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Rolls-Royce Already has Hundreds of U.S. Orders for Its $413,000 EV, Spectre
[Product]
2022/10/21 09:07
Rolls-Royce CEO Torsten Muller-Otvos told CNBC the buyers visited the company’s headquarters in England to get a sneak peak at the Spectre.The company’s first electric vehicle was publicly revealed Tuesday and comes starting price tag of $413,000.General Motors this week unveiled its Celestiq electric vehicle, which starts at more than $300,000.More than 300 U.S. buyers have already put down...
(Infographic) The Best-Reviewed VR Games of All Time
[Business]
2022/10/21 09:06
Virtual reality games have become increasingly popular in recent years. With the introduction of affordable VR headsets like the Oculus Quest 2 (also known as the Meta Quest 2) and PlayStation VR, games in virtual reality have gained traction among veteran gamers and new gamers alike.But which VR titles are worth buying? The VR Space team looked at ratings of virtual games from review website M...
AI Art Looks Way Too European
[Business]
2022/10/21 09:05
DALL-E and other models keep making art that ignores traditions from the rest of the world.[People stand in a dark gallery with a projection of the Mona Lisa surrounded by what look like swirls of paint on one wall. An exhibit at the X Media Art Museum, a digital arts and new media museum in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 29, 2022. The exhibit combined the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci with arti...
Gartner ® Hype Cycle™ for Application Security, 2022
[Business]
2022/10/21 09:04
"Clients use Hype Cycles to get educated about the promise of an emerging technology within the context of their industry and individual appetite for risk." The 2022 Hype Cycle for Application Security is no exception, covering roughly 30 segments within the application security space. Within the report, Cequence Security was recognized by Gartner as a Sample Vendor in both the API Threat Prote...
Using AI, An Intergalactic Fashion Campaign
[Design]
2022/10/21 09:03
Multimedia designer and digital artist Rameez Iqbal leverages the wonders of the text-to-image software Midjourney to create an extraterrestrial fashion campaign dubbed ‘Aliens Among Us’. The AI-generated concept series features the handbag collection of an iconic fashion brand sported by otherwordly and incredibly stylish alien models. ‘They’re among us, hiding in plain sight. But you can...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Winners Take All in Global Apparel, Fashion, and Luxury
[Business]
2022/10/20 08:10
Luxury and sportswear have delivered consistently high returns through turbulent years. But outliers from other categories offer insights into outperformance in a volatile global apparel market.The events of the past few years have inspired many consumers to engage in retail therapy for a reprieve. But new research by McKinsey shows that company performance across the apparel, fashion, and luxu...
AI Content Platform Jasper Raises $125M at a $1.5B Valuation
[Investing]
2022/10/20 08:09
An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Jasper’s valuation is $1.7 billion. It’s $1.5 billion; we regret the error. As the enthusiasm around AI image and text generators grows, Jasper, a startup developing what it describes as an “AI content” platform, has raised $125 million at a $1.5 billion valuation. The tranche is the company’s first, remarkably, and comes as Jasper...
Real Estate Bubble Risk 2022
[Investing]
2022/10/20 08:08
World map showing which cities show the greatest real estate bubble risk.Housing bubbles are a tricky phenomenon. As a market gathers steam and prices increase, it remains a matter of debate whether that market is overvalued and flooded with speculation, or it’s simply experiencing robust demand.Of course, once a bubble bursts, it’s all obvious in hindsight.One common red flag is when prices...
An Empty Metaverse? Decentraland Has 38 ‘Daily Active’ Users in $1.3B Ecosystem
[Business]
2022/10/20 08:07
DappRadar Data Suggests Decentraland Has 38 ‘Daily Active’ Users in $1.3B Ecosystem.What Happened: As two of the metaverse’s major players, Decentraland and The Sandbox have become the go-to channels for luxury brands looking to build out their presence in Web3. But a viral report, published by decentralized finance (DeFi) analytic firm DappRadar, suggests that the online giants are apparent...
