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BCG - What China’s EV Market Can Teach US and EU Automakers
[Business]
2025/03/10 09:06
As options for electric vehicles expand, similarities and differences are arising between the China, US, and EU markets. Automobile marketshare for battery electric vehicles (BEV) in China reached 27% in 2024, compared to 13% in the EU and 8% in the US. To see if this gap will continue, BCG surveyed 10,000 auto buyers in these markets.At least one-third of respondents intend to purchase a BEV,...
(Paper) Magnetic Microrobots Remove Blood Clots From Sheep Iliac Artery
[Tech]
2025/03/10 09:05
The engagement with the blood clot for volume reduction and revascularization of blood flow is achieved through three methods: mechanical fragmentation using an untethered magnetic robot (UMR), chemical lysis employing fibrinolytics, and a hybrid approach that combines both fragmentation and chemical lysis to mitigate the risk of peripheral emboli or hemolysis. Researchers at the TechMed Center...
Nvidia Makes $3.6M of Revenue Per Employee — More Than Any of Its Big Tech Rivals
[Consumer]
2025/03/10 09:04
Among the $17 trillion BATMMAAN tech giants (Big Tech’s version of the Avengers), Nvidia $112.06 (1.94%) is squeezing the most out of every employee.After reporting blowout earnings, which the market found reasons to dislike anyway as Nvidia tumbled 8% in trading on Thursday, we can now calculate that last year Nvidia pulled in $3.6 million in revenue for each one of its employees.That’s more...
Modular Photography Kit Transforms The iPhone 16 Pro Into A Retro Camera
[Design]
2025/03/10 09:03
We’ve seen quite a few interesting designs at MWC 2025 that tried to solve one of the remaining problems of mobile photography. Whether it’s a standalone lens and sensor that you magnetically stick to the back of a Xiaomi phone or a Realme smartphone that has a mount for gigantic DSLR lenses, there is definitely a renewed focus, pardon the pun, in upgrading the camera experience without ruini...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Sporting Goods 2025 - Turning Uncertainty Into Opportunity
[Business]
2025/03/06 09:10
While the sporting goods industry has persevered over the past year, slowing growth forecasts are compelling executives to focus equally on revenue growth and productivity improvements.The sporting goods industry faced a difficult environment in 2024. Softer growth prospects, persistent inflation, and cautious consumer spending all tested companies’ resilience. Despite these hurdles, the indus...
Prebiotic Soda Brand Olipop Raises $50M, Valued at $1.85B
[Investing]
2025/03/06 09:09
Olipop raised $50 million in a Series C funding round that valued the prebiotic soda brand at $1.85 billion as it competes with rivals such as Poppi.Olipop is the top nonalcoholic brand in the U.S., both by dollar sales and unit growth, the company said, citing data from Circana/SPINS.The drink brand is now profitable and saw annual sales of more than $400 million last year.Prebiotic soda brand...
The Top 10% Owns 87% of The Stocks in The U.S.
[Investing]
2025/03/06 09:07
The top 10% owns 87% of the stocks in this country. They also own 84% of the private businesses, 44% of real estate and two-thirds of overall wealth.These numbers have all increased since 1989 as well — total wealth (60.8% to 67.3%), stocks (81.7% to 87.2%), private businesses (78.4% to 84.4%) and real estate (38.2% to 43.9%).According to The Wall Street Journal, the top 10% also accounts for...
Zara, Kiehl’s, Jacquemus: Why Skiing Is Bigger Than Ever for Brands
[Business]
2025/03/06 09:06
Skiing’s retro winter aesthetic is at the centre of a marketing craze for brands that previously had no ties to mountain sports or their upmarket clientele. Here’s why high street names, beauty players and designer labels all want to leave their mark in the snow.“The only guy here without a trust fund,” reads British influencer William Wade’s tongue-in-cheek caption on an Instagram post fr...
Framework’s First Desktop PC is Optimized for Gaming and Local AI Inference
[Product]
2025/03/06 09:06
Framework, the company that is better known for its modular, repairable laptops, just released its first desktop computer. It’s a small desktop PC that punches above its weight.The most interesting part is what’s inside the device. Framework is one of the first companies to use AMD’s recently announced Strix Halo architecture, also known as the Ryzen AI Max processors. It’s an all-in-one pr...
