TREND REPORTS
(PDF) BCG - Turning a Tech Hub into a Talent Magnet
[Consumer]
2022/05/17 09:04
Dynamic, innovation-led economies require lots of digital technology experts. Here are measures policymakers can take to attract both digital talent and companies needing their services.The Digital Revolution is creating enormous opportunities for cities and nations to unleash new sources of innovation-led growth. To drive the digital transformation of their economies, aspiring tech hubs around...
(PDF) BCG - The Corporate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Metaverse
[Business]
2022/05/16 09:10
Forward-looking companies may want to experiment with the new technologies at work.It has taken 30 years since the term was coined in 1992, but big money has now moved into the metaverse—accompanied by big hype. Facebook, which changed its name to Meta Platforms, has promised to invest $10 billion in its Reality Labs operation this year. Microsoft is making a $70 billion bet on a metafuture wi...
(Patent) An Apple Patent Reveals a Guidance System for Autonomous Vehicles
[Tech]
2022/05/16 09:09
The US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to autonomous vehicles, and more specifically, an advanced "Guidance System" to fine tune final destinations. Apple notes that vehicles which are capable of sensing their environment and navigating to destinations with little or no ongoing input from occupants are referred to as "autonomous" or "self-dri...
Some Perspective on the Stock Market Sell-off
[Investing]
2022/05/16 09:08
How bad can it get ?Usually when the share price of a well-known tech company falls more than 10% it's a perfect story for us to do a chart on. But in the last few weeks we've been overwhelmed, as almost every single day multiple major household names have been taking double-digit losses. We highlighted some of the worst affected last week — many of which have continued their slide this week.W...
Brightseed’s First AI-detected ‘Phytonutrient’ Comes to Market Alongside a $68M B Round
[Investing]
2022/05/16 09:07
Who knows what secrets await in the hearts of plants? Brightseed has found a couple of them, anyway, using an AI-based analysis method and will be bringing its first products to market soon with the help of a $68 million B round.Brightseed’s thesis is simply that there are almost certainly some very helpful and healthy substances waiting in plants, which have yet to be either discovered or pop...
Generation Z’s First Bear Market
[Investing]
2022/05/16 09:06
Up until recently, young people’s primary experience of the market was that stocks almost always go up.Generation Z investors are experiencing their first bear market, and that’s a good thing.I’m referring to investors who were born after 1996 and currently 26 or younger. They would have been no older than age 12 during the last major bear market, in 2008, and almost certainly weren’t payin...
MIT's 'Sun-in-a-Box' Uses Light as an Efficient Form of Energy
[Tech]
2022/05/16 09:05
A new heat engine is highly efficient and designed to work in tandem with renewable sources of energy.The thermophotovoltaic cell, also called a “heat engine,” is 1 square centimeter, but the research team behind it are looking to scale up. Photo: Felice FrankelResearchers at MIT have built a highly efficient thermophotovoltaic cell that, when paired with renewable resources, efficiently conv...
Gen Z Investors Seek Short-term Gain Amid Financial Turbulence
[Consumer]
2022/05/16 09:04
Across generations, retirement is the No. 1 investing goal in the US. That said, Gen Z is far more likely to focus on getting rich or learning to invest than older age groups. While 81% of baby boomer investors have their eye on retirement—no surprise as many are approaching that milestone—just 35% of Gen Z investors consider it their main priority.Beyond the chart: Gen Z’s greater focus on...
The Apple Drip
[Design]
2022/05/16 09:03
While comparing the 2013 Mac Pro to a trashcan may have been a little mean in hindsight, its shiny cylindrical exterior translates well to a coffee machine, as per this concept by Young Geon Ahn.Meet Apple Drip – a conceptual caffeine distributing machine that brews “the best coffee Apple’s ever made” if Tim Cook had to ever take to the stage to introduce such an appliance. It flips Jony Iv...
