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(Infographic) The Highest Paid CEOs in the S&P 500
[Investing]
2023/09/21 09:07
Many of the world’s most valuable companies are listed on the S&P 500, the benchmark index for the U.S. stock market.For this reason, it is no surprise to see that CEOs of these key companies have multi-million dollar compensation packages. But what do these pay packages comprise? And do these CEOs always receive the compensation they are awarded? Or does it increase and decrease with stoc...
(Video) Active Wind Turbine Control Aims to Cut Bird Deaths by 80%
[Tech]
2023/09/21 09:06
Norwegian researchers say they've found a potential way to cut down the numbers of birds killed by wind turbines.One inconvenient truth for the clean energy industry – and a source of seemingly great concern to the fossil fuel lobby – is the indisputable fact that wind turbines kill birds. Researchers say smarter turbines could dramatically cut the toll.It's hard to ascertain how many birds f...
Sequoia Capital - Bringing Generative AI to Healthcare
[Business]
2023/09/21 09:05
Where startups have traditionally struggled, LLMs have the potential to unlock growth and disruption.Healthcare is a massive market rife with administrative inefficiencies. Of the over $4T in annual spend in the U.S. alone, $300B of that is administrative opex, mostly in repetitive, labor intensive processes. Generative AI is especially well suited to attack the labor costs of this services-hea...
YouTube Announces AI-Powered Creative Guidance In Google Ads
[Business]
2023/09/21 09:04
Find out how creative guidance in Google Ads and other AI-powered features can help advertisers optimize video assets and video ad campaigns.Google Ads has introduced an AI-based feature to optimize video ad campaigns.The tool evaluates ads against specific creative best practices.Early adopters of AI-powered video ad campaigns have seen increase in conversions.In a continued effort to assist a...
Travel-Friendly Clothes Steamer That’s Ultra-portable and Solves The Purpose Like a Pro
[Design]
2023/09/21 09:03
Ironing and steaming clothes is one task I procrastinate more often than not. This is even irksome when I’m traveling and my clothes are less than ideal to wear even though they’ve been ironed to perfection when loaded in the suitcase.This calls for a portable ironing steamer that is not a hassle to carry along during traveling and does the task without much effort. Just like the G2 and G3 by...
(PDF) Bain - Technology Report 2023
[Business]
2023/09/20 09:10
Technology thrives on innovation, and today, the sector is in a period of renewal and reinvention. Tech is healthy, vibrant, and moving forward assertively, driven by strong global demand and broad interest in new technologies.What looked like a slowdown was actually a reset. After the Covid-19 spending bubble, demand slowed, valuations fell, and profitability mattered again. The sector respond...
(Paper) This Shape-Shifting Ball Can Reduce Anxiety by 75%
[Tech]
2023/09/20 09:09
Shape-Changing Biofeedback-Based Ball May Help Improve Mental Health.University of Bath Ph.D. student Alexz Farrall has invented a soft ball that ‘personifies’ breath, expanding and contracting as a person breathes in and exhales. Named the Physical Artefact for Well-being Support (PAWS), the interactive ball is meant to keep users focused and to help them regulate their emotions by giving th...
Apple Wins a Patent for AirPods with Posture Sensors That Automatically Shuts-off Spatial Audio
[Tech]
2023/09/20 09:08
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent that relates to user posture transition detection and classification using a linked biomechanical model. The invention more specifically relates to spatial audio in AirPods. This new system will ensure that spatial audio is enabled when the user is sitting down watching online content and automatically disable spatial audio...
U.S. Dollar Defends Role as Global Currency
[Investing]
2023/09/20 09:07
The de-dollarization of the world economy has been thrust back into the spotlight with the BRICS summit, which took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, in late August. While lacking a spot on the agenda, decreasing the prevalence of the U.S. dollar in trade and financial transactions among the Global South was repeatedly referenced by the world leaders in attendance, for example Brazilian Pres...
