TREND REPORTS
The World's Most Liveable Cities
[Consumer]
2024/07/11 09:05
Each year, The Economist publishes a ranking of the cities with the best living conditions. In 2024, the Liveability Index saw slight improvements, despite geopolitical conflicts, civil unrest and housing crises. This is partly due to advances in healthcare and education in a number of cities in developing markets. As the following chart shows, Vienna has been crowned as the world’s most livea...
The Future of The Tech Office is Taking Shape in Asia - Tencent Helix
[Design]
2024/07/11 09:04
Out with the gimmicks and in with good design.Over the last quarter century, the tech company office has become its own sub-genre of architecture. It’s the type of building that, whether through hubris or extreme wealth, eschews the buttoned-up standards of conventional offices. There are bright colors, playful work settings, plentiful social areas, and an abundance of extracurricular activiti...
(Infographic) A Compendium of the Most Iconic Artificial Intelligence From Fiction
[Business]
2024/07/11 09:03
AI is all over the headlines these days. Seems like not long ago at all when artificial intelligence was a thing of fiction.There is a long history of science fiction featuring the benefits of consequences of introducing AI to a future society. Now that the future is here, this fascinating compendium from AIPRM gives us a look at the ways we’ve imagined AI over the decades.The first AI charact...
(Patent) A New Apple Patent Describes Smart Gestures and AI Being Used in a Future Apple Watch
[Tech]
2024/07/10 09:10
At the Apple WWDC24 event introduced Apple Intelligence, Apple's version of AI. While the focus of the event was about all things related to AI coming to iOS 18, a new Apple patent published on June 20 revealed that Apple Intelligence is coming to Apple Watch.The patent specifically states: "In some embodiments, the smart gesture may be identified without the use of a personal electronic device...
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...
