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(PDF) BCG - Global Payments Report 2023
[Business]
2023/09/18 09:10
The payments industry has come a long way over the past decade—and in myriad directions! Consumers and companies have shifted from cash to a burgeoning array of electronic payments. Journeys have expanded from transactions to an integrated array of solutions and value-added services. Payments have become more accessible, with innovations such as digital wallets, QR codes, and mobile money acce...
(Video) Airless Bike Tires Made with NASA Technology are Now On Sale - SMART METL
[Product]
2023/09/18 09:09
The METL tire is made from a shape memory alloy, making it elastic like rubber yet strong like titanium.The much-hyped airless tire technology developed by NASA for its rovers, later commercialized for terrestrial use by The SMART Tire Company (STC), is now available for sale. According to a Kickstarter campaign, the SMART METL tires designed for bikes have minimal rolling resistance (less labo...
(Paper) AI-Equipped Eyeglasses Can Read Silent Speech - EchoSpeech
[Tech]
2023/09/18 09:08
Speakers, microphones, and AI allow you to control electronics just by mouthing commands.Cornell researchers have created a new kind of wearable device that can read your lips, even if you’re not speaking aloud — and even though it doesn’t have a camera.Equipped with sonar and AI, this pair of fairly normal looking glasses becomes capable of recognizing lip and mouth movements to execute up...
(Infographic) iPhone or Apple Stock Investment ?
[Investing]
2023/09/18 09:07
How much money you’d have if you bought Apple stock instead of the latest iPhone.Is buying the new iPhone worth it? It depends on what else you’d do with the money. If the alternative is losing it at a casino, then buying the newest iPhone is almost certainly a better purchase. If you’d otherwise save or invest the money, the picture could look quite different.We analyzed one alternative to...
Samsung Adds Iconic Artwork from The Met to Its Frame TV Collection
[Product]
2023/09/18 09:06
Nearly 40 pieces from New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art are now available for Samsung Frame TV users.Samsung is expanding the art collection on its Frame televisions and this time it includes the addition of some New York flair.Thanks to a partnership between the two, starting today, 38 pieces from New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art are being added to the lineup of artwork avai...
How Long Does it Take Unicorns to Exit ?
[Investing]
2023/09/18 09:05
For most unicorns—startups with a $1 billion valuation or more—it can take years to see a liquidity event.Take Twitter, which went public seven years after its 2006 founding. Or Uber, which had an IPO after a decade of operation in 2019. After all, companies first have to succeed and build up their valuation in order to not go bankrupt or dissolve. Few are able to succeed and capitalize in a...
Generate:Biomedicines Announces Close of $273M to Advance Its Generative AI Pipeline of Preclinical and Clinical Protein Therapeutics
[Investing]
2023/09/18 09:04
Funding will advance pipeline of 17 existing programs and approximately 10 new starts annually. Company has raised nearly $700 million in equity financing since 2020.Generate:Biomedicines, a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company pioneering a machine-learning-powered generative biology platform, today announced that it has raised $273 million in Series C financing. This financing round attracte...
(Video) World’s Most Remote Robot Automates Amazon Reforestation Project
[Tech]
2023/09/18 09:03
Pilot project between ABB Robotics and non-profit organization Junglekeepers demonstrates potential of robotics and cloud technology in reversing deforestation.A pilot project between ABB Robotics and US non-profit organization Junglekeepers is demonstrating the role cloud technology can play in making reforestation faster, more efficient and scalable.ABB Robotics is supporting Junglekeepers in...
(PDF) BCG - Making Flexible Working Models Work
[Consumer]
2023/09/15 09:10
The pandemic broadened the aperture on flexibility, unlocking unprecedented shifts in where, when, and how we work. For a significant subset of employees—largely those who are office-based and whose work can be done anywhere with a laptop and the internet—flexibility became standard practice. Moreover, it has become an expectation that workers have of their employers: an expectation that is c...
