Former U.S. president Donald Trump posing with Black voters, President Joe Biden discouraging people from voting via telephone or the Pope in a puffy white jacket: Deepfakes of videos, photos and audio recordings have become widespread on various internet platforms, aided by the technological advances of large language models like Midjourney, Google's Gemini or OpenAI's ChatGPT.With the right p...

The LATTE3D model rapidly transforms text prompts into high-quality 3D shapes that could help populate virtual worlds. NVIDIA researchers have pumped a double shot of acceleration into their latest text-to-3D generative AI model, dubbed LATTE3D.Like a virtual 3D printer, LATTE3D turns text prompts into 3D representations of objects and animals within a second.Crafted in a popular format used fo...

Space exploration continues to capture our imagination, and the world of watches is no exception. Swatch’s latest collaboration with Omega, the Bioceramic MoonSwatch Mission To The Moonphase, takes inspiration from the cosmos, offering a unique and playful twist on a classic timepiece.The all-white aesthetic evokes the brilliance of a full moon. But the real innovation lies in the combination...

Some of the world’s ultra-wealthy spend their money on luxury goods such as fine wines, expensive watches, or one-of-a-kind art pieces as a passion, but others consider them investments—and their returns do often end up paying off.We dive into the 10-year performance of various luxury good classes as of Q4 2023, according to the Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index released as part of the 202...

In Feng Shui, the lucky cat, also known as the maneki-neko or fortune cat, is a Japanese figurine that represents good luck, wealth, and prosperity. The figurine depicts a cat, usually a calico Japanese Bobtail, with a raised paw in a beckoning gesture. LEGO builder ‘2PPL’ decided to give this cultural icon its own brick build. Meet the LEGO Ideas Maneki Neko, an adorable sitting cat that wav...

We visualize every billion-dollar startup around the globe and profile the fastest-growing unicorn markets.The venture market looks wildly different than it did in 2021, when VC FOMO drove startup valuations — and subsequently, the number of billion-dollar unicorns — through the roof. That year, a new unicorn was born every 16 hours.The days of fairy-tale valuations are long gone. Last year s...

An AI model trained on data from Premier League matches can help football coaches devise tactics for attacking or defending corner kicks.An artificial intelligence model can predict the outcome of corner kicks in football matches and help coaches design tactics that increase or decrease the probability of a player taking a shot at goal.Petar Veličković at Google DeepMind and his colleagues de...

Our medtech predictions for the year ahead were inspired by conversations with more than 200 industry leaders and informed by McKinsey’s latest decade-ahead medtech report.The medtech industry posted an uneven year in 2023. Among the reasons for celebration were expectation-beating revenue growth, a record number of novel-product approvals, and a spate of divestitures that helped companies ref...

Loviisan Lämpö Invests in Polar Night Energy's Sand Battery in Pornainen – Towards Non-Combustion Heat Production.Polar Night Energy and Loviisan Lämpö have agreed on the construction of an industrial-scale thermal energy storage. The new 1 MW Sand Battery will be built in Pornainen, integrating with Loviisan Lämpö's district heating network. The thermal energy storage medium will be cru...