TREND REPORTS
Vaccine Protectionism Endangers the Global Fight against Covid-19
[Business]
2021/02/02 09:05
Europe’s threat to withhold vaccine exports until it has its share could hamper progress against the virus.LIKE ALL countries, the members of the European Union want to vaccinate their people against covid-19 as quickly as possible. The EU has ordered 1.7bn doses of vaccines (with options for 600m more) from six manufacturers. The EU’s medicines agency has so far approved three for use, of wh...
AI to Power Car-Free City in Saudi Arabia, Centred Around Nature
[Tech]
2021/02/02 09:04
Mass transit operates below ground and shops, workplaces and leisure destinations are all within walking distance. Introduced by His Royal Highness Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince, The Line is a 170 kilometre long urban development running from Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Coast inland to the mountains in the north west. Located in a region called Neom, the area has been designated a living labora...
Audi X Travel Companion is an Amphibious All-Terrain Vehicle for Water Adventures
[Design]
2021/02/02 09:03
As an outdoorsy person, you always dream of one vehicle that can satiate your adventure lust, whether it be on land as well as water. That ideation of an amphibious vehicle that can tread the demanding terrain on land as well as dive in the water like a submersible has been a pipedream a bit too far for practicality aspect. However, Slovakia-based Andrej Zachar with the Audi X travel companion...
(PDF) ARK Invest - Big Ideas Report 2021
[Investing]
2021/02/01 09:10
ARK seeks to gain a deeper understanding of the convergence, market potential, and long-term impact of disruptive innovation by researching a global universe that spans sectors, industries, and markets. We are witnessing an acceleration in new technological breakthroughs. To enlighten investors on the impact of these breakthroughs and the opportunities they should create, we began publishing Bi...
(Patent) Microsoft Patented a Chatbot That Would Let You Talk to Dead People
[Tech]
2021/02/01 09:09
The internet is buzzing over a new technology created by Microsoft developers that could make it possible to have a virtual conversation with a deceased loved one (well, kind of).A patent granted to Microsoft (MSFT) last month details a method for creating a conversational chatbot modeled after a specific person — a "past or present entity ... such as a friend, a relative, an acquaintance, a c...
(Video) 3D Search Engine Physna Wants to be the Google of the Physical World
[Business]
2021/02/01 09:08
In June of 1999, Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins invested $25 million into an early-stage company developing a new search engine called Google, paving the way for a revolution in how knowledge online was organized and shared.Now, Sequoia Capital is placing another bet on a different kind of search engine, one for physical objects in three dimensions, just as the introduction of three-dimens...
Reddit vs. Wall Street: The GameStop Saga
[Investing]
2021/02/01 09:07
In what could have been a relatively quiet post-inauguration week, a breathtaking story of David vs. Goliath played out on the world stage, turning financial markets upside down and wreaking havoc on Wall Street.But let’s start from the beginning. Earlier this month, activist investor Ryan Cohen, founder of Chewy.com, joined the board of video game retailer GameStop along with two former Chewy...
Water is The Juiciest Ingredient in Beauty Today
[Product]
2021/02/01 09:06
While Cassandra Daily has previously reported on waterless beauty, there’s another industry trend forming in the other direction, calling for more H2O. To wit, The New York Times called out hydration as the “latest lucrative frontier of the wellness boom.” But we’re not talking about just any plain old water: H2O is getting a modern remix, featuring in functional products like liquidized mi...
(Infographic) How B2B Sales Have Changed During COVID-19
[Business]
2021/02/01 09:05
The pivot: Accelerated migration to remote and digital. New digital behaviors are becoming the next normal.Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the way companies buy from and sell to each other now looks very different than it used to—perhaps permanently. To thrive in the next normal, B2B companies will need to continue adapting to the new economic reality.To understand how large the challenge is and a...
