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(PDF) BCG - The Art of Scaling GenAI in Software
[Business]
2024/06/11 09:09
It’s not just about coding—GenAI is reshaping every stage of the software development life cycle. How can organizations fully capitalize on its benefits?Several factors—such as developers’ comfort with existing tools and their inexperience with GenAI, the difficulties of managing organizational change, and the steep learning curve—stand in the way of adoption.Even software companies levera...
Amazon Uses AI to Spot Damaged Products Before They’re Shipped to Customers
[Tech]
2024/06/11 09:08
AI-enabled technology ensures customers receive products in the condition they expect, and is helping Amazon further its sustainability efforts.Inside Amazon fulfillment centers across North America, millions of products ranging from dog food and phone cases to T-shirts and books pass through imaging tunnels every day, where one artificial intelligence (AI) model named “Project P.I.,” which s...
Diamonds Are Disrupted : The Natural Diamond Industry is Cracking Up
[Business]
2024/06/11 09:07
The diamond industry is undergoing a major shake-up. The traditional mined market faces precipitous pricing pressures from the rise of lab-grown gems, and geopolitical tensions threaten to bottleneck the global supply chain.De Beers, a 136-year-old progenitor of the industry and one of the world’s biggest diamond suppliers, has been jettisoned by its owner Anglo American.If any sector should b...
Where Do U.S. Consumers Stand on Ethical Consumption ?
[Consumer]
2024/06/11 09:06
A survey conducted by Statista Consumer Insights between June 2-19, 2023 asked adults in the United States whether or not they consider themselves to be ethical and sustainable consumers. Of the 1,035 respondents, only 45 percent said that they would consider themselves as such, while 26 percent said they did not and 30 percent said they didn’t know.Respondents were then asked to select which...
Modular Instant Camera Concept Offers a New Way to Create and Share Memories
[Design]
2024/06/11 09:05
The Polaroid brand has become synonymous with instant cameras that are experiencing a renaissance these days. But while the retro fever has people printing out square format photos again, the designs of these modern instant cameras left some things to be desired. Yes, they recreated the feeling of holding a large and chunky camera, but they might have done it too perfectly to meet the needs and...
(Video) Nendo House My Football Kit is an Airless Ball You Can Assemble
[Design]
2024/06/11 09:04
While I’m a huge football fan (soccer to our friends in the U.S), I’ve never had the desire to actually play it. One of the reasons is the few times I’ve tried kicking a ball around, I always feel like I hurt my foot because the balls are just too hard. If there was probably a ball that was softer but still had the same quality as the regular football, then maybe I might have been convinced...
America’s Takeout Food Preferences : A Decade of Change
[Consumer]
2024/06/11 09:03
This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources.Launched by Stanford students in 2012, delivery behemoth DoorDash now holds about 56% of the American online food delivery market. As a result, the company has unique insights into what Americans are ordering for food, as well as...
(PDF) KPMG - Towards Seamless Commerce
[Business]
2024/06/10 09:10
The challenge of customer-centric seamless commerce: a global review.Tomorrow’s consumers expect retailers to meet them where they are — online, in-store and on social media — and deliver the same experience regardless. To meet that demand, companies need to develop seamless, connected capabilities across the entire organization.Seamless commerce is the third, technologically-driven, wave to...
Hublot and Daniel Arsham Just Unveiled a Teardrop-Shaped Pocket Watch
[Product]
2024/06/10 09:09
Hublot and daniel arsham team up again; this time for arsham droplet, a teardrop-shaped pocket watch with titanium case.Hublot and Daniel Arsham team up for the Arsham Droplet, a teardrop-shaped pocket watch crafted from titanium and sapphire crystals. It is ringed around with bumpers made with custom Arsham green rubber. Gone are the wristbands as the New York-based artist trades them for a ch...
Nuclear Fusion Startup Xcimer Energy Raises $100M to Chase Laser-based Power
[Investing]
2024/06/10 09:08
The lure of fusion’s awesome energy potential continues to draw interest from entrepreneurs and investors alike — despite the tech being far from viability.Xcimer Energy has raised $100 million to turn nuclear fusion, the source of the sun’s immense energy, into a viable way to power our planet’s electrical grid.The Denver-based startup’s ambitious goal is to develop some of the mightiest...
Nvidia's Worth $102M for Every Employee
[Consumer]
2024/06/10 09:07
The records have been coming thick and fast for AI phenomenon Nvidia recently — and on Wednesday it ticked off two more major milestones. The company crossed the $3 trillion market cap mark and simultaneously surpassed Apple to become the second most valuable company in the world.There are a lot of ways to value a company: price-to-earnings multiples, discounted cash flow analysis, or EV-to-EB...
Cradle Healthcare Brings New Hope to the Pursuit of Reviving Frozen Bodies
[Business]
2024/06/10 09:06
Laura Deming sees potential in a corner of longevity science with decades of failed promises.[Laura Deming, a child prodigy in biotech, already had a laboratory research job when she was just 12 years old.Deming, a child prodigy in biotech, already had a laboratory research job when she was just 12 years old.Photographer: Jason Henry for Bloomberg Businessweek]Laura Deming started investing in...
