Just last week we were discussing how fast the video game industry was growing, exploring why Zynga — the maker of FarmVille — was to be acquired for almost $13bn.Well this week Microsoft went one further, announcing a deal to acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard, the studio behind games like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, for $68.7bn — more than 5x the value of last week's Zynga de...

Working remotely has become the norm for a lot of desk-based employees, and there have been a number of tech companies that have seen their business explode in catering to that shift. But today comes news of a different kind of startup called Turing Labs, which is addressing the same challenges, but as they apply to people who work in laboratories. It has now raised $16.5 million in funding on...

If you were fortunate enough to keep your job during the pandemic, you probably noticed a financial benefit: you spent less. Amid restrictions, credit card spending on fun activities—like going out for dinner—became less frequent.Looking ahead, the majority of Americans plan to continue at least one budget change post-pandemic, including eating out less (49%), buying fewer clothes and shoes (...

If you are diving into NFTs and the digital media that comes along with them, you might as well have something that proudly displays that piece of NFT art you just bought.If you thought cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum were already controversial, try throwing the word “NFT” around and see the debates explode like a long-dormant volcano. While discussions for and against the use of N...

There are multiple alternatives to what's going to happen to your remains after you're dead. Everyone's familiar with burials and cremation, but have you ever heard of aquamation?Cremation is the method of disposition of a dead body through burning it. Cremation is often considered an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional burial practices. But burning dead bodies to ash requires i...

As environmental, financial and societal pressures converge, today’s leaders must solve a new equation.As we near the two-year mark of the pandemic, the global economy has rebounded from the depths of mid-2020. The IMF projects global GDP to grow 4.9% in 2022, a downtick from the 5.9% growth expected in 2021, but still formidable. The 4,446 CEOs from 89 countries and territories who responded...

U.S. patent application, US20210398333, discloses a method to perform automatic cropping of images, for a requested target dimension and/or aspect ratio. The method uses saliency maps to identify the parts of the image containing the most important content and ensures that the important content is included from the image in a determined cropped region. The figure shows the source image, salienc...

Based off a patent from 2020 discovered by LetsGoDigital, OnePlus could possibly be working on a smartphone with a single primary lens that rotates independently, eliminating tilt while filming videos for more stabilized footage.The details or the functionalities of such a camera remain unknown, although LetsGoDigital tapped into the talents of Technizo Concept to help render this idea to life....

Global market research company Euromonitor International has released the highly anticipated “Top 10 Global Consumer Trends 2022” report, which defines the trends motivating consumer behavior and challenging business strategies in the year ahead. The world transformed in 2020. Consumer habits and business operations were upended due to COVID-19. During this volatile time, it is imperative to...