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Two Ex-Apple Rock Stars Have Raised $30M to Build The Next iPhone - HUMANE
[Investing]
2021/08/10 09:08
Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno helped create some of Apple’s biggest hits. Now their startup Humane is at work on something ambitious—and mysterious.Investors poured nearly $8 billion dollars into synthetic biology last year. This company is leading the field.In 2017, two of Apple’s top design and technology executives decided to leave the company to start their own venture with an amb...
Will Luxury Brands Get Tangled Up in China’s Gaming Crackdown ?
[Business]
2021/08/10 09:07
Louis Vuitton has infused gaming into its global strategy since debuting a League of Legends collaboration in 2019. Beijing’s widening tech crackdown — spanning e-commerce, education, finance, and more — has kept companies on their toes and sparked a $1 trillion stock market selloff in July. State media criticisms of China’s red-hot gaming sector represent a source of concern for luxury bra...
(Video) Energy Dome Uses Carbon Dioxide as a Grid-Scale Battery
[Tech]
2021/08/10 09:06
Italian company Energy Dome says its "carbon dioxide batteries" offer a fast-response, cheap, grid-scale energy storage alternative to lithium batteries.Carbon dioxide may finally get its chance to become a solution in the climate crisis. Italy's Energy Dome says its CO2 batteries will store energy at less than half the cost of lithium "big batteries," while also being very responsive to load d...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Wall Street to Mission Control : Can Space Tourism Pay Off ?
[Business]
2021/08/10 09:05
With the COVID-19 pandemic curtailing earthly travel, space tourism may seem like a far-fetched dream—but some companies are betting on high demand.The space industry saw record-breaking growth in 2020 as investors, undeterred by the COVID-19 pandemic, poured almost $9 billion into private companies. While some of these businesses are simply providing parts and services to government agencies...
Honda Baiku is a One-Wheeled Vehicle Envisioning The Future of Transportation
[Design]
2021/08/10 09:04
Honda baiku is a futuristic vehicle concept that gives us a taste of transportation’s next step. Envisioned by valencia-based designer nacho alfonso, the one-wheeled motorcycle explores the new electric mobility that has become popular in the last years, where electric vehicles — scooters or skates, occupy the streets of many cities around the world. the honda baiku concept adds a high-end se...
(Infographic) Companies Going Public in 2021 : Visualizing IPO Valuations
[Investing]
2021/08/10 09:03
The beginning of the year has been a productive one for global markets, and companies going public in 2021 have benefited.From much-hyped tech initial public offerings (IPOs) to food and healthcare services, many companies with already large followings have gone public this year. Some were supposed to go public in 2020 but got delayed due to the pandemic, and others saw the opportunity to take...
(PDF) PwC - PE’s ESG Journey : Global Private Equity Responsible Investment Survey 2021
[Investing]
2021/08/09 09:10
Multiple crises over the past 18 months have delivered a stark wake-up call to the world. If we’re going to prevent further pandemics, reduce the risks of climate change, build a more equitable society and still generate growth, it’s clear that we’ll have to create more sustainable economies and systems.Businesses all over the world are adapting, moving environmental, social and governance (...
(Video) The Future of Urban Mobility - Autonomous Campus Shuttle Buses
[Design]
2021/08/09 09:09
Modern architecture constantly reimagines what cities might look like in the future, but public transportation still lives in an era of antiquated buses and faulty subway trains. Weaving between smart office buildings and shiny skyscrapers in a packed bus from the ‘90s proves that public transportation could use some reimagining of its own. Designing Campus Shuttle as a mobility concept to con...
IDC Forecasts Companies to Spend Almost $342 Billion on AI Solutions in 2021
[Investing]
2021/08/09 09:08
Companies could spend nearly $342 billion on AI software, hardware, and services in 2021. That’s according to the latest edition of IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual Artificial Intelligence Tracker, which forecast that the AI market will accelerate in 2022, with 18.8% growth, and remain on track to break the $500 billion mark by 2024.For its report, IDC surveyed over 700 large enterprises across a t...
