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Tesla’s Competitors Find That Going Electric has Its Own Set of Problems
[Business]
2019/11/11 12:16
Not all is good in EV Land. Other companies’ myriad problems underline Tesla’s massive head start.Nio, a Chinese electric-car manufacturer vying to become the next Tesla TSLA, +0.48%, has fallen on hard times. A perfect storm of reduced government subsidies, uncertainty brought on by the trade war with the U.S., as well as generally lower demand in China has forced the manufacturer to cut mor...
Disney+, Apple TV+ and More: How to Watch TV in This Confusing Age
[Business]
2019/11/11 12:14
Good news! There’s tons of new great stuff to watch. Bad news? You’ve got to figure out what to watch and how to watch it- Five gajillion hours of entertainment for the whole family—even your pet guinea pig!- Original programming we’ll market at you until your eyes bleed!- Stream 300 different shows on 300 different devices all at once in stunning 4K!- Enjoy Stream++++ Mega-Max... for just...
The Free Roku App on Apple Watch is Now Available
[Product]
2019/11/11 12:14
The Roku app is now available on right on your wrist. Starting today, the free Roku app is available on Apple Watch! To access the new functionality, simply update the Roku mobile app to version 6.1.3 via your iPhone, and the app will appear on Apple Watch.The Roku app on Apple Watch features:- Remote – Control your Roku device directly from Apple Watch. It’s the same easy to use remote from...
Mitsubishi’s Bread Oven Perfects a Slice of Toast in True Japanese Style - TO-ST1-T
[Design]
2019/11/11 12:14
What could be better than gobbling up a piece of warm fluffy toast with some butter melted on top in the mornings? Playing on this guilty pleasure of ours, Mitsubishi recently launched it’s ‘TO-ST1-T Electric Bread Toaster’ or ‘Bread Oven’. What differentiates this from the rest of the toasters on the market…ALOT. Mitsubishi’s Bread Oven is in a league of its own with a promise to serve...
(PDF) PwC - Global NextGen Survey 2019
[Business]
2019/11/11 00:10
Agents of change: Earning your licence to operate.In our largest survey of NextGens to date, we heard from nearly 1,000 respondents who are becoming, or aspiring to become, family business leaders. And across geographies and industries, we heard a common refrain: the majority of you see yourselves as capable, committed and ambitious agents of change for the digital world. You just want the curr...
Burberry Gets Into Gaming with 'B Bounce'
[Business]
2019/11/11 00:09
Players use “supercharged” Burberry monogram puffer jackets to race a deer-shaped character to the moon.UK-fashion retailer Burberry has launched an online game called B Bounce, which combines gaming with brand recognition and a chance to win prizes. The game can be played online, and on giant screens in some Burberry stores.In B Bounce, players use “supercharged” Burberry monogram puffer j...
Harvard Business Review - The Top CEO 100, 2019 Edition
[Business]
2019/11/11 00:08
The Best-Performing CEOs in the World, 2019. HBR's annual list of the world's top chief executives.When Jensen Huang cofounded NVIDIA, in 1993, he focused on a single niche: building powerful computer chips to create graphics for fast-moving video games. As the company went public in 1999 and grew through the 2000s, video games remained its growth engine—but even back then, Huang, a Taiwanese...
(Video) This Trippy T-Shirt Makes You Invisible to AI
[Tech]
2019/11/11 00:07
This adversarial design could be printed on a shirt to fool object recognition algorithms.In modern cities, we're constantly surveilled through CCTV cameras in both public and private spaces, and by companies trying to sell us shit based on everything we do. We are always being watched.But what if a simple T-shirt could make you invisible to commercial AIs trying to spot humans?A team of resear...
Bowery Raises $50M More For Indoor, Pesticide-Free Farms
[Investing]
2019/11/11 00:06
Indoor farming startup Bowery announced today it has raised an additional $50M in an extension of its Series B round. This comes just nearly 11 months after it raised $90 million in a Series B round that we reported on at the time.In a written statement, Bowery said the add-on was the result “of significant momentum in the business.” Temasek led the extension and Henry Kravis, co-founder of K...
