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(CES 2023) Withings U-Scan Wants You to Pee on Its Latest Device
[Tech]
2023/01/05 09:07
The U-Scan is a noninvasive device that you stick in your toilet to monitor metabolic and reproductive health.The U-Scan is a noninvasive urinalysis test that you stick in your toilet. Image: WithingsWithings is generally known for its sleek smartwatches, but it also shows up at CES each year with ambitious health gadgets. Last year, it was a smart scale that could also take EKGs and segmented...
(Infographic) The World’s Wealthiest Cities, by Number of Millionaires
[Consumer]
2023/01/05 09:06
How many millionaires, centimillionaires, and billionaires live in the world’s wealthiest cities?While such metrics are not all encompassing, these measurements of private wealth do help put the financial health and economic activity of some of the world’s wealthiest cities in perspective.This infographic uses information from the Henley Global Citizens Report, in partnership with New World W...
Pressure on Google as Microsoft Plans to Add ChatGPT to Bing
[Tech]
2023/01/05 09:05
While it may sound intriguing, there are a number of “buts” around the news, first reported by The Information, that Microsoft is planning to add OpenAI’s generative AI-powered ChatGPT to its Bing search engine rather than just showing link results.The new feature, with an eye toward more full-sentence answers to queries, could reportedly launch by the end of March. Google still fields vast...
Automotus Raises $9M to Scale Automated Curb Management Tech
[Investing]
2023/01/05 09:04
The new mobility landscape has made curb space in cities a hot commodity. No longer are curbs just for buses, taxis, deliveries and parking. Now those traditional use cases have to contend with bike lanes, ride-hail, same-day deliveries, dockless vehicles and more. As a result, cities and investors are starting to prioritize software that helps manage curb space.Enter Automotus, a four-year-old...
(Video) ASUS Spatial Vision Offers Creators a Glasses-Free 3D Experience
[Tech]
2023/01/05 09:03
3D graphics are becoming key elements in many of today’s multimedia experiences, from games to movies to mixed reality. Of course, these realistic-looking images don’t just pop out of thin air and require someone to take the painstaking work to craft them. Despite their 3D designs, the tools that artists and designers use are all stuck in the flat 2D world. Limitations in technologies and har...
(PDF) Goldman Sachs - Macro Outlook 2023 : This Cycle Is Different
[Investing]
2023/01/04 09:10
Global growth slowed through 2022 on a diminishing reopening boost, fiscal and monetary tightening, China’s Covid restrictions and property slump, and the Russia-Ukraine war. We expect global growth of just 1.8% in 2023, as US resilience contrasts with a European recession and a bumpy reopening in China.The US should narrowly avoid recession as core PCE inflation slows from 5% now to 3% in lat...
(CES 2023) Kohler Wants to ‘Infuse’ Your Shower Water with Aromas
[Product]
2023/01/04 09:09
Kohler unveiled what it believes to be the ‘future of bathing’ at this year’s CES – a shower infusion system that relaxes and rejuvenates you as you bathe. The way Kohler does this is simple – the Sprig Shower Infusion System includes a device that can be attached to any showerhead, which lets you add ‘Sprig Shower Pods’. Unlike your Nespresso, these pods don’t turn shower water into co...
(M&A) Meta Acquires Luxexcel, A Smart Eyewear Company
[Investing]
2023/01/04 09:08
As Meta faces antitrust scrutiny over its acquisition of VR fitness developers Within, the tech giant is making another acquisition. Meta confirmed to TechCrunch that it is purchasing Luxexcel, a smart eyewear company headquartered in the Netherlands. The terms of the deal, which was first reported in the Belgian paper De Tijd, have not been disclosed.Founded in 2009, Luxexcel uses 3D printing...
Amplifica Raises $11.8M to Help Bald People Regrow Hair
[Investing]
2023/01/04 09:07
Amplifica Holdings Group, Inc. ("Amplifica"), a privately-held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company announced it successfully closed an $11.8 million Series A Preferred Stock financing. The company intends to use the funds to advance the development of its proprietary compounds for the treatment of androgenic alopecia (hair loss) in both male and female patients."The investor participation...
(PDF) Mckinsey - 8 Tech Highlights from 2022
[Business]
2023/01/04 09:06
Here’s a look back at some of the important technology story lines from the year that was.From metaverse mania to eye-popping breakthroughs in generative AI, it has been quite a year for technology. We present some of the stories that helped shape the last twelve months, as told through eight charts—with a smattering of insights to go along with them.A tipping point for AI?At first glance, ou...
Top 10 Reasons Why Metaverse Would Fail Miserably in 2023
[Business]
2023/01/04 09:05
Metaverse touted to be the next inflection point in the digital world, is at its cross-roads. Touted as Web 3.0 with a promise of virtual reality experience as the main proposition, is now struggling to stop from falling. And this is before it could even begin. Ever since its stocks were featured it had lost nearly $18 billion on the Reality Labs segment on revenue of just over $4 billion. For...
(Video) ThinkOrbital Designing Platform for In-Space Manufacturing, Debris Removal
[Tech]
2023/01/04 09:04
ThinkOrbital, a space infrastructure startup, is designing an orbital platform aimed at commercial businesses, military and government agencies that want to manufacture products in orbit or recycle debris.The Lafayette, Colorado-based company last year lost out in NASA’s competition to develop commercial space station concepts and is now working on a new product that it believes is more viable...
