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Next-Day Package Delivery Startup Veho Valued at $1B Following $125M
[Investing]
2021/12/23 09:06
Veho, a startup applying technology to next-day package delivery, aims to solve the last mile of delivery — how packages get from fulfillment centers to the customer’s door. It also wants to do it with a unique flair: providing transparency into deliveries that starts with the option of when, where and how customers want their packages delivered and then real-time communication throughout the...
(PDF) Blockchain Game Alliance Report : NFT Games Generated $2.32B in Q3
[Business]
2021/12/23 09:05
Nonfungible token (NFT) games generated $2.32 billion in revenue in the third quarter, according to data compiled in the annual report by the Blockchain Game Alliance. That was roughly 22% of all NFT trading volume industry-wide in the quarter as blockchain games gathered steam.The BGA is an advocate for NFTs games, which use the transparency and security of the digital ledger of blockchain to...
Autonomous Robots are Now Delivering Food in a US Airport - Ottobot
[Tech]
2021/12/23 09:04
The system is claimed to be "the first autonomous robotic delivery of food, beverage and lifestyle products in an airport environment.Although some people are starting to venture back into air travel, the more that they can continue physical distancing, the better. A new robotic in-airport food delivery service has been introduced in order to help them do so.Currently in use at the Cincinnati/N...
Should the Cobalt for EVs Come From the Congo or the Seafloor ?
[Product]
2021/12/23 09:03
The Metals Company will outfit its nodule-collection robot with lights and cameras, which will document its effects on the ocean floor.Last March, BMW and Volvo joined other companies calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining, one spearheaded by the World Wildlife Fund. These names were significant because the battery in an electric vehicle contains at least a few kilograms of cobalt, a metal...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Mobility’s Rebound : An Industry Recovers, But Where is it Heading ?
[Business]
2021/12/22 09:10
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, mobility has returned to precrisis levels. But the industry faces changes in consumer preferences, technology, and regulation.The automotive and mobility industries have been among the hardest hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet mobility has recently reached precrisis levels again in many regions of the world.While international travel is recov...
(Patent) Amazon Patents Show New Level of Surveillance
[Tech]
2021/12/22 09:09
AMAZON's doorbell system, Ring, has just secured 17 new patents and some of the features have privacy campaigners worried.Ring's tentative new features would employ artificial intelligence (AI) and facial recognition systems to identify strangers and perform other tasks that some find dystopian.For starters, Ring may soon be able to remember frequent callers, as well as notify homeowners when a...
Record-Breaking 8 Mobile Games Surpass $1 Billion in Global Player Spending
[Business]
2021/12/22 09:08
A record-breaking eight mobile games including PUBG Mobile from Tencent, Honor of Kings from Tencent, and Genshin Impact from miHoYo have generated more than $1 billion globally from the App Store and Google Play so far in 2021, Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data shows.Billion-Dollar BattlegroundPUBG Mobile, localized as Game For Peace in China and Battlegrounds Mobile in India, and Honor of...
Surgery AI Startup Apella Raises $21M In Series A
[Investing]
2021/12/22 09:07
San Francisco-based Apella collects data from operating rooms in hospitals via sensors and puts artificial intelligence to the task of analyzing that information and spits it out in a way that that the startup says can be interpreted by hospitals to improve operations, surgical quality, training and even real-time decision-making. To start, Apella is focusing on all the things that happen betwe...
Beauty vs. Fashion : The Early Access Strategies of Collabs in China
[Business]
2021/12/22 09:06
Why do beauty brands and luxury fashion labels adopt different early access tactics in China? One of the reasons collaborations appeal so much to brands is that they can surprise and stir excitement from consumers because they are different from the usual offerings. And, by providing influential names with early or first access to those products, the hype can be accentuated even further.Researc...
