TREND REPORTS
Adidas' First NFT Drop Earns $23 Million
[Investing]
2021/12/20 09:09
Adidas sold more than $22 million in NFTs, but it hit a few snags along the way.All 30,000 of Adidas’ Into the Metaverse NFTs were minted within a matter of hours of going on sale Friday. Each NFT cost 0.2 ETH, which currently equates to about $765, and the company sold 29,620 NFTs (“Adidas and partners” held onto 380 for “future events”), meaning the company earned more than $22 million f...
Airseas Installs an Auto-Kite on a Cargo Ship
[Tech]
2021/12/20 09:08
France-based practice airseas installs its first automated seawing kite to a cargo ship chartered by airbus. Following the announcement, the team will commence six months of trials in january. while the kite is half-sized, the full-size kite is expected to save up to 20 percent of fuel burn and emissions.Dubbed ‘ville de bordeaux,’ the 154-meter (505-foot) airseas vessel is owned and operated...
Electric Cars But No Chargers ?
[Business]
2021/12/20 09:07
In a lot of respects, progress regarding sustainability and climate change is still far too slow for what the world needs. One area where the pace is really picking up however is that of electric vehicles. That is, the production and purchase of them. When it comes to public infrastructure to match this growing demand, a lot of countries are still a long way behind in providing charging points....
AI-Powered App Cancels Unwanted Background Noise - Krisp.ai
[Tech]
2021/12/20 09:06
A new app makes meetings more efficient by recognizing and cancelling out all unwanted background noise and echoes.By now, we have probably all been there – you are in a virtual meeting and the first 10 minutes are spent reminding everyone to mute their mics before the sound of barking dogs, talking housemates, and feedback becomes too distracting. That is the situation that startup Krisp aims...
The Five-Day Office Week Isn’t Coming Back. WFH Is Here to Stay
[Consumer]
2021/12/20 09:05
Workers and managers want to increase telework: OECD survey. OECD study finds bigger share of telework ads after pandemic.There may be no going back to the five-day week in the office, according to a survey of workers in 25 countries.Both employees and managers found working from home during the pandemic was positive for performance and well-being, a report by the OECD found. The proportion of...
NFTs Market Hits $22bn as Craze Turns Digital Images Into Assets
[Investing]
2021/12/20 09:04
Critics of non-fungible tokens say they are symptomatic of unsustainable digital gold rush.[Artworks titled Bored Ape Yacht Club, left, and The Last Warrior by Sepand Danesh, right, at the Portrait of an Era NTF exhibition in London.]The global market for non-fungible tokens hit $22bn (£16.5bn) this year as the craze for collections such as Bored Ape Yacht Club and Matrix avatars turned digita...
(Infographic) Fine-Tuning B2B E-Commerce as Buyer Preferences Shift
[Business]
2021/12/20 09:03
The pandemic has acclimated more business-to-business buyers to virtual channels, including self-service. Here’s how winning suppliers are taking advantage.Infographic : https://bit.ly/3miKVdV[bain]
(PDF) Bain - BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later) Trends in the UK
[Business]
2021/12/17 09:10
Consumers’ Delight, Regulators’ Challenge.Consumers give BNPL high marks, relative to other forms of payment, in our new survey. Retail merchants have embraced it as well. Imminent regulation should balance protection with innovation.Download PDF Report : https://bit.ly/3IYD2nN[bain]
Beauty’s Metaverse Opportunity
[Business]
2021/12/17 09:09
While this is the norm right now, in a few years time, these supply chain snags and shipping deadlines may not matter as much, as we might be exchanging digital gifts in the — dun, dun, dun — metaverse.Ah, the metaverse — it seems like that word suddenly popped up out of nowhere, and now everyone’s using it. #amirite? Unsurprisingly, news mentions of the “metaverse” have spiked this year....
