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(PDF) Mckinsey - The Potential Impact of Reusable Packaging
[Business]
2023/04/17 09:09
Renewed interest in reusable packaging is gathering momentum. However, the concept is complex, and stakeholders should understand the impact of cost and environmental factors.The concept of reusable packaging is not new. Over the past century, reusability systems were in place for commodities such as milk and wine, among others. Today, as industries around the world aim to reduce their carbon e...
Google Devising Radical Search Changes to Beat Back A.I. Rivals
[Business]
2023/04/17 09:08
The tech giant is sprinting to protect its core business with a flurry of projects, including updates to its search engine and plans for an all-new one.Google’s employees were shocked when they learned in March that the South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung was considering replacing Google with Microsoft’s Bing as the default search engine on its devices.For years, Bing had been a s...
Elon Musk Creates New Artificial Intelligence Company X.AI
[Business]
2023/04/17 09:07
Elon Musk founds new AI company called X.AI. The company was incorporated in Nevada.Elon Musk has created a new company dedicated to artificial intelligence — and it’s called X.AI, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The company, which a Nevada filing indicates was incorporated last month, currently has Musk as its director and Jared Birchall, the director of Musk’s family office,...
Infogrid Raises $90M for Its AI-Driven Building Monitoring Tech
[Investing]
2023/04/17 09:06
Infogrid, a startup that uses AI to collect and analyze data on things like air quality, occupancy and energy consumption, today announced that it raised $90 million in a Series B round led by Northzone. William Cowell de Gruchy, Infogrid’s CEO, says that the cash will be put toward product development, strategic hires and customer acquisition efforts.“Now was the time to raise the capital an...
ChatGPT Could Replace Telemarketers, Teachers and Traders
[Consumer]
2023/04/17 09:05
Here’s why that is no bad thing.After decades of blue-collar jobs being snatched up by machines, advanced chatbots are now breathing down white collars. “Generative” artificial-intelligence (ai) tools, such as ChatGPT, have made significant progress in crafting human-sounding language and grasping context. So much so that they have leapfrogged humans in some tasks. This could make as many as...
Open Architecture Unveils Plans for a Riverside Chinese Theatre
[Design]
2023/04/17 09:04
Open Architecture recently unveiled the stunning visuals for the Yichang Grand Theatre in China. Occupying almost 70,000 square meters, the theatre will be built at the Pinghu Peninsula in Hubei Province. The theater is located at the sight where the Yangtze River meets the Huangbai River tributary – making it an idyllic and unique location. The theatre will have quite an ambiguous and amorpho...
Skier Eileen Gu On Her Superstar Status, Ambassadorships And Secrets To Hyper Efficiency
[Business]
2023/04/17 09:03
The Gen Z sports icon speaks to Jing Daily at Watches and Wonders in Geneva about balancing classes and competitions and using her platform responsibly.Olympic gold medalist Eileen Gu has transfixed the sports, luxury and fashion worlds. Known as Gu Ailing in China, the California-born superstar has excelled in professional freestyle skiing, the half pipe, slope style and big air events, making...
(PDF) Bain - How Engine 2 Expansion Can Power the Future of Retail
[Business]
2023/04/14 09:10
With limited growth in traditional buying and selling, retailers need new revenue and profit streams.Growth is becoming more elusive in core retailing activities, to the extent that, by 2030, half of industry profits could come from nontraditional sources such as marketplaces, advertising, and financial services.Retailers can seize the opportunities that lie “beyond trade” by launching Engine...
High Fashion Tea : Prada Caffè Opens at Harrods
[Design]
2023/04/14 09:09
Patrons at Harrods London can now take a literal step inside the luxurious world of Prada, as the Italian label recently opened the doors to its café, offering customers an experience filled with the brand’s iconic visual hallmarks—ranging from the interior decor to the menu and tableware. Within Prada Caffè, one will immediately notice how all of the walls, ceilings, and velvet-upholstered...
