TREND REPORTS
Global Funding And M&A Picked Up In Q2, While AI Funding Mushroomed
[Investing]
2024/07/10 09:09
Global startup funding picked up in the second quarter, reaching $79 billion — rising 16% quarter over quarter and 12% from the $71 billion invested in Q2 2023. Mega-rounds — fundings $100 million and above — accounted for much of the increase this past quarter.Funding to companies in AI more than doubled quarter over quarter to $24 billion — representing 30% of all dollars invested, the la...
Pedigree Adopts AI to Give ‘Glow Ups’ to Shelter Dog Ads
[Business]
2024/07/10 09:08
Adoptable combines proprietary AI with the brand’s global media reach with the aim of drastically shortening adoption times.Pedigree has launched Adoptable, an initiative that combines proprietary AI with the brand’s global reach to create more engaging ads for shelter dogs. Courtesy of Mars, IncorporatedPedigree on Wednesday launched Adoptable, an initiative that combines proprietary artific...
(PDF) How The World Does Digital : A Global Benchmark Of Consumer Digital Transformation
[Investing]
2024/07/10 09:07
High-Income Consumers Shop Online 40% More Than Low-Income. When it comes to retail’s digital transformation, consumers with cash to burn are leading the charge.The 2024 edition of PYMNTS Intelligence’s “How the World Does Digital” report drew from a survey of 67,000 consumers across 11 countries that make up approximately half of the world’s gross domestic product, digging into their digi...
(Paper) A Prosthesis Driven by The Nervous System Helps People with Amputation Walk Naturally
[Tech]
2024/07/10 09:06
A new surgical procedure gives people more neural feedback from their residual limb. With it, seven patients walked more naturally and navigated obstacles.[click to enlarge]Using a new type of surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface, MIT researchers, in collaboration with colleagues from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, have shown that a natural walking gait is achievable using a pros...
(Video) Is This The Tesla Robotaxi Killer ? Meet The 'Verne.'
[Product]
2024/07/10 09:05
The Verne autonomous EV debuts before Tesla's big robotaxi reveal on August 8.Watch out Elon Musk. There’s another robotaxi play in town — and it’s backed by a highly-regarded name in the business of EVs.Electric vehicle tech and hypercar maker Rimac has launched "Verne," an autonomous robotaxi startup named after author Jules Verne, the "father of science fiction." Verne (the startup) debut...
Where Stock Market Is Headed After Wild First Half
[Investing]
2024/07/10 09:04
S&P 500 has posted 31 records in the first six months of 2024. Tech high-flyers have contributed the most to index’s advance.A boom in artificial intelligence fueled a blistering first half for the US stock market, and traders expect to see the same — and more — in the remainder of the year.The S&P 500 Index has climbed 14% since the beginning of January, notching its second-best str...
MOFT Snap Flow Focus Tool Boosts Your Productivity and Creativity
[Product]
2024/07/10 09:03
MOFT Snap Flow, it’s a mini notepad with actual pen and paper to help you focus to finish your task. There moments when we need to organize our lives and some moments to actually take action. Unfortunately, with so many digital tools available to help us organize faster, we often get lost using those tools instead of taking real action and getting things done. Your day can suddenly end with em...
(PDF) BoF : How Brands Can Balance DTC and Wholesale
[Business]
2024/07/09 09:10
Emerging and established labels today are realising they can’t be exclusively DTC or wholesale. What’s essential is to strike the right balance of both. To do that, brands are streamlining retail partners, better curating products for different channels and leveraging the individual strengths of wholesale and DTC to bolster their sales and profits in each.KEY INSIGHTSIn today’s market, brand...
(Video) OREO Turns Milk Barcodes into Scannable Cookies
[Business]
2024/07/09 09:09
How VML and Oreo Reversed a Downward Sales Trajectory—and Then Some. The campaign resulted in 7.3% year-over-year sales growth for the cookie brand.Innovative commerce solution from VMLY&R COMMERCE solidifies OREO Cookies as milk’s favourite cookie. OREO Cookies have been milk and cookie fans’ top choice for over 110 years. And today, in partnership with VMLY&R COMMERCE, Mondelēz In...
