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(PDF) Mckinsey - Consumer Goods : A Changing Landscape for Successful M&A
[Investing]
2024/03/11 09:08
Buffeted by economic trends, consumer goods companies have diversified their M&A strategies, with winners balancing growth and margin expansion. Success ahead requires integration tailored to each deal’s thesis.Over the past decade, programmatic mergers and acquisitions—in which companies execute a series of smaller deals based on a specific business case—have consistently generated more...
(Paper) AI Face-Checking App to Size Up Depression - MoodCapture
[Tech]
2024/03/11 09:07
The MoodCapture app could allow people with major depressive disorder to maintain control of their condition.When someone is suffering from major depression, objectively self-gauging the severity of their condition can be challenging. Well, within just a few years, an artificially intelligent face-analyzing smartphone app may tell such folks how they're holding up.Currently being developed by a...
JPMorgan Says Its AI Cash Flow Software Cut Human Work By Almost 90%
[Investing]
2024/03/11 09:06
JPMorgan set a goal to generate $1.5 billion in business value with AI in 2023.The company launched a free cashflow intelligence AI tool for its corporate clients that impacted manual work at some firms.JPMorgan's analytics and insights solutions page mentions the tool as "an intuitive AI interface."JPMorgan launched a free Cash Flow Intelligence AI tool last year for its corporate customers, a...
China’s Luxury Market Set For Modest Growth In 2024
[Business]
2024/03/11 09:05
According to the latest “China Luxury Report” by Bain & Company, China’s luxury market is poised for modest growth this year after a commendable 12% year-on-year increase in 2023. Looking ahead to the end of the decade, Bain estimates that Chinese consumers will represent between 35% and 40% of the global total.This potential growth is underpinned by a surge in retail sales and tourism r...
This Electric Delivery Scooter’s Batteries Can be Automatically Changed by Robots
[Design]
2024/03/11 09:04
Electric vehicles are increasingly becoming preferred over gas-driven vehicles, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that EVs still have two psychological barriers they need to overcome – range anxiety, and long charging periods. Even with supercharging networks, you still need to wait multiple minutes to boost your batteries as compared to a gas station where you’ve filled your tank in...
(Paper) Lab-spun Sponges Form Perfect Scaffolds for Growing Skin Cells to Heal Wounds
[Tech]
2024/03/11 09:03
A new technique for electrospinning sponges has allowed scientists from the University of Surrey to directly produce 3D scaffolds—on which skin grafts could be grown from the patient's own skin.Electrospinning is a technique that electrifies droplets of liquid to form fibers from plastics. Previously, scientists had only been able to make 2D films. This is the first time anybody has electro-sp...
(Patent) Samsung’s Rollable Phones Will Be Able To Measure Air Quality
[Tech]
2024/03/08 09:10
Your phone is an absolute jungle of sensors – it can measure temperature changes, pressure changes, touch input, voice input, environment brightness, gyroscopic tilt, movement, among quite a few other things… and now Samsung wants it to measure the air quality around you too. It might seem odd at first (I felt so too), but this feature ties in with the broader approach at making your phone or...
(PDF) BCG - Shaping The Future of 6G
[Business]
2024/03/08 09:09
Next-generation technology could spark innovation, attract investment, grow adoption, and revitalize telecommunications. But to fully benefit from 6G, the industry must overcome legacy challenges.The telecommunications industry’s investments in disruptive wireless technologies over the past few decades have radically reshaped people’s daily lives, enabled the creation of massive new businesse...
(Video) Qatar Airways Readies Gen AI Agent Sama to Help Book Travel
[Business]
2024/03/08 09:08
Metaverse cabin crew Sama 2.0 lets customers experience in-flight entertainment, leading to more sales.[Sama 2.0 is a more humanlike AI digital entity, complete with expressions and simulated breathing.Qatar Airways]Qatar Airways is giving its digital cabin crew, Sama, a generative artificial intelligence makeover to improve its customer service experience and ultimately drive sales.Developed i...
