TREND REPORTS
Boomer vs. Gen Z : The Most Popular Subscription Services by Generation
[Consumer]
2022/01/18 07:10
Amazon Video or Apple TV+? Spotify or Amazon Music Unlimited? People are spending a pretty penny each month on subscription services, and there are some interesting generational divides.Key Takeaways:Overall, video streaming subscriptions were the most popular among all subscription types (96%), followed by music subscriptions (80%) and food subscriptions (57%).On average, respondents across al...
New Startup, 'Hume AI' Shows How Emotion-detecting AI is Intrinsically Problematic
[Business]
2022/01/18 07:09
In 2019, a team of researchers published a meta-review of studies claiming a person’s emotion can be inferred from their facial movements. They concluded that there’s no evidence emotional state can be predicted from expression – regardless of whether a human or technology is making the determination.“[Facial expressions] in question are not ‘fingerprints’ or diagnostic displays that reli...
(PDF) PwC - Living in a World of Unicorns
[Investing]
2022/01/18 07:08
Venture-backed giants are scaling up and transforming markets as varied fintech, electric vehicles, and healthcare.Many kinds of personal financial transactions that used to be expensive, cumbersome, or downright impossible can now be completed with a few taps on our phone. Consumers the world over can ‘buy now, pay later’ with point-of-sale loans through Affirm and Klarna, make peer-to-peer...
What Opportunities Does the Metaverse Hold for Luxury Brands in 2022 ?
[Business]
2022/01/18 07:07
The convergence of our physical and digital worlds through metaverse platforms is quickly becoming a meaningful opportunity for luxury brands. [The convergence of our physical and digital worlds through metaverse platforms has quickly become an opportunity for luxury — one where China leads through innovation. Photo: NIKELAND]Our time during the pandemic taught us that there are limitations to...
(Video) Zeva Presents The First Flight Video of Its Full-Size eVTOL UFO
[Product]
2022/01/18 07:06
Zeva's tail-sitting one-person eVTOL flying saucer proposes to fling its pilot head-first through the sky at high speed, encased in a stamped-composite disc body that doubles as a lift-generating wing. It's far and away one of the strangest air taxi concepts we've seen, demanding some pretty extreme cojones of its occupants, but as we learned when we spoke to the company a couple of months ago,...
Inflation : What's Rising The Most ?
[Investing]
2022/01/18 07:05
This week inflation in the US hit a number not seen for 40 years, as prices rose on average 7% from December 2020 to December 2021.Not all inflation is created equalWithin that overall measure there is of course a huge range of price changes. We've chosen some of the most important categories from the BLS data, plotting above the raw unadjusted inflation rates for each category.At the top of th...
Folding Heater
[Design]
2022/01/18 07:04
This is a folding heater that can be used in multiple scenarios. Whenever winter comes to an end, the storage of the heater becomes a problem. In addition, ordinary heaters cannot be used for height adjustment and multi-scene switching. In order to solve these problems, this heater adopts a folding structure design, which can adjust the height and angle very well. Simple and exquisite shape des...
Ambitious Jenga-like Residential Tower Moves from Render to Reality
[Design]
2022/01/18 07:04
Fifteen Fifteen's unusual form creates space for some large balcony areas.It's always satisfying to see a project that seems destined to stay on the drawing board actually get realized – and this is indeed what's happening with Büro Ole Scheeren's remarkable Fifteen Fifteen. Unveiled back in 2017, the blocky high-rise tower is now under construction in Vancouver, Canada.The firm has let slip...
(PDF) The EY Global ESG (Integrity) Report 2022
[Investing]
2022/01/17 09:10
The EY Global Integrity Report 2022 reveals how a focus on governance can help reimagine corporate integrity. More companies than ever value corporate integrity, but many professionals say the pandemic has made it difficult to carry out business with integrity.The EY Global Integrity Report 2022 reveals a growing gap between what senior leaders assert is important and what they are prepared to...
