Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published two patent applications from Apple that relate to AirPods. The first relates to Binaural Audio which is associated with SMR which Apple promoted in a series of ads earlier this month. The second patent covers ultrasonic proximity sensors for AirPods that can sense when to stop audio when one AirPod is removed from the user's ear and more. Bot...

New York City shops are adding cream cheese, brown sugar and even alcohol to the Asian drink.A growing number of shops specializing in the Asian favorite, which combines tea with tapioca pearls (or bubbles or boba, as they are called), are opening throughout the metropolitan region. Major chains are expanding, while newer brands are starting up or finding their way into the market from other lo...

OECD urges action in response to globalization, automation. Warns that training isn’t reaching those who need it most.Automation, robots and globalization are rapidly changing the workplace and governments must act fast and decisively to counter the effects or face a worsening of social and economic tensions, the OECD warned.Almost half of all jobs could be wiped out or radically altered in th...

Keeping track of what we eat is one of the most essential things to do when trying to loose weight. And now there is a nutrition app that is making tracking food easy as pie. Calorie Mama is the calorie tracking app that uses photo recognition to help users log their meals.Using its food recognition machine learning AI, the app can identify various different foods, even those that are packaged,...

Profits in banking have been steadily on the rise since the financial crisis. Just last year, the global banking industry cashed in an impressive $1.36 trillion in after-tax profits ⁠— the highest total in the sector seen in the last 20 years.What are the drivers behind revenue and profits in the financial services sector, and where do the biggest opportunities exist in the future?Following t...

Concepts are our dreams, a wisp of an idea that float into our brain, whimsical yet exciting, something that dares you to give it a try, make something that is uniquely yours, and maybe, you’ll be the next Dyson with your line of products inspired by that dream you once saw. Before you get carried away though, let me introduce you to the designer whose conceptual sketches made us sit up and ta...

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This unique report ranks the top 100 global companies by market capitalisation and compares how the list has evolved since 2018 and over the past ten years, from March 2009 to March 2019. It identifies the risers and fallers, looks at regional and sector dynamics and provides a view on how the global landscape has changed.The market capitalisation of the largest company worldwide has nearly tri...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have created a better alternative with a prototype contact lens that can automatically switch between focusing on near or far objects by detecting the wearer’s eye movements.It sounds like a medical breakthrough straight out of science fiction, and for the time being, it kind of is. It will take years before the contact lens can function as...