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How a Stealth Startup’s $100 Genome Could Change How We Diagnose Cancer - Ultima Genomics
[Tech]
2022/10/25 09:06
Low-cost genome sequencing could have wide applications in medical research, drug development, and personalized treatment of disease.After six years in stealth mode, U.S.-Israeli startup Ultima emerged this summer with the announcement of $600 million in venture funding from General Atlantic, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed, Khosla Ventures, the Founders Fund, and others—and the even more head...
(Infographic) TikTok Shares Insights Into the Potential of Live-Streaming for Brands
[Business]
2022/10/25 09:05
Could live-streaming on TikTok be of benefit for your brand? Live-streaming is a huge part of TikTok’s Chinese version (Douyin), with billions being spent on TikTok live-stream commerce every year in the region.But thus far, western audiences haven’t been as receptive. Yet.TikTok is still working through its live-stream commerce integration, and it remains confident that it will catch on with...
Burberry and Minecraft Launch In-Game & Physical Collection
[Business]
2022/10/25 09:04
Burberry and Minecraft announced that they would be coming together on a multilayered project, starting with a customized in-game adventure titled Burberry: Freedom to Go Beyond. In addition to the program, the two brands also unveiled a clothing capsule collection that would also be available as part of the collaborative venture. Since news hit headlines, both fashion and gaming aficionados ha...
(Video) Rooftop Wind System Delivers 150% the Energy of Solar Per Dollar
[Tech]
2022/10/25 09:03
Aeromine says its "motionless" rooftop wind energy units deliver 150% as much energy for the money as solar panels, while taking up 10% of the roof space.Aeromine says its unique "motionless" rooftop wind generators deliver up to 50% more energy than a solar array of the same price, while taking up just 10% of the roof space and operating more or less silently. In independent tests, they seem l...
(PDF) WEF - World Economic Outlook Report, October 2022
[Investing]
2022/10/24 09:10
Inflation and uncertainty.Global economic activity is experiencing a broad-based and sharper-than-expected slowdown, with inflation higher than seen in several decades. The cost-of-living crisis, tightening financial conditions in most regions, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the lingering COVID-19 pandemic all weigh heavily on the outlook. Global growth is forecast to slow from 6.0 percent...
(Paper) Google’s New AI Can Hear a Snippet of Song and Then Keep on Playing
[Tech]
2022/10/24 09:09
The technique, called AudioLM, generates naturalistic sounds without the need for human annotation.A new AI system can create natural-sounding speech and music after being prompted with a few seconds of audio.AudioLM, developed by Google researchers, generates audio that fits the style of the prompt, including complex sounds like piano music, or people speaking, in a way that is almost indistin...
(Infographic) The Generative AI Application Landscape by Sequoia Capital
[Tech]
2022/10/24 09:08
Sequoia Capital has created an initial market map of generative AI companies and startups.Infographic : https://bit.ly/3z7LOMC[sequoiacapital]
At Art Basel’s First Paris Fair, Great Expectations Meet Great Wealth
[Business]
2022/10/24 09:07
Paris+ par Art Basel is either a sign the city has arrived … or is simply a very successful art fair.It’s a small art fair saddled with massive expectations. Well before it opened on Wednesday, Paris+ par Art Basel had become a symbol of Paris’s ascendance as a contemporary art capital. London, the story goes, is hobbled by self-inflicted economic wounds, while Paris is newly business-friend...
Nourish Ingredients Gets $28.6M Boost for Its Animal-Free Fats
[Investing]
2022/10/24 09:06
Nourish Ingredients, a food tech company that creates animal-free fats using synthetic biology, secured $28.6 million in Series A funding, led by Horizons Ventures and supported by Main Sequence Ventures and Hostplus.We previously profiled the Australian company in 2021 when it raised $11 million. It is one of the few companies in the food tech sector focused on developing the fats and oils tha...
