TREND REPORTS
Bitcoin Beats Stocks, Commodities to Become Best-Performing Asset of 2021
[Investing]
2021/10/06 09:08
BTC is up almost 50% this year overall, brushing aside corrections and increasingly decoupling from the macro environment in Q4.Bitcoin (BTC) is officially the best-performing asset of 2021, data now confirms.As October delivers 15% gains in five days, BTC firmly outperforms macro assets worldwide to seal year-to-date returns of just under 50%.Bitcoin hodlers up 49% year-to-dateDespite Bitcoin...
Amazon is Working on a Smart Fridge That Tracks What’s Inside
[Product]
2021/10/06 09:07
Amazon is reportedly aiming to bring some of the tech it uses at cashierless Amazon Go stores to your kitchen. According to Insider, the company has been working on a smart fridge that can monitor items and help you order replacements if you’re running low on something.The team behind the Amazon Go systems is said to be heading the charge on the project, which has been in the works for at leas...
Astera Labs, A Fabless Chip Startup, Nabs $50M at a $950M Valuation
[Investing]
2021/10/06 09:06
As more enterprises migrate to cloud-based architectures, they are also taking on more applications (because they can) and, as a result of that, more complex workloads and storage needs. Machine learning and other artificial intelligence applications add even more complexity. Now a startup that has built technology to make that process move faster and more efficiently is announcing a round of f...
The Future of Google Search is Visual
[Business]
2021/10/06 09:05
Google offered a peek at what its search product will look like in the years ahead at its Search On livestream event, and it’s apparently more visual and intuitive than before.The most transformative technology discussed was the Multitask Unified Model (MUM), which the company first publicized in May and which it alleges is 1,000 times more powerful than BERT, a MUM predecessor introduced in 2...
Another Livestream, Another Fail for Dior
[Business]
2021/10/06 09:04
Dior’s latest collection during Paris Fashion Week reached over 54 million views in China. But not all the feedback was positive. What Happened: The livestream of Dior’s latest collection recorded over 54 million views in China — a new record for the luxury house. Still, behind the high figures, the Paris Fashion Week event was not without controversy. Overall, the collection was less than w...
This Inflatable Stretcher Designed for Emergency Missions
[Design]
2021/10/06 09:03
The inflatable stretcher designed by Yu-Hsin Wu caters to impromptu emergency situations with the goal of lessening the effects of panic-induced injuries caused by medical personnel and/or the patient.Life-threatening rescue situations can bring on panic in anyone, even first responders. When EMT personnel, nurses, and doctors are faced with life or death, the panic that comes with it can exace...
(PDF) Mckinsey - C2C e-Commerce : Could a New Business Model Sell More Old Goods ?
[Business]
2021/10/05 09:10
Like other e-commerce but with less fanfare, C2C trade has expanded during the COVID-19 crisis alongside demand for recycled goods. A new business model could support still stronger growth.Countless headlines have marked the meteoric rise of e-commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the disease took hold, digital adoption in Europe jumped nearly 14 percent—a rise that would have taken two to...
(Paper) Google Deepmind Can Accurately Predict If It will Rain in the Next 90 Minutes
[Tech]
2021/10/05 09:09
AI software developed by DeepMind and the Met Office in the UK can predict whether it will rain within 90 minutes more accurately than current forecasting modelsii.Our lives are dependent on the weather. At any moment in the UK, according to one study, one third of the country has talked about the weather in the past hour, reflecting the importance of weather in daily life. Amongst weather phen...
Netflix Korean Partner Dexter Joins ‘Squid Game’-Spurred Rally
[Investing]
2021/10/05 09:08
Dexter Studios Co., a Seoul-based visual effects production firm, surged on Friday to become the latest Korean stock to rally because of its links with Netflix Inc.Shares of Dexter soared as much as 27% to the highest level since 2016. First-half earnings jumped 35% in part due to its tie-up with the U.S. streaming service, Chosun Ilbo quoted a company’s official saying. Dexter continues to be...
