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(Video) OpenAI's Eve Humanoids Make Impressive Progress in Autonomous Work
[Product]
2024/02/21 09:06
1X robots might be physically undergunned compared to the competition, but they're doing useful work fully autonomously."The video contains no teleoperation," says Norwegian humanoid robot maker 1X. "No computer graphics, no cuts, no video speedups, no scripted trajectory playback. It's all controlled via neural networks, all autonomous, all 1X speed."This is the humanoid manufacturer that Open...
BCG - These 9 Forces Are Reshaping the Global Business Landscape
[Business]
2024/02/21 09:05
As leaders gather in Davos, companies need to ensure geopolitics is front of mind for decision makers. Public and private sector leaders are gathering at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos against a backdrop of geopolitical fractures. Conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine are front of mind alongside climate change, macroeconomics and the advance of AI.To navigate this increa...
Wilson Airless Basketball Bounces to Market for Four-Figure Price
[Product]
2024/02/21 09:04
Wilson makes prototype reality with the Airless Gen1 basketball Woodwork. The most compelling show of contemporary basketball skill at last year's NBA All-Star Game didn't necessarily come from one of the players dribbling a ball ... it came from a ball itself. That ball was Wilson's Airless basketball prototype, a futuristic piece of see-through design work that traded good, old reliable pneum...
Innovative Shampoo Bottle Includes a Detachable Mini Bottle for Travel
[Design]
2024/02/21 09:03
How many times have you had to buy a separate smaller bottle of your favorite shampoo for travel? Even if you rely on those tiny shampoo bottles that come complimentary with your hotel room, it’s still an extra bottle that you now have to worry about. The Carry On is a simple, borderline-genius solution that gives you a dedicated travel mini-bottle with your existing at-home shampoo bottle. Wi...
(PDF) Accenture - 2024 Outlook and Top 10 Trends for Companies
[Business]
2024/02/20 09:10
The key theme for the global economy in 2024 will be the transition from the post-pandemic normalization cycle to a new normal governed by changing structural realities. As the year progresses, we are likely to see dampened long-term growth and a further retreat in inflation to lower, but still-elevated, levels.Read our macroeconomic outlook for 2024, including the top 10 trends and key conside...
(Patent) Apple - Future MacBook That Integrates an Apple Pencil That Also Replaces F-Keys
[Tech]
2024/02/20 09:09
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a second patent relating to a possible future MacBook comprising a chassis with a built-in Apple Pencil retainer above the keyboard. A unique aspect of the design is to provide Apple Pencil with a display that could replace F-Key functionality.Apple's granted patent relates to a computing systems in which a computing device (MacBook)...
5 Retail Trends From NRF 2024 — Insights and Key Data
[Business]
2024/02/20 09:08
NRF 2024 is retail’s biggest show and an event that should be on every retail leader’s calendar. However, if you missed out on NRF 2024, you’ll still be able to access some of the most valuable insights from this year’s conference.For the second year in a row, MJV Innovation, a leading global consultancy on customer experience, design thinking, and data analytics, sponsored NRF. More import...
The Global Giants of the Bottled Water Business
[Business]
2024/02/20 09:07
A joint investigation by Le Monde newspaper and Radio France's investigative unit has revealed the widespread use of prohibited bottled water purification techniques by several major brands. According to information released last month, at least a third of French spring and mineral water brands are concerned, including those belonging to Nestlé Waters, which has admitted using ultraviolet and...
(Video) Stunning New AI Adds Realistic Sound Effects to Any Video - ElevenLabs
[Tech]
2024/02/20 09:06
"What if you could describe a sound and generate it with AI?" teases ElevenLabs as AI-generated sound effects and dialog are added to video footage generated by Sora from OpenAI.Last week, OpenAI released a new AI model called Sora that could generate high-resolution video clips from text prompts. But they're all essentially clever silent films. Now ElevenLabs has added background sounds to Sor...
US Sports Rights Breakdown
[Business]
2024/02/20 09:05
The ESPN-Fox-WBD sports venture is a counterstrike against Big Tech and rights fees inflation. Here's how.The new "joint venture" sports streaming partnership between Disney's ESPN (DIS), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), and Fox (FOXA) could have serious implications on the entire sports ecosystem.In other words, future deals could be a lot cheaper while Wall Street watchers say the partnership ti...
Loughborough University Adds Proto Hologram Tech to Capabilities
[Tech]
2024/02/20 09:04
Loughborough has become the first university in the UK to incorporate Proto holoportation technology to enhance the educational experience of its students.The device enables live beaming from anywhere in the world for real-time, interactive learning experiences – expanding options for teaching and research while reducing its carbon impact. Using Proto, Loughborough is now able to live-beam gue...
TechTaka Raises $9.5M for its e-Commerce Fulfillment Service
[Investing]
2024/02/20 09:03
TechTaka, a South Korean online shopping fulfillment startup that provides third-party logistics services for e-commerce sellers, has raised $9.5 million (12.6 billion KRW) in a Series B round of funding from a sole investor, Altos Ventures. The outfit helps e-commerce sellers manage the supply chain, from warehousing, order packing and shipping, so that TechTaka users can focus on product and...
