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During Valentine's Day, Dating Apps Typically See an Increase In User Activity
[Consumer]
2025/02/17 09:06
During Valentine's Day, dating apps typically see an increase in user activity, with more people seeking potential connections and meaningful conversations. These platforms provide an accessible way to meet people with shared interests, creating opportunities for new relationships to develop. Whether users are looking for a committed partnership or exploring casual interactions, Valentine's Day...
Smart Fabric Generates Heat Using Sunlight
[Tech]
2025/02/17 09:05
A new fiber has been developed that converts sunlight into heat and increases temperature by 30 degrees in just 10 minutesWhen you're outdoors in the cold winter, you may have imagined how warm it would be if your clothes could generate heat like a hand warmer. A research team from Canada and China recently reported in a paper published in the academic journal Advanced Composites and Hybrid Mat...
Top IPOs to Watch for in 2025
[Investing]
2025/02/17 09:04
Here are 8 companies that could be top contenders to go public if our 2025 market forecast bears out.Many large private companies still have stockpiles of capital that have helped tide them over in recent years as they wait for the public markets to improve, but eventually every venture-backed startup needs to exit, whether it be through an acquisition or in a public-market debut.[yahoo]
(Paper) Solar-powered Device Captures Carbon Dioxide From Air to Make Sustainable Fuel
[Tech]
2025/02/17 09:03
Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, say their solar-powered reactor could be used to make fuel to power cars and planes, or the many chemical and pharmaceutical products we rely on. It could also be used to generate fuel i...
(PDF) Bain - Consumer Products Report 2025 : Reclaiming Relevance in the Gen AI Era
[Business]
2025/02/14 09:10
With inflation no longer clouding the agenda, CPGs must meet the moment.Global sales of consumer products grew more slowly in 2024 as unsustainable price increases ran their course and volumes only picked up modestly.Amid a steep drop in shareholder returns, CPGs urgently need to regain lost ground and accelerate their digital transformation.CPGs can do this by rethinking their growth algorithm...
Sam Altman Details The Plan for OpenAI's GPT-5
[Business]
2025/02/14 09:09
Sam Altman posted a roadmap for AI models GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 on X. Sam Altman announced free ChatGPT users will "get unlimited chat access to GPT-5."He said OpenAI is aiming to simplify its offerings by unifying models and removing the model picker.GPT-4.5, called Orion, will be the last non-chain-of-thought model before GPT-5, Altman said.Tired of keeping track of OpenAI's chatbot models? In an...
2025 TIME100 AI Impact Award : Refik Anadol
[Design]
2025/02/14 09:08
TIME Magazine has announced the recipients of its 2025 TIME100 AI Impact Awards. The award, now in its fourth year, describes its purpose as “recognizing individuals who have gone above and beyond to move their industries—and the world—forward in the AI space.”Four individuals were chosen for the 2025 edition, namely: Refik Anadol (Media Artist, Director, and Co-Founder of Refik Anadol Stud...
Why Customers Love Subscription Models ?
[Consumer]
2025/02/14 09:07
About 39 percent of millennials and 31 percent of Gen Z already rely on subscriptions to replenish their regularly used products. While customers benefit from greater value and ease, companies greatly gain as well. Subscription models for products and services are becoming increasingly popular with today’s consumers. Brands like Book of the Month, Blue Apron, and Netflix that curate products a...
The Rise of the Agentic Workforce
[Business]
2025/02/14 09:06
In fact, over the last year, we’ve seen a rapid evolution from AI copilots—tools that simply guide or augment a human—to full-fledged AI agents that can do more tasks autonomously. One common way we’re seeing them commercialized within organizations in the form of AI teammates/ colleagues/ coworkers. These teammates often mirror familiar roles (like an SDR, support rep, or test engineer), a...
