TREND REPORTS
Cognito Therapeutics Raises $73M Series B to Advance Neurotechnology Platform for Alzheimer’s Disease
[Investing]
2023/03/23 09:05
The series B funding will support a pivotal study of Cognito Therapeutics' neuromodulation technology. Enrollment in the study, in which 400 Alzheimer’s patients across the U.S. will use the headset every day for a year, began last month.Riding high on early clinical trial results showing that its neuromodulation headset can improve memory and cognition and slow the deterioration of white matt...
Abu Dhabi Seeks to Make Waves with First Major Art Biennial
[Design]
2023/03/23 09:03
The first "direct commission" unveiled by Public Art Abu Dhabi is a multimedia crashing wave display by the Seoul-based collective d’strict.Abu Dhabi is the latest city aiming to put itself on the contemporary art map with the launch of a new biennial next year centred on public art. The new biennial—known as the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial—is a key strand of an umbrella initiative (Public...
(PDF) Unity Technologies’ 2023 Gaming Report
[Business]
2023/03/22 09:10
These are some of the non-intuitive results from Unity Technologies’ 2023 gaming report, an annual look at the state of gaming and game development released ahead of next week’s Game Developers Conference.Gathering feedback from more than 230,000 Unity creators and ads data spanning almost twice that number, the report contains insights into the trends that experts on the ground believe will...
IKEA is Using Drones to Measure Inventory in Its Stores
[Tech]
2023/03/22 09:09
In the wee hours, a crew of blue and yellow-clad robotics awakes and gets to work, combing warehouses to ensure every unit is accounted for. No, this is not the plot for a dystopian remake of Night at the Museum. It’s IKEA’s reality, and it’s looking pretty bright.In an announcement, the furniture giant says it has employed its 100th autonomous drone to fly in IKEA stores and track inventory...
OpenAI : ChatGPT Could Disrupt 19% of US Jobs
[Consumer]
2023/03/22 09:08
Researchers examine how OpenAI's GPT technology could affect the workforce, and find 'the influence spans all wage levels, with higher-income jobs potentially facing greater exposure.'Will OpenAI's ChatGPT replace your job? A new study from the company estimates that AI-powered chat technologies could seriously affect 19% of the jobs in the US.The AI-powered ChatGPT chatbot is powerful enough t...
Apple Reportedly Testing Next-gen ‘Bobcat’ Language Generation for Siri
[Tech]
2023/03/22 09:07
The test code uncovered in the latest tvOS beta is limited but could expand to other devices and capabilities in the future.It seems as though everyone but Apple is jumping on the AI bandwagon, but according to a report, that might not be the case for very long. As uncovered by 9to5Mac in the tvOS 16.4 beta, Apple is testing new language generation AI capabilities for Siri. The technology, code...
The World’s Happiest Countries in 2023
[Consumer]
2023/03/22 09:06
Measuring subjective ideas like happiness and life satisfaction is tricky business.[click to enlarge]Are wealth and prosperity legitimate measures of happiness? How about safety and health outcomes? In the West, we view democracy as a key component to happiness, yet there are countries under authoritarian rule that score high in the Happiness Index. Questions like these make “ranking happiness...
(Video) New ‘Digit’ Robot Comes With Head, Hands To Better Partner Humans At Work
[Tech]
2023/03/22 09:05
Agility Robotics recently unveiled the latest iteration of its ‘Digit’ robot, a bipedal assistant designed to help human workers with logistics operations such as in warehouses or distribution centers.This time, the updated android comes with a significant change: a head. According to the company, the robot was equipped with a noggin and eyes to “improve human-robot interaction.”Unlike regu...
(Video) Timekettle WT2 Edge Earbuds Instantly Translates Over 110 Languages
[Product]
2023/03/22 09:04
After its successful crowdfunding campaign in 2021, Timekettle’s highly anticipated instant translation earbuds, WT2 Edge, were revealed to international users at CES 2023. Equipped with HybridComm™, the innovative technology accelerates speech interpretation to enable cross-language dialogue in style, overcoming the limitations of handheld translators. The sleek, white-bodied design is minim...
