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Starbucks and Delta Air Lines Launch Loyalty Partnership
[Business]
2022/10/18 09:07
The worlds of wanderlusters and coffee addicts are merging. Delta Air Lines and Starbucks have paired up to launch a joint loyalty program rewarding miles and ‘Stars’ with every drink you buy. Starbucks and Delta Air Lines have launched a partnership that allows customers to link their Delta SkyMiles and Starbucks Rewards accounts, the companies announced Wednesday.Participating Starbucks cus...
Ubernomics : The Economics of Uber
[Investing]
2022/10/18 09:06
A new proposal from the US Department of Labor could uproot the way the gig economy operates by forcing companies to recognize workers as employees rather than contractors if they meet certain criteria, tackling the current system of ‘misclassification’.This news is a big deal for companies who have come to rely on, and ultimately benefit from, their contractor workforce — shares in Lyft and...
(Video) How to Cook Pasta Consciously with Barilla’s Passive Cooker
[Product]
2022/10/18 09:05
Italian pasta company Barilla is on a mission to make the widely-loved comfort food be a little more sustainable in the kitchen, with a brand new device that reduces active cooking time and saves energy.The revolutionary, open source Passive Cooker is designed by the brand to be simply clipped onto a cooking pot lid where it can sync up to your smartphone to start the process. Once it detects b...
2022's High Growth Economies
[Investing]
2022/10/18 09:04
India's GDP grew by 4.1 percent in the first three months of 2022, slightly truncating annual growth in 2021-22 to 8.7 percent due to Omicron restrictions putting a damper on economic activity in this last quarter of the Indian fiscal year. In Q1 of the new fiscal year (April to June), growth was back to 13.5 percent.Looking at the big picture, Indian GDP growth is also still doing quite well o...
This 3D-Printed Humidifier Doesn’t Use Any Electricity
[Product]
2022/10/18 09:03
Inspired by the way trees work, this clay humidifier brings comfort with no power consumption, all thanks to some clever 3D printing.Here’s a clever device that is both deceptively simple and surprisingly effective: a humidifier made of clay, inspired by the way trees absorb and evaporate water, that works without any external power whatsoever. Just physics. And 3D printing.The device—called...
(PDF) State of AI Report 2022
[Business]
2022/10/17 09:10
The State of AI Report analyses the most interesting developments in AI. We aim to trigger an informed conversation about the state of AI and its implication for the future. The Report is produced by AI investors Nathan Benaich and Ian Hogarth. Now in its fifth year, the State of AI Report 2022 is reviewed by leading AI practioners in industry and research. It considers the following key dimens...
(Video) Haleon & Microsoft Seeing AI Collaboration
[Tech]
2022/10/17 09:10
For Marc Powell, a seemingly simple trip to the store to buy medication or other consumer health products is often an onerous, complicated undertaking.Powell, who is blind, usually must ask a store employee to help find what he needs and then read the information on the packaging to him, which can feel intrusive. At home he’ll ask his partner, who has partial sight, for help, but the print is...
The World's Largest Luxury Company - LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton)
[Business]
2022/10/17 09:10
With geopolitical turmoil, soaring inflation and sinking stock markets, you might not imagine the current economic landscape would make the best backdrop for luxury goods spending sprees. LVMH’s latest results, however, strongly suggest otherwise.Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) reported on Tuesday that its sales had jumped 28% in the first 9 months of 2022, a remarkable growth rate on a ye...
(Paper) 4D Printing of Shape Memory Polymers : From Macro to Micro
[Tech]
2022/10/17 09:10
Smart polymers with “life-like” properties: due to dynamic chemical bonds the micrometric 3D structures can grow eight-fold in just a few hours and harden. Scale: 20 micrometers (µm). Credit: Christoph Spiegel (Heidelberg University). Although just cute little creatures at first glance, the microscopic geckos and octopuses fabricated by 3D laser printing in the molecular engineering labs at...
InVintory Raised $1.5M for An App for Wine Collectors
[Investing]
2022/10/17 09:10
InVintory, a New York-based provider of a wine cellaring platform, raised $1.5M in funding.The round was led by JJ Redick and Josh Hart.The company intends to use the funds to invest in product development and growth. The team plans to add features to both its free and subscription tiers, and is also working on a new product for collectors with larger home cellars to manage all aspects of their...
(Infographic) Visualizing 40 Years of U.S. Interest Rates
[Investing]
2022/10/17 09:10
In just six months, the Federal Reserve has hiked interest rates by 300 basis points in one of the fastest rate increases in decades. By the end of 2023, rates could rise to 4.50-4.75%.Yet in spite of these increases, rates still fall below historical averages.In Part 1 of our Seizing Capital Opportunities series from Citizens, we show interest rate trends over modern history, and the implicati...
Damien Hirst Just Burned 1,000 of His Paintings and Will Soon Burn Thousands More
[Design]
2022/10/17 09:10
A painting of multicolored dots by artist Damien Hirst burns at the Newport Street Gallery in London on Tuesday as part of his project "The Currency." For it, he released a collection of 10,000 NFTs, each one corresponding to a physical artwork. Buyers could either keep the non-fungible token, in which case the painting would be burned, or keep the painting, in which case they would lose the NF...
