How energy transition is driving new models in energy and utilities.Spurred by investor demand and the need to mitigate climate change, the energy and utility industry is shifting towards new-energy models. Today, most (71%) industry executives believe that implementation of new-energy models is key to survival. But what challenges do they face and how can they fast-track adoption? We wanted to...

Retailer to hire more than 3,000 associate delivery drivers, establish all-electric fleet of delivery vehicles.It’s a new year and Walmart is resolving to bring the convenience of InHome delivery to even more customers in 2022. Today, the retailer is announcing plans to scale the service, going from InHome being available to 6 million households to making it accessible to 30 million U.S. house...

Data from the BHVI predicts that by 2050 almost half of the global population could be affected by Myopia — more than a doubling of the rate from the year 2000.Has the pandemic made it worse?With increased amounts of screen-time, it feels intuitive that our eyes might have been put under more strain in the last two years — and there's a decent amount of scientific evidence to back that up, as...

Fast-food chain McDonald's has opened what it claims is the UK's first net-zero carbon restaurant building.Built using natural or recycled materials and powered by a combination of wind turbines and solar panels, the restaurant, in Market Drayton, Shropshire, was designed to meet net-zero standards in both its construction and everyday operation.However, McDonald's confirmed to Dezeen that cons...

You don’t need half a million to sit on a Blue Origin spaceship, just pop on your VR headset and you could instantly be transported to Prague’s first-ever lunar expedition. Titled ‘New Prague on the Moon’, this metaverse moon-base was unveiled at Virtuplex, the largest Virtual Reality laboratory in Europe during the Czech Space Week. Open to the public, visitors could roam around the moon d...

We read a lot more books in 2020 because of lockdowns. Did we read as much in 2021?That’s what we set about to find out in our 2021 edition of world reading habits. We’ve compiled all of our research into another fascinating infographic.Our infographic reveals which countries are reading the most, what they’re reading, and how the ongoing pandemic continues to impact reading habits across th...

안녕하세요. Trendbird Team입니다. Annual Trend Report 2022 Edition이 출시되었습니다.Membership 고객사 및 보고서 개별 구매 고객들께 드리는 공지사항1) Enterprise / Company 라이센스 고객사에는 보고서 전체 12권 전체 폴더를 담당자분께 1월 4일 오전에 발송해 드렸으니, 사내 공식 담당자에게 문의하시면 보고서를 열람하실수 있습니다.2) Team 라이센스 고객사에는 Annual Report가 제공되지 않으며, 필요시 별도로...

U.S. patent application, US20210397219, discloses an electronic device with a moveable display screen. The electronic device includes a lid having a first display screen and a base. The base includes a housing having a top side with a physical keyboard and a second display screen. The second display screen moves between a retracted position in which the keyboard is exposed and an expanded posit...

Shopping on Social Media Platforms Expected to Reach $1.2 Trillion Globally by 2025, New Accenture Study Finds. Growth is predicted to be driven primarily by Gen Z and Millennial social media users. Among the study’s other findings: Consumers in developing countries are more likely to use social commerce and do so often. Eight out of ten social media users in China use social commerce to make...