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(Infographic) Remote Work Burnout
[Consumer]
2021/10/26 09:03
To accommodate employees’ need for flexible work arrangements, businesses are shifting to remote and hybrid working in droves. And while employees are generally embracing this trend, increasingly, people working remotely are complaining of feeling burned out.According to statistics from Ergonomic Trends, remote workers work an extra 26 hours more monthly since turning remote. Employee burnout...
(PDF) State of AI Report 2021
[Business]
2021/10/25 09:10
The State of AI Report analyses the most interesting developments in AI. We aim to trigger an informed conversation about the state of AI and its implication for the future. The Report is produced by AI investors Nathan Benaich and Ian Hogarth. Now in its fourth year, the State of AI Report 2021 is reviewed by AI practioners in industry and research, and features invited contributions from a ra...
(Patent) Intel Aims to Patent an Automated and Body Driven Headset Audio Control
[Tech]
2021/10/25 09:09
U.S. patent application, US20210289283, discusses automated detection and control of audio output conditions for headsets. The headset includes a sensor to collect data relating to user gestures and environment and controls the audio action to be output from the headset based on the sensor data. For example, gestures such as a finger tap received on a headset may be associated with an audio act...
IT Budgets Are Growing. Here's Where the Money's Going
[Business]
2021/10/25 09:08
CIOs expect more budget in 2022, and they’re spending it to fund composable business. Composable business is driving investing choices for the year ahead.Over the next year, CIOs expect IT budgets to grow 3.6% — the fastest year-over-year growth rate in more than a decade, according to the 2022 Gartner CIO and Technology Executive Survey. That’s a global average, with APAC CIOs expecting the...
Concept Art House Raises $25M to Create NFT Art and Games
[Investing]
2021/10/25 09:07
Concept Art House isn’t just a little art house anymore. The creator of art for video games and nonfungible token (NFT) collectibles has raised $25 million.The San Francisco company is taking part in the same NFT boom that is benefiting artists, blockchain game companies, musicians, and celebrities. In many cases, Concept Art House is supplying the art that those parties use to sell collectibl...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Future of Asia : The Future of Financial Services
[Investing]
2021/10/25 09:06
Changes in Asia's consumer markets offer new and diverse opportunities for growth.Asia is the world’s consumption growth engine—miss Asia and you could miss half of the global picture, a $10 trillion consumption growth opportunity over the next decade. But Asia’s consumer markets are changing dynamically with new growth angles that offer opportunities for financial services players and consu...
Maxi Cosi Modular Car Baby Seat
[Product]
2021/10/25 09:05
Designed for Maxi-Cosi, a baby equipment brand, Coral is a modular baby car seat that would help parents to keep their baby close. Traveling with infant can be literally hefty, thankfully baby car seats on the market are specifically designed to fit all safety guidelines when driving around. However, since the product is designed to be used in a car, car baby seat doesn’t offer comfort and saf...
How Brands Are Leveraging Social Influencers
[Business]
2021/10/25 09:04
As brands seek ways to establish deeper, more personalized connections with consumers, they’re engaging social media influencers more heavily than in previous years. This increased focus speaks to both fragmenting media consumption and the significant engagement that many influencers boast across channels like YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.While influencer marketing was not born out of the pan...
Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights Gets Reinterpreted for The Digital Age
[Design]
2021/10/25 09:03
An internet troll finds eternal punishment strapped to a hashtag-shaped pillory while a figure in an astronaut’s helmet floats in a paradise of self-obsession. These are just two of the otherwordly characters that inhabit SMACK’s contemporary interpretation of ‘the garden of earthly delights’, originally painted by hieronymus bosch between 1490 and 1510.The central panel of SMACK’s modern-...
