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(PDF) PwC - Global Executives Respond to Business Disruption
[Business]
2021/09/16 09:10
Value creation opportunities through transformation and restructuring for growth.48% - plan for accelerated growth78% - expect their companies to transform within three years51% - plan to develop new business modelsProfound shifts in the world have created shockwaves of uncertainty. Here’s how business leaders are thinking about plans for renewal and growth.Executives are ready to transform th...
(Patent) Zoox Pursues a Patent on a Method for Determining Occupancy Of Occluded Regions
[Tech]
2021/09/16 09:09
U.S. patent application, US20210278853, discloses a method for controlling an autonomous vehicle by Zoox, based on occluded regions in an environment. The method includes determining, an occluded region, a portion of an environment that is occluded from a sensor; determining, based at least in part on receiving sensor data from the sensor over a period of time, a probability that at least a por...
AI-Powered eCommerce Recommendation Engine Constructor Nabs $55M
[Investing]
2021/09/16 09:08
Constructor, a San Francisco, California-based ecommerce personalization startup, today announced that it raised $55 million in a series A round led by Silversmith Capital Partners. The funding, which brings the company’s total raised to $61.5 million, will be put toward product development, hiring, and go-to-market efforts, according to CEO Eli Finkelshteyn.Online commerce conversions are wel...
Zoom Is Getting Ready for the Dystopian Hellscape of Working in the Metaverse
[Business]
2021/09/16 09:07
You'll be able to take Zoom calls with avatars of your colleagues in your Facebook VR headset while the whole meeting is transcribed live.[A photo of a man standing next to a TV that shows the preview of what the virtual office will look likeZoom’s whiteboard feature is coming to Oculus Horizons Workrooms. Image: Zoom]Throughout the pandemic, Zoom turned into a verbal shortcut for referencing...
How The World’s Largest Curved Windows Were Forged for Apple HQ
[Design]
2021/09/16 09:06
Apple’s new 2.8-million-square-foot headquarters in Cupertino, California, claims to currently hold the world record for the largest curved glass panels used on any building to date. Over 3,000 sheets of glass wrap the spaceship-like design by Foster + Partners, making it one of the most unique glazed structures on the planet. It’s no wonder a project like this would seek such high standards...
(Infographic) What’s Made from a Barrel of Oil ?
[Business]
2021/09/16 09:05
From the gasoline in our cars to the plastic in countless everyday items, crude oil is an essential raw material that shows up everywhere in our lives.With around 18 million barrels of crude oil consumed every day just in America, this commodity powers transport, utilities, and is a vital ingredient in many of the things we use on a daily basis.This graphic visualizes how much crude oil is refi...
Aviva Raises $26.5M to Create Better Automotive Car Networks
[Investing]
2021/09/16 09:04
Aviva Technology Holding has raised $26.5 million in a funding round led by Sehat Sutardja and Weili Dai, the founders of Marvell Technology Group.The round will enable Aviva Links to speed product development and expand sales and marketing for its high-speed data movement for in-car communications. The company has raised $33 million to date.The multi-trillion-dollar automotive industry is unde...
YATAI-E : A Lightweight, Autonomous Food Truck
[Design]
2021/09/16 09:03
Industrial designer cheng-yo lee envisions the future of mobility with his creation ‘YATAI-E. the project envisions a future of a food truck journey powered by the autonomous vehicle. by having automation on as many facilities as possible, the vendors in YATAI-Ecan simply enjoy the ride and the food vending without putting too much effort into the long-distancing mobility. the devotion to auto...
(Infographic) 90+ Companies Shaping The Metaverse
[Business]
2021/09/15 09:10
Tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg are obsessed with building the metaverse. Here are 90+ companies working to bring the concept to life.The metaverse refers to the idea of a shared, persistent virtual space, akin to a digital mirror of the real world — but without any of the constraints. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who recently articulated his vision to transform Facebook into a metaverse compa...
