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Your Arabica Coffee Will Get Even Pricier as Beans Soar to Record $4 a Pound
[Investing]
2025/02/06 09:07
Price hike has hurt demand in both major and emerging markets. Top-grower Brazil is suffering after a prolonged drought.Trade wars, tariff threats and logistics shocks are upending businesses and spreading volatility. Understand the new order of global commerce.Arabica coffee topped $4 per pound in New York for the first time, as concerns over tight global supplies fuel a dizzying rally that’s...
Gartner : AI Assistants May Reduce Mobile App Usage by 25% by 2027
[Business]
2025/02/06 09:06
Mobile app usage could drop by 25% by 2027 as more people rely on artificial intelligence (AI) assistants, according to research from Gartner Inc., a consulting firm. AI tools like Apple Intelligence, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Meta AI are expected to take over tasks that apps currently handle. Gartner said in a media release that aside from this shift, apps may combine features across differe...
How are Researchers Using AI ? Survey Reveals Pros and Cons for Science
[Consumer]
2025/02/06 09:05
Despite strong interest in using artificial intelligence to make research faster, easier and more accessible, researchers say they need more support to navigate its possibilities.Using artificial intelligence (AI) tools for processes such as preparing manuscripts, writing grant applications and peer review will become widely accepted within the next two years, suggests a survey of nearly 5,000...
LinkedIn Founder's Manas AI Raises $24.6M for AI Drug Discovery
[Investing]
2025/02/06 09:04
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Siddhartha Mukherjee, cancer researcher and author of the book “The Emperor of All Maladies,” have co-founded an AI-powered drug discovery startup, Manas AI. The company, which will initially focus on breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lymphoma, has raised $24.6 million in seed funding from Hoffman, General Catalyst, and Greylock.Manas AI’s capital haul pal...
This Carbon Fiber Smart Handlebar Turns The Cycle’s Front Into A Streamlined Cockpit
[Product]
2025/02/06 09:03
For most of us, cycling is all about the basics—just a bike, whether electric, geared, or both—and we’re off to work, out for exercise, or running errands. But as you spend more time riding, you start to see the handlebar as more than just a steering mechanism. It’s more of a blank canvas for useful gadgets. Soon, you find yourself adding aftermarket displays, GPS systems, lights, and other...
(Patent) Apple Wins a Patent for a Possible Future AirPods Pro Feature
[Tech]
2025/02/05 09:10
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent that relates to possible future AirPods including a textured exterior surface for input, and more particularly to electronic devices including a textured exterior surface that is used for controlling functions associated with the electronic device or another electronic device when an object moves along the textured exterior...
(PDF) BCG - The Battery Cell Factory of The Future
[Business]
2025/02/05 09:09
Optimizing cell factories for next-generation technologies and strategically positioning them in an increasingly competitive market is key to long-term success.Battery cell production capacity globally could exceed demand by as much as twofold over the next five years, making operational efficiency essential to competitiveness.To reduce conversion costs, cell makers need to retrofit or design f...
The Samsung Galaxy Stick and Galaxy Stick Pro Concepts
[Design]
2025/02/05 09:08
Samsung Galaxy Stick concept is a fashionable design targeted at Gen Z and beyond.There was a time when the mobile phone design landscape was pretty wild and exciting. Although they weren’t that smart by today’s standards, Nokia’s designs, now preserved for posterity, definitely left their mark on history. These days, however, design changes are comparatively “safe” and incremental, changi...
Trump’s Tariffs, Explained in 4 Charts
[Investing]
2025/02/05 09:07
Uncertainty around the rollout of the tariffs — how long they’ll last and whether more are in the works — complicates the fashion industry’s ability to adjust to the new reality.Starting Tuesday, the Trump administration will levy a 10 percent tariff on imports from China.Already, 25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports, originally part of the package announced over the weekend,...
