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Legalist Just Secured $100M to Chase Cases It Thinks Will Win
[Investing]
2019/10/01 11:02
If you haven’t heard much about litigation finance, that may change soon. The practice dates back decades, though it’s been picking up momentum since 2006, when Credit Suisse Securities founded a litigation risk strategies unit that it later spun off.What is litigation finance? In a nutshell, the idea is to fund plaintiffs and law firms in cases where it looks like there will be a winning rul...
Despite Producing Quality Shows, Netflix and HBO Face Headwinds
[Business]
2019/10/01 11:02
The battle for leisure time makes for gripping viewing.If critical accolades were the sole measure of well-being, Netflix and hbo would be in great shape. At the 71st annual Emmy Awards, held on September 22nd, the two accounted for four of the eight nominees for Outstanding Drama series, and three of the seven for Outstanding Comedy. Yet though content may be king, both companies are facing an...
Scientists Create Stretchable Battery for Foldable and Rollable Phones
[Tech]
2019/10/01 11:02
A new type of battery for a foldable future. That’s not rubber or black chewing gum. That’s a battery — a stretchable, twistable, foldable battery that can be the key to create thinner future foldable phones and rollable phones and displays.Created by Markus Niederberger — a professor for multifuncional materials at the ETH Zürich technical university in Switzerland — the new stretchable...
One-in-Five Americans Now Listen to Audiobooks
[Consumer]
2019/10/01 11:02
Americans are spreading their book consumption across several formats, and the use of audiobooks is on the rise.Print books continue to be more popular than e-books or audiobooksRoughly seven-in-ten U.S. adults (72%) say they have read a book in the past 12 months in any format, a figure that has remained largely unchanged since 2012, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted Jan. 8-F...
Maxime Louis-Courcier Uses Paper Clay to Design Non-Electric Household Appliances
[Design]
2019/10/01 11:02
Through two new products, industrial designer maxime louis-courcier explores materials to propose a sustainable approach to household appliances. The project, which consists of the woven air-conditioner and the paper clay air humidifier, forgoes the use of electricity to provide functional objects designed for the home environment.Used during the summer, the woven air-conditioner by courcier is...
(Infographic) Visualizing Social Media Use by Generation
[Consumer]
2019/10/01 11:01
Nearly two-thirds of the world’s population is plugged into the matrix, with over 4.4 billion internet users across multiple device types. We use these devices for work and for play—and social media has altered the way we interact both online and offline.Today’s infographic from Global Web Index compares key generational and regional differences of social media use based on data from nearly...
(PDF) AUDI & Ipsos - The Pulse of Autonomous Driving
[Business]
2019/09/30 09:10
Audi study shows 5 user types of autonomous driving. Suspicious driver or tech-savvy passenger? The initiative &Audi has examined what people think about autonomous driving. A total of 21,000 respondents from three continents gave insights into their attitudes towards self-driving cars.What is the study about?In the representative online study “The Pulse of Autonomous Driving”, Audi produ...
(M&A) Facebook to Buy Startup for Controlling Computers With Your Mind
[Investing]
2019/09/30 09:09
Facebook acquires neural interface startup CTRL-Labs for its mind-reading wristband. The deal is reportedly worth between $500 million and $1 billion.Using CTRL-Labs’ wristband prototype required intense concentration, but not actual muscle movement. CEO Thomas Reardon, left, led development of the Internet Explorer browser before co-founding CTRL-Labs in 2015. Facebook today announced that it...
Stanford Trounces B-Schools Competitors in MBA Alumni Survey
[Business]
2019/09/30 09:08
Our survey of 126 business schools around the world asked MBA grads to rate the power of their school’s alumni network, reputation, academic quality, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Stanford—Bloomberg Businessweek’s No. 1 business school—scored highest in four of the five questions.The only school to outscore Stanford was Chicago’s Booth, on the quality of its academic program. That ques...
