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TikTok Eyes $17.5 Billion Shopping Business on Amazon’s Turf
[Business]
2024/01/04 09:07
TikTok Shop seeks to significantly grow size of US business. ByteDance’s video app is fast expanding beyond advertising.ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok aims to grow the size of its US e-commerce business tenfold to as much as $17.5 billion this year, according to people familiar with the matter, posing a bigger threat to Amazon.com Inc.The 2024 merchandise volume goal for the US version of TikTok Sho...
(PDF) BCG - Financing Climate Adaptation and Resilience Is Good for Business and the World
[Business]
2024/01/04 09:06
Financing climate adaptation and resilience (A&R) is an opportunity for businesses and private investors—not a burden. From Risk to Reward: The Business Imperative to Finance Climate Adaptation and Resilience is a new study published by BCG in collaboration with the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that lays out the investme...
Renewable Energy Rides Solar Cycle Paths Through Dutch Provinces - Wattway
[Tech]
2024/01/04 09:05
The provinces of North Holland and North Brabant in the Netherlands are each looking to cycle paths as a way to generate renewable energyWattway by Colas.The Dutch love to cycle. So much so that there are more than 35,000 km (over 21,747 miles) of cycle paths snaking through the Netherlands. Two of those bike routes have now been topped with photovoltaic cells to produce renewable energy while...
How Big Is Apple's Supporting Cast ?
[Business]
2024/01/04 09:04
Together with AirPods, Apple TV, HomePods and all Apple-branded and third-party accessories, the Apple Watch falls into Apple’s “Wearables, Home and Accessories” segment (formerly known as “Other Products”), which has been growing rapidly over the past few years. Fueled by the success of the Apple Watch and AirPods in particular, sales from the segment have more than quadrupled over the pa...
The Tesla Cybertruck Basecamp Was Created with Heimplanet
[Product]
2024/01/04 09:03
Cybertruck Basecamp, just like its name suggests, you can tell that this camp is designed specifically to work with Tesla Cybertruck. Bring your campsite with you wherever you go, Basecamp features geodesic air-frame design, it is ultra-light and can be inflated in minutes using a manual pump, no need for any structural poles.The design includes a tactical gray kaleidoscope-patterned nylon inte...
(Patent) Sony Patents Trackball Controller for Virtual Reality Foot Movement
[Tech]
2024/01/03 09:10
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.Sony has submitted patents that show plans for two types of foot-operated controllers for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) games and other immersive applications. Several drawings in the patent show these movement-reading peripherals - one using a ball (or two), and the second u...
(PDF) BCG - Are Consumers Open to Paying More for Decarbonized Products ?
[Consumer]
2024/01/03 09:09
A BCG survey of automotive and washing machine consumers identified three segments that say they are willing to pay a “green premium”—a markup for such products manufactured with net zero emissions.To address production-phase emissions, all companies along a product’s value chain—including raw material suppliers and manufacturers, suppliers across all tiers, and OEMs—must understand consu...
The Most Secretive Longevity Lab Finally Opens Its Doors - Retro Biosciences
[Investing]
2024/01/03 09:08
Retro Biosciences, a startup with $180 million from Sam Altman, has a simple and audacious goal: Add 10 good years to your life. And until now, we haven’t had a glimpse of its best ideas.Joe Betts-LaCroix didn’t have time to wait for architects, construction workers or really any of the normal things that go into building a new office, let alone a new laboratory. It was May 2021, and he wante...
Masimo Receives FDA Clearance for Stork™ Baby Monitoring System
[Product]
2024/01/03 09:07
Stork Provides Continuous Monitoring of Oxygen Saturation, Pulse Rate, and Skin Temperature, with Alarms, for Sick and Healthy Babies at Home.Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI), a global leader in innovative monitoring technologies used in top hospitals, announced today FDA clearance of Stork™, a revolutionary baby monitoring system, for prescription use with healthy and sick babies 0-18 months of age. Lev...
(Infographic) The Best and Worst Performing Sectors in 2023
[Investing]
2024/01/03 09:06
In 2023, the U.S. stock market saw surprisingly strong returns, even as interest rates climbed higher.The S&P 500 rose over 24% amid exuberance around AI stocks and big tech, lifting returns across the index. Traditionally defensive stocks, on the other hand, declined. Overall the stock market recovered losses from 2022’s plunge, and is now hovering near all-time highs.The above graphic is...
Duck-Inspired Robotics for The Cites of The Future
[Design]
2024/01/03 09:05
Duck-like trash can robots follow pedestrians to keep the city clean through their qua system. Qua reimagines the role of waste collection in future cities through an innovative system of smart trash baskets. Envisioned by the designers N. Basile, N. Chiarelli, and L. Fiorentino, the project aims to merge technology with a friendly, bio-inspired design, shifting the perception of garbage-collec...
The Year America's EV Dreams Met Reality
[Business]
2024/01/03 09:04
However, new changes in tax credits in 2024 and dropping prices could help EV sentiment in the US.For driving enthusiasts, electrification is a dirty word.But when it comes to decarbonizing the earth’s atmosphere, the ability to harness clean energy, and simplifying the production process for automobiles, it’s no surprise automakers and governments across the globe were eager to jumpstart the...
