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Heinz Brazil Unveiled Custom Grillz Designed to Make Opening Sauce Packets Easier
[Business]
2025/04/17 09:06
Heinz, the world's number one ketchup brand, has just launched an unconventional campaign that elevates "drip" to a new level of practicality. Playing off consumers' common struggle with opening sauce sachets, the brand introduces "Heinz Grillz." Shared across the brand’s social media platforms, this accessory—visually inspired by hip-hop culture and increasingly popular with Generation Z—fu...
Google - 601 Real-World Gen AI Use Cases from The World's Leading Organizations
[Business]
2025/04/17 09:05
AI is here, AI is everywhere: Top companies, governments, researchers, and startups are already enhancing their work with Google's AI solutions.Exactly a year ago, we first published this list during Google Cloud Next 24. It numbered 101 entries. It felt like a lot at the time, and served as a showcase of how much momentum both Google and the industry were seeing around generative AI adoption....
This Tiny Screw is Powering The Humanoid Robot Revolution
[Tech]
2025/04/17 09:04
Planetary roller screws are emerging as a critical—and costly—component in next-gen robots. China is racing ahead in controlling their supply.The humanoid robotics revolution is just around the corner. Test models are already working in factories alongside human beings across the world, while AI companies develop new foundation models designed to help robots navigate their environments as eas...
AI-Generated Content is Working Well at Many News Companies
[Business]
2025/04/17 09:03
There are plenty of examples of how AI-generated content is raising eyebrows right now. You’ve already read about the Los Angeles Times’ initiative on this. You have probably also come across references to Il Foglio, the Italian publication that created an entirely AI-generated newspaper, complete with opinions and letters to the editor, mainly to be provocative.Separately, visual data journa...
(PDF) Deloitte Coffee Study : Forces Shaping The Market and Consumer Behaviours
[Business]
2025/04/16 09:10
The coffee industry, and indeed coffee-drinking culture, are in the throes of major change. Based on a survey of 7,000 consumers from 13 countries, the first-ever Coffee Study by the audit and consulting company Deloitte Switzerland highlights the key trends shaping the domestic and international coffee market.Despite the abundance of trendy coffee shops, instant coffee is the go-to preparation...
(Video) DolphinGemma : How Google AI is Helping Decode Dolphin Communication
[Tech]
2025/04/16 09:09
DolphinGemma, a large language model developed by Google, is helping scientists study how dolphins communicate — and hopefully find out what they're saying, too.For decades, understanding the clicks, whistles and burst pulses of dolphins has been a scientific frontier. What if we could not only listen to dolphins, but also understand the patterns of their complex communication well enough to g...
Hermès Overtakes LVMH for Luxury’s Top Spot After Weak Sales Spark Sell-Off
[Investing]
2025/04/16 09:08
The maker of Birkin bags is now the world’s most valuable luxury company, as investors bet on continued struggles at LVMH.Hermès leapfrogged LVMH to become the world’s most valuable luxury company on Tuesday, after shares in the owner of Louis Vuitton tumbled on the back of disappointing first-quarter results.In a bruising day for the luxury sector in which the companies swapped spots severa...
Big Tech's Investment to Acquisition Pipeline
[Investing]
2025/04/16 09:07
CVC-backed funding jumped 20% YoY last year. But, if <1% of big tech venture investments lead to acquisitions... why invest?1) Access to innovationBig tech CVCs gain early visibility into companies building the future. CB Insights’ business graph data show that 42% of CVCs now prioritize access to emerging technology and partnerships over direct acquisitions.2) Strategic business relationsh...
The Next Wellness Frontier : Your Mouth
[Business]
2025/04/16 09:06
Brands and products targeting the “oral microbiome” are fueling innovation in toothpastes, mouthwashes and tools — and wading into a controversial public health conversation.Key insightsClean beauty’s newest frontier is the mouth, with products and ingredients designed to nourish the “oral microbiome,” which houses at least 700 different species of bacteria.New toothpastes, mouthwashes an...
