Xiaomi Launches Leica Camera Masquerading as a Smartphone
[Product]
2024/02/23 09:06
The Leica-branded rear bump features four 50-megapixel cameras, one of which features a new Sony LYT-900 1-inch sensor.Xiaomi's latest flagship handset has launched in China ahead of an expected Mobile World Congress appearance in Barcelona next week. The 14 Ultra's headline feature is a Leica main camera with a new Sony 1-inch sensor.The camera tech in the Ultra steals the show here, champione...
(Infographic) The Richest People in the World in 2024
[Investing]
2024/02/23 09:05
Using data from Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List, we provide a snapshot of the richest people in the world as of February 2024. The combined wealth of the 10 richest individuals in the world amounts to $1.44 trillion.The cumulative net worth of the top five richest individuals grew 4% in 2023, to $904.9 billion.Among women, the richest person, L’Oréal’s Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, saw h...
We Talked to the Guy Who Wore a Vision Pro VR Headset at His Wedding
[Tech]
2024/02/23 09:04
Earlier this week, a wildly 2024 photo came across our desk: an image of a young bride standing with her groom, who's donned one of Apple's new Vision Pro headsets for their big day. The groom is notably smiling; the bride, meanwhile, looks a little less than pleased.We had to know more. Did he wear the roughly $3,500 spatial computing headset during the ceremony? Did he dream of one day strapp...
Nendo Designed The Perfect Obsessively Ergonomic Fork for Eating Cup Noodles
[Design]
2024/02/23 09:03
Cup noodles are a popular and quite common meal in Japan, although they are not limited to Japan anymore. They’ve become a quick and fun meal for people all over the world, and I’m no exception. I love a cup of hot and spicy noodles that are ready in a matter of five minutes – I mean how cool and convenient is that?! The right way to eat noodles from a cup is with the help of chopsticks and...
(PDF) Earning Report : Nvidia Surges After AI Boom Shows No Signs of Letting Up
[Investing]
2024/02/22 09:10
Company’s results and forecast trounce Wall Street estimates. Nvidia remains biggest beneficiary of AI spending spree. Nvidia Predicts Sales Gain as AI Reaches 'Tipping Point'.Nvidia Corp. surged in late trading after delivering another eye-popping sales forecast, adding fresh momentum to a stock rally that already made it the world’s most valuable chipmaker.Revenue in the current period will...
The World's First Care Label Remover - LUKE
[Product]
2024/02/22 09:09
Care labels are uncomfortable on the skin. They are itchy. And when they stick out from underneath clothing, they are visible to others. It's no surprise that 60% of individuals choose to remove the care label. Or at least try to. It’s a frustrating effort: what’s left of the label frays or you cut holes into the fabric. This is why we delevoped LUKE. LUKE puts an end to annoying care labels...
BCG - 5 Game-Changing Technologies Nearing Their Tipping Point
[Tech]
2024/02/22 09:08
If necessity is the mother of invention, existential crises tend to be the great accelerators. The urgent need to address climate change, collapsing food systems, the next pandemic, and other global challenges is mobilizing investors, companies, researchers, and governments to speed the development of a raft of once-futuristic technologies with far-reaching business implications.ChatGPT’s arri...
Apple Made an AI Image Tool That Lets You Make Edits by Describing Them
[Tech]
2024/02/22 09:07
MGIE, or MLLM-Guided Image Editing, will crop photos and brighten specific areas of a photo.Apple researchers released a new model that lets users describe in plain language what they want to change in a photo without ever touching photo editing software.The MGIE model, which Apple worked on with the University of California, Santa Barbara, can crop, resize, flip, and add filters to images all...
Apple Captures Top 7 Spots in Global List of Top 10 Best-selling Smartphones
[Product]
2024/02/22 09:06
The combined market share of the top 10 smartphones in 2023 reached the highest ever at 20%, up from 19% in 2022.Apple’s iPhone 14 was the best-selling smartphone of 2023 and the iPhone 15 Pro Max was the best-selling smartphone of Q4 2023.Apple and Samsung were the only brands in the top-10 list.Apple, for the first time, captured the top seven positions in the global list of best-selling sma...