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The World’s First Plant-Based Fried Egg - Yo! Egg
[Product]
2023/02/14 09:07
Vegan company Yo! Egg has claimed that it has created the world’s first plant-based poached and fried eggs. Containing 0% cholesterol, the eggs are concocted out of a blend of plant-based proteins, sunflower oil, water and flour.After launching in Israel in 2019, the company is now rolling out its faux eggs in the United States, debuting first at the National Restaurant Association Show at the...
The Global Decline in Consumer Confidence
[Consumer]
2023/02/14 09:06
This graphic by Gilbert Fontana uses OECD data from 2019‒2022 to chart the rise and fall of consumer confidence in nine major economies.What is Consumer Confidence?Measured at a base value of 100, the Consumer Confidence Index takes consumers’ expectations and sentiments about their financial futures into account to indicate household consumption and saving patterns in the future.An indicator...
Two-Year-Old Zeekr Raises $750M at $13B Valuation
[Investing]
2023/02/14 09:05
Zeekr, the luxury electric vehicle brand of China’s largest private carmaker Geely, announced Monday that investors have committed to investing $750 million in its Series A funding round. Its post-money valuation has shot up to $13 billion.The news comes just two months after Zeekr said it had confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the U.S. At the time, Reuters reported that th...
Modular Laptop Concept Combines 3 Computers in a More Ergonomic Design
[Design]
2023/02/14 09:04
Unless you are a PC gamer, you are more likely to reach for a laptop rather than a desktop. That might not even be completely true, given how many gaming laptops have been popping up every year. While laptops today offer powerful computing that you can literally carry around, it often comes at the expense of your comfort and your body’s health. Laptops are the least ergonomic computer designs...
(Infographic) Top 10 Most Littered Plastic Items in the U.S.
[Consumer]
2023/02/14 09:03
Hailed as a miracle material when it first appeared, plastic has taken us to the moon, revolutionized medicine, and helped make computers and cellphones possible.But plastic has a darker side. The world generates over 350 million tons of plastic waste every year, and over one-fifth of that is mismanaged. As a result, plastic waste can now be found everywhere on Earth, from the highest peaks to...
(PDF) What Americans Think About ChatGPT and AI-Generated Text
[Consumer]
2023/02/13 09:10
Are you familiar with ChatGPT? According to a recent poll by YouGov, a little less than half of Americans (46%) have heard at least something about OpenAI's new AI-text-generating program, and just 6% have used it. As with many new technologies, AI-based text generation evokes mixed opinions on how it will affect society, according to recent polling by YouGov — though more Americans see negati...
(Paper) Carnegie Mellon's AI-Powered FRIDA Robot Collaborates with Humans To Create Art
[Tech]
2023/02/13 09:09
FRIDA, a robotic arm with a paintbrush taped to it, uses artificial intelligence to collaborate with humans on works of art. Ask FRIDA to paint a picture, and it gets to work putting brush to canvas."There's this one painting of a frog ballerina that I think turned out really nicely," said Peter Schaldenbrand, a School of Computer Science Ph.D. student in the Robotics Institute working with FRI...
Fable Food Lands Series A of $8.5M for Its Mushroom-Based Meat Alternatives
[Investing]
2023/02/13 09:08
Fable Food, an Australian startup that makes plant-based meat out of mushrooms, announced its latest funding round, a Series A of $8.5 million led by Singaporean venture firm K3. Other participants included Greg Creed, former global CEO of Yum! Brands, the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, and Peter Singer, a Princeton professor and well-known animal rights activist and SaladStop!...
Google Maps 'Immersive View' Lets You Visit Places Recreated in 3D
[Tech]
2023/02/13 09:07
The feature gives you a simulated bird's-eye view of a city from various angles and lets you peek inside shops and restaurants.Google Maps can already give you satellite and street views across a location, but now the app is taking things further by recreating several major cities as explorable 3D simulations. The feature is called “Immersive view” and Google introduced it on Wednesday during...
