TREND REPORTS
Game Livestreaming Should Grow 10% to 728.8M Viewers This Year
[Business]
2021/05/10 09:06
Game livestreaming will grow 10% in 2021 to 728.8 million viewers, according to a report by game and esports data firm Newzoo.Newzoo also expects viewership to grow at a 9.2% compound annual growth rate to 920.3 million by 2024. In 2020, viewership grew 11.7% to 662.7 million. The numbers of viewers for games are much higher than the numbers of viewers for esports. That means other strong categ...
(Video) Hermès Makes Fitness High Fashion On WeChat
[Business]
2021/05/10 09:05
Hermès is the latest luxury brand to cash in on China’s wellness craze, launching yoga tutorials on its WeChat Mini Program and more.Fitness, but make it fashion. On the heels of China’s Labor Day holiday, Hermès has launched exercise tutorials on its WeChat Mini Program to promote its latest accessories. The luxury brand recorded four yoga videos, ranging from 13 to 21 minutes long, showin...
(Video) Apple Harvesting Robot Plucks a Piece of Fruit Every 7 Seconds
[Tech]
2021/05/10 09:04
An apple-harvesting robot created by Monash University researchers is put through its paces in the field.Like many industries across the world, Australia's fruit-picking sector has been impacted heavily by the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a massive void in the labor market that would normally be filled by backpackers looking to make buck on the road. Local researchers have cooked up a creative p...
Declining Electric Vehicle (EV) Battery Costs are Driving Production Costs Down
[Business]
2021/05/10 09:03
At the battery pack price point of $100/kWh, electric vehicles will become as cheap to make as gas-powered cars. Electric Vehicle Prices Fall as EV Battery Tech Improves.Electric vehicles (EVs) only accounted for around 3.2% of global car sales in 2020—a figure that’s set to grow in the coming decade, largely due to falling EV battery costs.With rising production and technological improvement...
(PDF) Ipsos - Global Views On Vaccine Passports for International Travel
[Consumer]
2021/05/09 09:10
There is strong global support for vaccine passports, a new Ipsos survey for the World Economic Forum shows. More than three-quarters of people worldwide think they should be mandatory for travel.And two-thirds of people say you should need one to enter stadiums and concert venues.More than half say the same should apply to shops, restaurants or offices.And a similar percentage expect vaccine p...
(Patent) Microsoft Seeks a Patent for Providing an Automated User Input to an Application During a Disruption
[Tech]
2021/05/09 09:09
U.S. patent application, US20210113921, describes a method for addressing network disruptions that prevent applications from receiving user input by providing automated user inputs instead of the actual user input to the interactive application during the disruption. The figure below illustrates providing actual user input and automated user input during a video game.Patent Application : https:...
This AI-Powered Tech Calculates a Baby’s Weight Just from a Video - Wadhwani AI
[Tech]
2021/05/09 09:08
Low birth weights are a serious, often undiagnosed problem. This app for rural health workers—a winner of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards—is more accurate than old, uncalibrated scales.In 2015, 20.5 million newborn babies around the world were classified as having low birth weight. Babies weighing under roughly 5.5 pounds (2.5 kilograms) are 20 times more likely to die than t...
(Infographic) As Vaccine Rollout Continues, Retail Sees a Much-Needed Rebound
[Consumer]
2021/05/09 09:07
More consumers are venturing out for in-store shopping. Stores that specialize in candies and chocolates saw day-over-day spikes beginning in the last week of March.As vaccines become more widely available across the U.S., people are testing the limits of what they’re comfortable with when it comes to activities they once took for granted. A retail rebound in March shows that people are ventur...
Predictive Analytics Startup Pecan.ai Raises $35M to Boost AI Adoption
[Investing]
2021/05/09 09:06
Predictive analytics startup Pecan.ai today announced it has raised $35 million in a series B round led by GGV Capital. Cofounder and CEO Zohar Bronfman says that the funds will allow Pecan to expand its operations globally and help organizations adopt AI and big data.Data analytics is the science of analyzing raw data to extract meaningful insights. Market Research Future predicts the global d...
