Fine wine had better returns than global equities in 2018. Liv-ex 100—a benchmark for the fine wine market—has eluded the roller coasters experienced by global equities, trading within a 2% range throughout 2018, according to a report by London-based Liv-ex released Thursday.This is reassuring to wealthy investors, who have invested in top-quality wine in recent years to insulate their portfo...

For over 30 years, technogym has provided wellness solutions for home interiors, not simply fitness machines. As the awareness and importance of a healthy lifestyle increases alongside the demand for at-home exercise solutions, the italian brand has transformed the hedonistic concept of fitness.Their holistic approach to wellbeing promotes a lifestyle of physical exercise, healthy diet and a po...

Engineering dictates that the easiest and most obvious layout for drone propellers is in a square format with four propellers. Nature, however, sticks to the basic layout of two wings across all its flying creatures. From birds to insects to the occasional reptile and mammal, nature’s always bestowed a bilaterally symmetric, dual wing setup… so Carota’s drone puts faith in that setup that’s...

Smart speakers, 5G networks, and cloud-based AI increase connectivity and potential for innovation. - Smart speakers installed base projected to surpass 250 million units by year-end.- 5G networks will burst onto the scene in 2019, and by 2020, around 50 operators will offer this service.- In 2019, among companies using AI, 70 percent will obtain these capabilities through the cloud.- In the US...

The company hit its stride with $35m from Goldman Sachs. Now comes the hard part: expanding.The first Rothy’s pitch to Goldman Sachs, in August of last year, was propitious. One member of the bank’s venture capital team already owned a pair of the company’s stylish but comfortable flats that let her run from the subway to the office without changing shoes, her little life hack for a quick wo...

Jacob Snow, a technology and civil liberties attorney for the ACLU, has been making the rounds telling media outlets that a newly publicized patent from Amazon paints a picture of a dystopian, “nightmarish” future.Strong words for a patent application that’s starting to make headlines over fears that Amazon could use the Ring doorbell camera company it acquired to build a robust tool for cre...

“Instant coffee has such a bad rep,” says Nate Kaiser, an entrepreneur in Pennsylvania. “It’s usually the worst-case scenario, or something your grandparents have. It’s never, never been thought of as a specialty product, and for good reason.”Curious about why it lacked the depth of flavor and nuance of the freshly ground beans he had come to love while working at third-wave coffee roaste...

The dreaded technical "death cross" has formed in the S&P 500. A death cross occurs when the 50-day moving average falls below the 200-day moving average.The S&P 500 experienced a death cross earlier this month, and a new report from Bank of America's technical analysts explains why this time could be especially painful for investors."The effects of an S&P 500 Death Cross became amp...

Societal shifts around gender norms and identity are opening up the market for a new era of cosmetics: ones that are deeply and inherently inclusive to any and all who wish to use makeup, regardless of gender. As we simultaneously see the rise of gender-neutral skincare lines, genderless beauty and grooming is becoming the rule, rather than the exception, for young consumers.Fluide Fluide, a mi...