TREND REPORTS
(Infographic) Malls Were the Big Winner of Back-to-School Season
[Consumer]
2021/10/07 09:03
As kids head back to classrooms, in-person shopping returned as well.The 2021 back-to-school season looked much more like a conventional school year with resumed in-person teaching, leading shoppers to return to their usual habits, too.Infographic : https://bit.ly/3iDSQ3K[adweek]
(PDF) BCG - The CEO’s Guide to Cybersecurity
[Business]
2021/10/06 09:10
BCG Executive Perspectives offer insights on global topics that matter most to leaders in the public and private sectors. Our latest edition examines the rapidly expanding cybersecurity threat and how CEOs should prepare their organizations accordingly.Cybersecurity is swiftly rising to the top of the CEO agenda—and the pandemic is partially to blame. Technological advancement, widespread digi...
(Video) Unity Unveils Metacast Real-Time 3D Platform for Sports Broadcasts
[Business]
2021/10/06 09:09
Unity sports exec Peter Moore unveiled Unity Metacast, a new technology for capturing and analyzing sports moves in real time. A new technology for capturing and analyzing sports moves in real time.In an interview with GamesBeat, Moore said the company hopes to capture athletes in real-time so that broadcasters can use the imagery for a new era of live sports. The maker of the Unity game engine...
Bitcoin Beats Stocks, Commodities to Become Best-Performing Asset of 2021
[Investing]
2021/10/06 09:08
BTC is up almost 50% this year overall, brushing aside corrections and increasingly decoupling from the macro environment in Q4.Bitcoin (BTC) is officially the best-performing asset of 2021, data now confirms.As October delivers 15% gains in five days, BTC firmly outperforms macro assets worldwide to seal year-to-date returns of just under 50%.Bitcoin hodlers up 49% year-to-dateDespite Bitcoin...
Amazon is Working on a Smart Fridge That Tracks What’s Inside
[Product]
2021/10/06 09:07
Amazon is reportedly aiming to bring some of the tech it uses at cashierless Amazon Go stores to your kitchen. According to Insider, the company has been working on a smart fridge that can monitor items and help you order replacements if you’re running low on something.The team behind the Amazon Go systems is said to be heading the charge on the project, which has been in the works for at leas...
Astera Labs, A Fabless Chip Startup, Nabs $50M at a $950M Valuation
[Investing]
2021/10/06 09:06
As more enterprises migrate to cloud-based architectures, they are also taking on more applications (because they can) and, as a result of that, more complex workloads and storage needs. Machine learning and other artificial intelligence applications add even more complexity. Now a startup that has built technology to make that process move faster and more efficiently is announcing a round of f...
The Future of Google Search is Visual
[Business]
2021/10/06 09:05
Google offered a peek at what its search product will look like in the years ahead at its Search On livestream event, and it’s apparently more visual and intuitive than before.The most transformative technology discussed was the Multitask Unified Model (MUM), which the company first publicized in May and which it alleges is 1,000 times more powerful than BERT, a MUM predecessor introduced in 2...
Another Livestream, Another Fail for Dior
[Business]
2021/10/06 09:04
Dior’s latest collection during Paris Fashion Week reached over 54 million views in China. But not all the feedback was positive. What Happened: The livestream of Dior’s latest collection recorded over 54 million views in China — a new record for the luxury house. Still, behind the high figures, the Paris Fashion Week event was not without controversy. Overall, the collection was less than w...
This Inflatable Stretcher Designed for Emergency Missions
[Design]
2021/10/06 09:03
The inflatable stretcher designed by Yu-Hsin Wu caters to impromptu emergency situations with the goal of lessening the effects of panic-induced injuries caused by medical personnel and/or the patient.Life-threatening rescue situations can bring on panic in anyone, even first responders. When EMT personnel, nurses, and doctors are faced with life or death, the panic that comes with it can exace...
