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Would You Let an AI ‘Agent’ Buy Your Next Handbag?
[Tech]
2025/01/09 09:08
The next big thing in AI is agents that can perform complex tasks on a user’s behalf, and companies from Amazon to AI player Perplexity believe they could reshape the way consumers find and buy products online.AI agents are able to perform multi-step tasks autonomously, giving them the ability to conduct research across multiple sites, find products online and even complete checkout.Tech playe...
(CES 2025) Sony XYN VR Headset for Creating 3D Games and Metaverse Applications
[Product]
2025/01/09 09:07
At the ongoing CES 2025, Sony has launched the prototype of an extended reality headset dubbed XYN specifically for creating 3D spatial content. The Japanese consumer Electronics giant briefly previewed their motive to develop the headset at last year’s CES and now the wearable has got better with 4K OLED microdisplays and video passthrough tech.XYN is a comprehensive software and hardware sol...
Startups are Renewing Their Embrace of Tender Offers in 2024
[Investing]
2025/01/09 09:06
The number of new tender offers administered by Carta has now increased in five of the past six quarters. That includes Q3, which saw 26 new tender offers—the highest quarterly total since the boom times of 2022.Two years ago, the entire market for investing in private startups was in a slump. Tender offers were no exception. Between the end of 2021 and the end of 2022, the quarterly count of...
Mercedes Announce 'Groundbreaking' Adidas Deal After Big Brand Switch
[Business]
2025/01/09 09:05
Adidas has announced a multi-year partnership with Mercedes. Adidas takes over from rival brand Puma as the Mercedes F1 team's new clothing partner.The Mercedes F1 team have announced a multi-year partnership with Adidas to become their new clothing partner.The German sportswear brand will enter F1 with Mercedes from the 2025 season, bringing to an end the Silver Arrows’ previous sponsorship d...
(CES 2025) Nékojita FuFu,’Attachable Mini-Robot That Cools Hot Drinks/Food
[Product]
2025/01/09 09:04
Cute robotic tea pet blows on your hot food & drinks so you don't have to.Blowing a fresh breeze into your morning cuppa and the world of robotics is Nekojita FuFu, one of the latest creations by Yukai Engineering that were unveiled at CES 2025. This charming cat-like gadget offers a novel solution to an age-old problem: hot food and drinks that are too warm to enjoy.Drawing on a mix of whi...
Sweden Just Turned The Humble Water Tower Into Art
[Design]
2025/01/09 09:03
The country is swapping out aging water infrastructure with towers that look like sculptures.The Swedish city of Varberg found out the hard way that it needed a new water tower. The local water system sprang a leak, and the city had to tap into its backup water supply, about 525,000 gallons stored in a utilitarian UFO-shaped concrete water tower near the center of town. But the volume of water...
(Video) NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Keynote Speech at CES 2025
[Business]
2025/01/08 09:10
Everything Nvidia announced at CES 2025. Nvidia showed off a lot more than GPUs..At the Nvidia keynote at CES 2025, CEO Jensen Huang didn't waste anytime showing off the new GeForce RTX 50 Series. Huang walked onstage carrying the graphics card to a round of applause.This was the most anticipated moment of the Nvidia event, but not the only big announcement. The AI computing company integral to...
(CES 2025) 19 Must-See Products That Own Our Eyeballs
[Product]
2025/01/08 09:09
CNET's tech experts are swarming the show floor in Las Vegas to bring you the most interesting products and technologies from CES 2025.You can count on CES 2025, one of the world's largest tech shows, to deliver a bevy of products from around the world that range from the far-future of technology to everyday items designed to solve very real problems. This is our evolving collection of highligh...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Getting on Board with Shared Autonomous Mobility
[Business]
2025/01/08 09:08
With technological hurdles falling, shared autonomous vehicles are no longer an experimental curiosity. What needs to happen to accelerate uptake?Shared autonomous vehicles (AVs) now operate in more than ten cities worldwide, including Beijing, Oslo, Phoenix, and San Francisco. More deployments are planned in other regions as AVs with level four capabilities—those that can handle most function...
