TREND REPORTS
Subscription Clothing Company Stitch Fix is Struggling
[Investing]
2023/01/09 09:05
Online personal stylist Stitch Fix is cutting 20% of its workforce and parting ways with CEO Elizabeth Spaulding, after sales slowed and shares shed more than half their value last year.Always on-trend, Stitch Fix is now following in the footsteps of giants like Disney and Starbucks by electing former CEO Katrina Lake, who founded the company, to step back up to the top job.Lake founded Stitch...
(CES 2023) Panasonic’s Portable Nanoe X Air Purifier Filters Odors and Pollutants
[Product]
2023/01/09 09:04
The small device can fit in most cup holders.Put away the Little Trees air freshener, Panasonic has a more advanced solution the next time you want to make your car smell its best. At this year’s CES, the company showed off a portable air purifier that can fit in the cupholder of nearly any car, and filter out odors and even some pathogenic viruses and bacteria. The device uses Panasonic’s Na...
Airbus Looks to Run Full-Size Airliners on Liquid Hydrogen by 2035
[Tech]
2023/01/09 09:03
Liquid hydrogen, gasified then run through a fuel cell, will provide electric power for a new generation of zero-emissions airliners.Airbus says it's on track to have a fully operational megawatt-class electric powertrain, fueled by cryogenic liquid hydrogen, tested in flight by 2026, ahead of a full-scale zero-emissions passenger airliner it plans to put into service by 2035.These cutting-edge...
(CES 2023) BMW Unveils 'i Vision Dee' Concept Car that Can Change Colors in Seconds
[Tech]
2023/01/06 09:10
It comes with a new feature called ‘phygital touchpoints,’ the Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW revealed at CES 2023.Picture a car with color-changing skin, one that is capable of displaying up to 32 different colors, and can create a digital avatar profile that can take up the side window. It comprises a slider to adjust the range of digital assistance and is replete with 'winking'...
(CES 2023) L’Oréal Unveiled 'Brow Magic', Uses AR to Print Up The Perfect Eyebrow Look in Seconds
[Product]
2023/01/06 09:09
During CES 2023, L’Oréal Groupe unveiled Brow Magic, the first at-home electronic eyebrow makeup applicator that provides users with customized brow looks in a matter of seconds. Powered by augmented reality (AR), the product specifically introduces the act of printing to the world of cosmetics, offering technological precision typically found in other procedures like microblading. The brand...
(PDF) Mckinsey - New EV Entrants Disrupt Europe’s Automotive Market
[Business]
2023/01/06 09:08
Asian EV players are entering Europe at high speed, with widely different strategies—and consumers are interested.It’s all over the news: new Asian electric-vehicle (EV) OEMs are entering the European market in unprecedented numbers. Many have already established footholds in European countries and are planning their expansion (for example, NIO had already hired more than 700 employees in Eur...
(M&A) ChatGPT Creator OpenAI Discussing Offer Valuing Company At $29 Billion
[Investing]
2023/01/06 09:07
Deal with venture capitalists would mark bright spot for troubled technology sector.ChatGPT, the bot that upended artificial intelligence (AI) upon its release two months ago, is happy to answer just about any question — except how much it's worth."I'm sorry, but I don't have information about the value or worth of ChatGPT or any other specific language model," it responded when posed that ver...
Apple Launches AI-Powered Book Narrations
[Tech]
2023/01/06 09:06
At a time when there is a lot of debate going on around ChatGPT and generative AI potentially eating up jobs, Apple has launched AI-powered audio narration for select titles on Apple Books. On its website for authors, the company says that this feature will help independent authors who might not be able to convert their titles to audiobooks because of “the cost and complexity of production.”C...
Avatar Shows Up Late to Take the 2022 Box Office Crown
[Business]
2023/01/06 09:05
Following up on the highest-grossing movie of all time was always going to be a difficult task. Doing so under difficult circumstances in a post-pandemic world makes it even more daunting. Multiple Academy Award winner James Cameron, director of two of the three highest-grossing movies ever, is not one to shy away from a challenge, though, and so, after multiple delays and three years of shooti...
