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(PDF) Deloitte - The Future of Fresh
[Business]
2019/11/20 11:09
Strategies to realize value in the fresh food category. Even with rising consumer demand for fresh foods and their prominence in stores, fresh food sales haven’t kept pace with total food sales. How can manufacturers and retailers drive fresh foods growth and realize untapped potential?Consumer demand for fresh food continues to be strong: Two out of three consumers in the United States report...
Warby Parker Wants to Be the Warby Parker of Contacts - Scout
[Business]
2019/11/20 11:08
Warby Parker Makes Move Into Contacts With The Launch of Scout. Warby Parker's new contact lens brand Scout will come in compact packs that use almost 80% less packaging than traditional contact packs, according to the company.Warby Parker wants to keep its customers even when they’re ready to ditch its fashionable frames. On Tuesday, the New York City-based eyeglass retailer launched Scout,...
Aveda Taps AI for Virtual Hair Color Sampling
[Business]
2019/11/20 11:07
Perfect Corp. Partners with Aveda for the First-of-its-Kind Artificial Intelligence Hair Color Virtual Try-On Experience.Hair care brand Aveda is letting customers virtually try on hair coloring before booking a salon appointment. The "Find Your Shade" section of its website, which is accessible on mobile and desktop devices, uses augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technolo...
What Is the Uncanny Valley ?
[Tech]
2019/11/20 11:06
Creepy robots and the strange phenomenon of the uncanny valley: definition, history, examples, and how to avoid it. The uncanny valley phenomenon can be described as an eerie or unsettling feeling that some people experience in response to not-quite-human figures like humanoid robots and lifelike computer-generated characters.Have you ever encountered a lifelike humanoid robot or a realistic co...
Threat Intelligence Startup IntSights Raises $30M Series D
[Investing]
2019/11/20 11:05
It doesn’t make sense to have a defensive army without an intelligence unit. The same concept applies to the virtual world, according to cybersecurity-focused IntSights’ CEO Guy Nizan.The market seems to agree. Nizan’s threat intelligence company announced Tuesday that it raised $30 million in its Series D round to expand its suite of intelligence and remediation tools. The round was led by...
Tommy Hilfiger Commits to 3D Design to Realize Ambitious Digitalization Journey
[Business]
2019/11/20 11:04
Tommy Hilfiger is implementing new learning and technology capabilities for all global design teams at its Amsterdam headquarters to achieve 100% 3D apparel design by its Spring 2022 collections.Tommy Hilfiger, which is owned by PVH Corp. [NYSE:PVH], announces that 3D design technology is being incorporated into all global apparel design teams at its headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands....
(Infographic) Visualizing the New Cryptocurrency Ecosystem
[Investing]
2019/11/20 11:01
Over a decade ago, the birth of Bitcoin sparked a revolution in the digital world — and just last year, the number of active cryptocurrencies jumped from roughly 1,600 to over 3,000 worldwide.Cryptocurrencies have now evolved past simple digital currencies, offering solutions to meet the complex needs of modern financial markets.Today’s graphic from Abra visualizes the complex, ever-evolving...
(PDF) KPMG - 2019 Fintech 100 : Leading Global Fintech Innovators
[Investing]
2019/11/19 10:49
The Fintech100 highlights truly innovative companies, creating products and services at the juncture of technology and financial services who are seeking to disrupt the existing processes and products that dominate the marketplace, with fintech companies from 29 countries featuring in this year’s list.The Fintech100 is divided into two sublists: (1) the ‘Top 50’ established fintech firms aro...
MIT’s AI Scores Driver Egotism to Make Autonomous Vehicles More Assertive
[Tech]
2019/11/19 10:49
Can social awareness improve autonomous cars’ road robustness? That’s what a team of researchers at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory set out to discover in a recent study. They built a system that classifies the behavior of other drivers with respect to their selfishness — in other words, whether drivers are less likely to act altruistically toward other cars. In t...
