Sheryl Sandberg, the long-time Chief Operating Officer of Meta, is stepping down after 14 years at the company.When she joined in 2008 she was often described as the "adult in the room", working alongside founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who was just 24 at the time. During her tenure Facebook went from $153m in annual revenue, with a team of a few hundred, to the $100bn+ advertising behemoth th...

When it comes to luxury openings, Chongqing is often overlooked, losing out to neighboring Chengdu instead. Jing Daily shows why brands are missing a trick. With Beijing unwavering in its zero-COVID policy, luxury is at a crossroads: How can it connect with an increasingly remote China? Jing Daily offers an indispensable guide to the country’s lesser-known destinations by highlighting the key...

The NowLight by Deciwatt provides light and device charging using nothing but muscle power.Renewable energy innovator Deciwatt is partnering with humanitarian organisations to deliver the hand-powered devices to communities with little or no access to electricity.Today 940 million people—13 per cent of the world’s population—lack access to electricity. For ten years, grassroots NGO Deciwatt...

If you’ve ever walked home in the rain at night, then you know it’s not as romantic or dramatic (well, if you live in London, it might be) as the movies make it out to be. In reality, it’s wet, and slippery, and if the streets aren’t well-lighted, it can be dark and dangerous. You could always use a flashlight or your phone’s flashlight function but it’s not that convenient. It would be g...

The US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to a new input device system for a possible future MacBook. More particularly, the patent relates to incorporating an Apple Pencil that is removably mounted to a MacBook keyboard. While the Pencil is in its built-in retainer it could act as a mouse to move a cursor, scroll, zoom and more. Uniquely, a hig...

Startups typically chase sales at any cost. But those that thrive long term know when to strike a balance between generating sales and making profits.“The race is not always to the swift,” concluded Aesop in his tale about the tortoise and the hare. If the Greek fabulist was writing in the Digital Age, the moral of the story would have a binary spin: there’s a time to be a hare—and a time n...

Givenchy Parfums is the latest brand to join the Roblox residency hype. But why is luxury so infatuated with gaming platforms? Gaming platforms have become the first point of call for brands looking to evolve their virtual roadmaps and interact with untapped communities. Now even perfume is leveraging this immersive opportunity. On June 13, Givenchy Parfums is set to launch its own universe wit...

Shanghai, the Chinese commercial hub with 26 million residents, ended its two-month citywide pandemic lockdown last week, a sign that the world’s second largest economy may be ready to return to business-as-usual. A reported 90% of stores and restaurants have resumed operations as of last Wednesday, which I believe is very good news for global luxury sales in particular.As I’ve pointed out be...

Prometheus Materials, a Colorado-based developer of zero-carbon building materials, has announced the securing of $8 million in funding from investors including Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, The Autodesk Foundation, and the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund.The funds form part of an effort by Prometheus to develop a zero-carbon alternative to traditional Portland cement by using microalgae. F...