Exposes the Price of Celebrity Endorsement in Skincare
[Business]
2025/05/15 09:08
“The Secret Ingredient” aims to educate consumers about what they’re really paying for when it comes to their favorite luxury brands.In a daring move to expose what’s inflating skincare prices, The Ordinary is bringing an immersive pop-up, “The Secret Ingredient,” to the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. From April 25 to 27, passersby can step into the sensorial experience that visually...
The Battle for Second in The AI Chatbot Race is Heating Up
[Business]
2025/05/15 09:07
Perplexity is in talks to raise again, as the battle for second in the AI chatbot race heats up. The latest funding round could peg Perplexity at a $14 billion valuation.Like a lot of AI startups, Perplexity isn’t having a hard time finding new investors. According to exclusive reporting by The Wall Street Journal, the company is in closing talks for a new $500 million funding round that would...
AMG X MSCHF Creates Furniture Collection From "Pile of Car Parts"
[Design]
2025/05/15 09:06
Art and design collective MSCHF has integrated auto parts from Mercedes-AMG vehicles into a furniture collection, including a couch with headlight armrests and a step-on trash can with car pedals during NYCxDesign.The MSCHF x Mercedes-AMG collection, exhibited on plinths in MSCHF's Greenpoint studio, includes eleven furniture pieces, clothing, and accessories, such as an air freshener.The piece...
(Video) ABB and BurgerBots Unveil Robotic Burger-Making to Revolutionize Fast Food Prep
[Tech]
2025/05/15 09:05
BurgerBots final assembly: an $18 burger, still in its QR-coded tray.It's happening: The robots are taking our jobs. No sick days, bathroom breaks, and no more curly hairs in your buns. Just cold, hard efficiency. More specifically, BurgerBot is a new fast-food joint where robots are doing all the work that humans aren't interested in, like burger assembly lines.In Los Gatos, California, one of...
(Infographic) What Are the Most Common Occupations by Age Group ?
[Consumer]
2025/05/15 09:04
The team at Qualtrics gathered data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to discover the most common jobs by age group. The results can show us how experience, education, and life’s changing needs shift workers’ priorities over time, with data showing us plenty of fascinating insights about the American workforce.For example, the most common job across all age categories is a customer ser...
Chelsea FC Launches "World's First Football-Themed Residences" in Dubai
[Design]
2025/05/15 09:03
English football team Chelsea Football Club has unveiled plans for four residential skyscrapers in Dubai's Maritime City, which will feature a rooftop football pitch.The towers will house 1,400 homes and are the first branded residential project from Chelsea Football Club (Chelsea FC) .Dubbed "the world's first football-themed branded residences" by property development company DAMAC, the 130-m...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The State of Grocery Retail Europe 2025
[Business]
2025/05/14 09:10
Despite cost pressure and low volume growth, there are pockets of opportunity in European grocery—from private label differentiation to personalization of the shopping experience.The year 2024 was mostly a period of stabilization for the European grocery sector with the first signs of recovery in some markets. Despite stabilization, 2024 remained a challenging year for European grocers. Econom...
(Patent) DeepMind Patent Shrinks Model Size Without Compromise
[Tech]
2025/05/14 09:09
AI training data isn’t “one size fits all.” DeepMind wants to figure out exactly what’s right for each model.Google’s AI subsidiary filed a patent application for “determining training data sizes for training smaller neural networks using shrinking estimates.” To put it simply, the tech aims to figure out how much training data a smaller model needs in order to perform on par with a larg...
(Video) Philips Will Let You Fix Your Trimmer with 3D Printable Parts and Accessories
[Product]
2025/05/14 09:08
Philips Fixables wants to make it easier for consumers to keep their devices running.If you’re constantly losing all the accessories that come with your beard trimmer, Philips is going to let you make your own replacement using a 3D printer. Philips has announced a new initiative that will let consumers 3D print their own replacements for small but essential parts included with many of its p...
