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Millennials and Teens Tune Into Audio-Based Apps
[Product]
2021/02/21 09:08
Social audio apps are the new trending hubs, giving users more opportunities to consume content through listening as they go about their day. As podcasts continue to boom in popularity, many apps that favor audio-based engagement are popping up, and existing social platforms are racing to add additional audio functionality. Check out these new audio apps, which are taking center stage as consum...
(Infographic) The Top 10 Tech M&A Deals Of 2020
[Investing]
2021/02/21 09:07
Despite ongoing global challenges, 2020 saw a steady stream of tech mergers and acquisitions, with Q4’20 setting a quarterly record of over 2,000 tech M&A deals.In some cases, tech companies sought to consolidate in the face of a harsh economic outlook. Others saw massive growth under the same conditions — due to the acceleration of many consumer and corporate trends — which drove valuat...
(Paper) The Future of Solar Technology - Foldable Solar Cells
[Tech]
2021/02/21 09:06
International research team creates solar cells with unprecedented flexibility and resistance.With the recent development of foldable mobile phone screens, research on foldable electronics has never been so intensive. One particularly useful application of the foldable technology is in solar panels.Current solar cells are restricted to rigid, flat panels, which are difficult to store in large n...
The Self-Driving Car Companies Going The Distance
[Business]
2021/02/21 09:05
Even though the technology behind autonomous vehicles has progressed hugely in recent years, it's still by no means perfect. A long list of companies are still testing their electric vehicles in California to improve software capabilities and safety. Disengagements are a key part of the testing process and they occur when a car's software detects a failure or a driver perceives a failure, resul...
Markus Hinteregger + Elias Lahner Extend a Hotel in Italy with Organic Grass-Covered Forms
[Design]
2021/02/21 09:03
Architects markus hinteregger and elias lahner have shared captivating visualizations of their proposal to extend a hotel in the mountain village of luttach in northern italy. The scheme was designed as part of a competition organized by the owners of the hotel, in which they sought to extend and unify the entire hospitality complex. hinteregger and lahner’s proposal reshapes the existing buil...
(Paper) Google AI Choreographer - Learn to Dance with AIST++
[Tech]
2021/02/18 09:10
Google present a crossmodal transformer-based architecture model and a new 3D dance dataset AIST++, which contains 3D motion reconstructed from real dancers paired with music (left). The model generates realistic smooth dance motion in 3D with full translation, which allow applications such as automatic motion retargeting to a novel character (right).Dance Generation ResultsHere we show sampled...
January 2021 : VC Funding Hits All-Time High And Produces A Record Number Of New Unicorns
[Investing]
2021/02/18 09:09
Venture funding in January 2021 hit at an all-time monthly high of $39.9 billion, an analysis of Crunchbase data shows. .January’s funding total topped the previous monthly high of the last two years; July 2020 at $38.5 billion. A larger proportion of dollars in these funding spikes was also invested in late-stage venture capital — around 69 percent — with the lion’s share of capital going...
Japanese Toilets Are About To Get More High Tech With Holographic Buttons
[Product]
2021/02/18 09:08
Focused on minimizing the spread of germs and bacteria.If you’ve ever been to Japan, then you know how high tech their toilets are. To the people living there, it’s more or less a standard feature they’ve come to expect, but if you’re coming from another country, it’s kind of like a technological marvel with features that you never knew you needed until now.That being said, it seems that J...
(PDF) Mckinsey - 5 Charts That Set the Tone as New York Fashion Week 2021 Kicks Off
[Business]
2021/02/18 09:07
As New York Fashion Week kicks off a new season of fashion weeks around the globe, these are the five themes to watch.Everything looks different this year, and the fashion industry—which posted record-low profits in 2020—is no exception. Given the extreme jeopardy the industry has faced, there is no simple, standardized playbook for the coming year. Instead, fashion companies must tailor thei...
