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(Infographic) How Much The Largest U.S.-Based Employers Make Per Employee
[Business]
2022/02/22 09:03
Some of the top corporations based in the United States rake in billions of dollars in revenue every year. However, some companies make more money with smaller workforces. For instance, retail giant Walmart requires millions of employees around the world to keep their operations running, while technology companies like Apple require a fraction of the employees to keep things going while still m...
(PDF) Deloitte - Global Marketing Trends 2022
[Business]
2022/02/21 09:10
Digital technology has changed the face of business and those past 18 months forever redefined customer engagement strategies. In today’s world, consumers expect more tailored and personalized services and, at the same time, they are more concerned about how their data is captured and used.Beyond products and services, people are more attuned to what a brand stands for. However, it’s more tha...
(Patent) Apple Was Granted a Patent : Apple Watch - Full Screen Ahead
[Tech]
2022/02/21 09:09
Apple was granted a patent today titled "Single-Step Extrusion of Fiber Optic Plates for Electronic Devices." Apple's summary of the patent states that a fiber optic plate guides and expands image light from the display and thereby expand the effective size of images on the display. The expanded image size helps cover peripheral housing structures and minimizes the size of display borders.Apple...
The Luxury Brands Selling Luxury NFTs
[Product]
2022/02/21 09:08
The NFT craze has reached the high fashion industry. Our chart with data gathered by Statista gives an overview of different NFT sales by luxury and collectable brands, some of them bringing in millions.A very lucrative NFT sale was launched by Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana. Collezione Genesi – bringing in more than $6 million on a hybrid physical/NFT model – consisted of nine pie...
(Video) AI Startup Sonantic Says Its Tech Captures New Subtleties of Speech
[Tech]
2022/02/21 09:07
Sonantic’s demo pairs an AI generated voice with a real human actor. The quality of AI-generated voices has improved rapidly in recent years, but there are still aspects of human speech that escape synthetic imitation. Sure, AI actors can deliver smooth corporate voiceovers for presentations and adverts, but more complex performances — a convincing rendition of Hamlet, for example — remain o...
Spoke Launches Music Therapy App for Gen Z, Raises $1.5M
[Investing]
2022/02/21 09:06
A new startup is launching what it calls “functional music”, and it’s raised institutional backing to power its next phase.Spoke is a new app that generates music with what it dubs “mindfulness benefits”. The app is based on 18 months of R&D with modern musical artists and scientific advisors (a clinical trial is planned) and combines music with the mindfulness prompts aimed largely at...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Dawn of the FemTech Revolution
[Business]
2022/02/21 09:05
As opportunities in women’s health accelerate, FemTech is helping to match capital and talent to unmet needs—with promising early results.Women’s healthcare enables better outcomes for women patients and consumers,1 investors and other stakeholders across the value chain, and society at large. We explore many of these opportunities, and the broader context in which they have developed, in a...
(Paper) Google DeepMind Use AI to Control Plasmas for Nuclear Fusion
[Tech]
2022/02/21 09:04
Across decades of development, scientists have been pursuing nuclear fusion technology through endless experiments, calculations and simulations, trying to find the optimal mix of conditions for atoms to fuse and continually release huge amounts of energy. The Alphabet-owned company DeepMind has now lent its considerable artificial intelligence know-how to the effort through a new partnership w...
MinusDUST Outdoor Air Pollution Capture to Reduce Toxic Pollutants
[Design]
2022/02/21 09:03
The modular units can be used singly or in networks and have customisable facades.Air pollution levels in India are among the highest in the world, threatening the country’s health and economy. This has catalysed the creation of a range of air purifying solutions, from portable devices mounted on baby strollers to in-home options that look like artwork.For areas with more concentrated levels o...
