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The Rise and Fall of a Company That Promised to Change the World - Theranos
[Business]
2022/11/22 09:05
Which company, whose founder has just been jailed for 11 years, were we charting the rise and fall of ? The "next Steve Jobs". Every business magazine cover. A genius. The world's youngest self-made female billionaire. For a few years in the early 2010s, the accolades just kept coming for Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of biotechnology company Theranos.Holmes and her COO Ramesh Balwani were pr...
The Trunk Car is A Winner of the Red Dot Design Concept Award 2022
[Design]
2022/11/22 09:04
Whether you want to ride around the cityside or have your luggage follow you around an airport without tugging away at it, the Trunk Car is a wild concept that has a little something for everyone.Look at the image above and tell me you’re not shocked by its brilliance. A suitcase with a detachable hoverboard built into it instead of those crummy, small 360° wheels! Designed as a clever idea t...
Prestige Beauty Brands Offer ‘Very Spectacular’ Holiday Gifts
[Product]
2022/11/22 09:03
Even amid tough times, industry insiders are betting that those who can afford luxury skin care, fragrances and cosmetics will treat themselves.This holiday season, amid global concerns of rising interest rates and possible recession, many beauty companies are marketing gifts that might seem out of sync with the economic climate: extremely expensive seasonal offerings, some of which are several...
Apple’s Rumored Augmented Reality Glasses As Natural Looking
[Design]
2022/11/21 09:11
Apple’s long-rumored augmented reality smart glasses are nowhere on the horizon yet. Seemingly the launch is distant, but that doesn’t change the fact that the glasses aren’t the most-awaited Apple accessory. This means, designers have a good reason to toil with the expectations and present us with ideas to induce excitement. Case in point, the Apple Smart Glasses concept which has a very mo...
(PDF) Mckinsey - How Europe’s Fastest-Growing Start-Ups Become Unicorns
[Investing]
2022/11/21 09:10
Just one in ten start-ups valued at $100 million grows to $1 billion within four years. Here are five trade-offs they made to get there.Earning a $100 million valuation is an exceptional achievement. In all of Europe, only about 850 start-ups reached this milestone between 2010 and 2017. Yet these companies have little time to celebrate. The venture capital (VC) firms that invest in them expect...
(Paper) Intel Introduces Real-Time Deepfake Detector - FakeCatcher
[Tech]
2022/11/21 09:09
Intel’s deepfake detector analyzes ‘blood flow’ in video pixels to return results in milliseconds with 96% accuracy.As part of Intel's Responsible AI work, the company has productized FakeCatcher, a technology that can detect fake videos with a 96% accuracy rate. Intel’s deepfake detection platform is the world’s first real-time deepfake detector that returns results in milliseconds.“Deep...
FreeWater is Testing Ad-Supported Water Bottles
[Business]
2022/11/21 09:08
The beverage start-up hopes advertisers are thirsty for a new marketing channel. Josh Cliffords, the CEO of the beverage company FreeWater, is turning bottled and boxed water into a new form of direct advertising.The idea is this: Slap an ad on the side of a water bottle and you can give it away for free. Freebies, Cliffords is convinced, are the best way to win over consumers.“Other advertisi...
Google’s New Prototype AI Tool Does The Writing for You - Wordcraft
[Tech]
2022/11/21 09:07
Wordcraft is a ‘magic text editor’ meant to inspire writers when crafting new stories, but it’s not likely to replace your favorite authors anytime soon.Remember that time Google showed off its artificial intelligence prowess by demoing conversations with Pluto and a paper airplane? That was powered by LaMDA, one of Google’s latest-generation conversational AI models. Now, Google’s using L...
(PDF) BCG - Future of Work Employer’s Edition Pulse Check
[Business]
2022/11/21 09:06
When people think about the future of work, remote and hybrid work are often the first things that come to mind. But the topic is broader and deeper—and includes leadership, culture, customers, talent, learning, reskilling, and more. To understand how organizations are preparing for the future, we surveyed executives from approximately 350 companies, more than one third of them in the C-suite,...
