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Walmart to Transform 160 Store Parking Lots Into Drive-in Movie Theaters This Summer
[Business]
2020/07/07 09:09
The Walmart drive-in experience will feature visits from filmmakers and celebrities, and concessions brought out to vehicles.Walmart has long provided pretty much everything a customer could ever want — and this summer, the mega store is introducing one more very special item: a drive-in theater experience.The company announced Wednesday that it is transforming 160 of its store parking lots in...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Global Freight Flows After COVID-19 : What’s Next ?
[Business]
2020/07/07 09:08
COVID-19 will likely affect trade more profoundly than any other recent crisis. Leaders with a well-informed perspective on potential trade scenarios can begin their recovery from a position of strength.As we witness the global health community’s remarkably determined response to COVID-19, we have also observed actors in every area of the economy react to the current challenges with innovation...
Fraunhofer’s VVC Promises to Reduce Video File Sizes by 50% to Improve Mobile Network Efficiency
[Tech]
2020/07/07 09:07
Having engineered the popular music encoding format MPEG-3 before developing the widely used video formats H.264 (AVC) and H.265 (HEVC), Germany’s Fraunhofer is one of the world’s most important digital media compression pioneers — directly responsible for shrinking popular media from discs into files that fit on smartphones. Today, Fraunhofer is announcing a new video compression standard n...
Q2 2020 Global Venture Report: Funding Through The Pandemic
[Investing]
2020/07/07 09:06
Despite the turmoil of an ongoing pandemic, global venture funding for the second quarter of 2020 was not as dire as we expected, but it was down from previous years.Overall, total global venture dollars for 2020 track at $129 billion for the first half of the year. This includes all funding stages, from seed, venture, corporate venture and private equity rounds in venture-backed companies. Tha...
World’s First 3D-Printed Juicy Vegan Steak to Hit Restaurants This Year - Redefine Meat
[Product]
2020/07/07 09:05
This startup is out to help save the world with one 3D-printed steak at a time.With the speed 3D printing technologies are advancing, it looks like the question that will baffle couples and lead to indecisive fights will be "What shall we print for dinner?" in a few years. Redefine Meat, an Israeli company that was founded in 2018, has unveiled an "Alt-Steak" which looks and tastes like the rea...
A Survey about VR Sickness and Gender
[Consumer]
2020/07/07 09:04
Several months ago, VR Heaven — a blog that we, Aaron Santiago (VR software engineer) and Winston Nguyen (VR marketer), run — posted an informal survey on Reddit asking participants how often they experienced VR motion sickness and their gender.They could answer frequently, sometimes, rarely or never. These are the results:The full data and our collection method is at VR Heaven. Note: This is...
How A Mobile Phone Produced by Harman Kardon will Look Like
[Design]
2020/07/07 09:03
Drawing inspiration from the iconic harman kardon audio equipment design, james tsai introduces the ‘harmony’ mobile phone. Following the current trend of transforming cellphones into quality videography equipment, the designer has integrated the brand’s audio standards into a smartphone with high productivity and entertainment capabilities.‘Harmony’ by james tsai is directly influenced b...
(Patent) Apple Patents a Unique Approach to a Flexible Glass Screen for a Folding iPhone
[Tech]
2020/07/06 09:10
We recently posted on a report Apple’s folding iPhone will consist of two panels of glass like the Surface Duo rather than a folding panel like the Samsung Galaxy Fold, but this does not mean the company is not working on achieving the dream of a bezel-free folding device.A recently published patent application filed in March 2020 suggests a unique approach to getting a thick glass screen to f...
Tesla's 'Jaw-Dropping' Second-Quarter Deliveries Send Shares Surging
[Investing]
2020/07/06 09:09
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) outpaced analyst estimates for second-quarter vehicle deliveries on Thursday, defying a trend of plummeting sales in the wider auto industry as coronavirus-linked lockdown orders kept shoppers at home, and sending its shares up 8%.The unexpected delivery numbers come a day after Tesla became the highest-valued automaker, surpassing the market capitalization of former front-ru...
