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(Paper) Printed Paper Speakers Roll Into a Ring to Offer Surround Sound
[Tech]
2021/02/03 09:06
Scientists explored the potential of their newly made T-Paper by producing a prototype circular speaker dubbed T-RingJacob Müller.Scientists at Germany’s Chemnitz University of Technology have spent years developing compact and discreet speakers that are quite literally paper thin, and the latest breakthrough improves on this technology for a more immersive experience. The scientists have com...
(PDF) Who Is Winning the AI Race 2021 : China, the EU, or the United States?
[Business]
2021/02/03 09:05
The United States still holds a substantial overall lead in AI, but China has continued to reduce the gap in some important areas and the EU continues to fall behind.The nations that lead in the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) will shape the future of the technology and significantly improve their economic competitiveness, while those that fall behind risk losing competitive...
Koreans Buy Tesla, GameStop as Foreign Stock Buying Hits Record
[Investing]
2021/02/03 09:04
Koreans bought a net $5 billion of foreign shares in January. Koreans are ‘highly exposed’ to U.S. market risks: Goldman.South Korean traders piled into U.S. stocks like GameStop Corp. and Tesla Inc. in January, driving their buying of overseas equities to a record high in January.Korean individual and institutional investors bought a net $5 billion of foreign stocks in January, their most-ev...
Alma Expands Mental Health Network Buoyed By $28M Series B
[Investing]
2021/02/03 09:03
Alma’s platform enables providers to accept insurance. It also provides a member directory, client-matching service, scheduling and billing functions, as well as education, training and a community for support, he said. In addition, Alma works with the insurance companies on behalf of the providers, which reduces session costs down to an average of $18.“The toll of mental health has never bee...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Sporting Goods 2021 : The Next Normal for an Industry in Flux
[Business]
2021/02/02 09:10
Eight trends are shaping the sporting goods industry in 2021. To win in the next normal, players must adapt to a shifting landscape.In 2020, the sporting goods industry contracted for the first time since the financial crisis of 2007–08. Most brands, retailers, and manufacturers finished the year significantly in the red, despite a bounce back in activity after the first and before the second...
Xiaomi Introduced a Brand New Form of Charging – Mi Air Charge Technology
[Tech]
2021/02/02 09:09
Revolutionizing the current wireless charging methods, Mi Air Charge Technology enables users to remotely charge electronic devices without any cables or wireless charging stands. Today, we enter a true wireless charging era.The core technology of Xiaomi’s remote charging lies in space positioning and energy transmission. Xiaomi’s self-developed isolated charging pile has five phase interfere...
How Global Electric Car Sales Defied Covid-19 in 2020
[Business]
2021/02/02 09:08
Electric car sales in 2020 exceeded these expectations. Backed by existing policy support and additional stimulus measures, the IEA preliminary estimate is that electric car sales worldwide climbed to over 3 million and reached a market share of over 4%, making 2020 a record-breaking year for electric mobility. This is equivalent to a growth of over 40% in global sales from the 2.1 million elec...
Sila Nanotechnologies Raises $590M to Fund Battery Materials Factory
[Investing]
2021/02/02 09:07
Sila Nanotechnologies, a Silicon Valley battery materials company, has spent years developing technology designed to pack more energy into a cell at a lower cost — an end game that has helped it lock in partnerships with Amperex Technology Limited as well as automakers BMW and Daimler.Now, Sila Nano, flush with a fresh injection of capital that has pushed its valuation to $3.3 billion, is read...
(Paper) A New AI Chip can Perform Image Recognition Tasks in Nanoseconds
[Tech]
2021/02/02 09:06
When it comes to chess, computers seem to have nothing left to prove.Since IBM’s Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, advances in artificial intelligence have made chess-playing computers more and more formidable. No human has beaten a computer in a chess tournament in 15 years.In new research, a team including Jon Kleinberg, the Tisch University Professor of Compute...
