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(PDF) Mckinsey - The State of Fashion 2021
[Business]
2020/12/06 09:10
In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate industry trends, with shopping shifting to digital channels and consumers continuing to champion fairness and social justice.With the COVID-19 pandemic dominating thoughts and minds, fashion executives are planning for a range of scenarios and hoping for a speedy global recovery. However, amid increasing pressure on performance, shifting consumer b...
(Patent) Apple Patent Advances Their Foldable/Scrollable iDevice Agenda
[Tech]
2020/12/06 09:09
The US Patent & Trademark Office published another detailed patent application from Apple relating to possible future folding and scrolling form factor iPhones with heavy emphasis on the device's hinge system. Apple's invention covers an electronic device such an iPhone or iPad having a foldable display supported by a foldable electronic device housing.First and second portions of the elect...
Tesla Bears : TSLA Shares Are Up Roughly 600% YTD
[Investing]
2020/12/06 09:08
Tesla, Inc has gained infamy for the sheer depth of short seller activity on its stock. At its peak in 2019, over 200 million shares were short. However, short sellers have recently capitulated, thanks to Tesla’s monster yearShort selling is often said to be the Wild West of financial markets. Where there’s a short seller, there can be whipsawing asset prices just around the corner. Tesla is...
Your Body Is a Smart Home
[Tech]
2020/12/06 09:07
When the human body is the communications channel, it’s hard to hack the data.In 2007, U.S. vice president Dick Cheney ordered his doctors to disable all wireless signals to and from his Internet-connected pacemaker. Cheney later said that the decision was motivated by his desire to prevent terrorists from being able to hack his pacemaker and use it to lethally shock his heart. Cheney’s comma...
Inclusive Beauty and Skincare Lines are No Longer The Trend
[Product]
2020/12/06 09:06
The wave of celebrities with beauty brands never seems to crash; rather, it continues to swell as more and more A-listers sign on to helm makeup and skincare lines, whether they’re doing much of the work involved or not. The real story here is that among these new entrants, inclusivity isn’t optional: it’s the standard. Check out this year’s standout beauty launches, which are truly for eve...
(Infographic) The Growing Generational Wealth Gap
[Consumer]
2020/12/06 09:05
As young generations usher into adulthood, they inevitably begin to accumulate and inherit wealth, a trend that has broadly remained consistent.But what has changed recently is the rate of accumulation.In the U.S., household wealth has traditionally seen a relatively even distribution across different age groups. However, over the last 30 years, the U.S. Federal Reserve shows that older generat...
(Video) The Game-Changing Bed that Converts into a Home Gym - PIVOT Fitness
[Product]
2020/12/06 09:04
UK Brand PIVOT Fitness announce their game-changing home exercise equipment, a bed which transforms into a full home gym. Not only does it give you a proper pull-up bar and dip-bars, with an optional fold-out power rack, but it also gives you a space to workout. No more moving the coffee table and having to find your equipment before a home workout - just lift the end of the bed and all your eq...
This Ambidextrous Mouse Uses an Accordion-like Design to Give Each Hand a Grip
[Design]
2020/12/06 09:03
More often than not you’ll need to work on your computer, and the tools better be good. For people who are left-handed finding a mouse that fits the ergonomic posture for maximum comfort is not that easy. The reason being – most mouse designs are crafted keeping in mind right-handed people. So, it gives industrial designer Ju Yeon Baek reason enough to keep the needs of left-handed geeks in m...
(Patent) Microsoft Aims to Patent a Method for Authorizing Temporary Data Access to a Virtual Assistant
[Tech]
2020/12/03 16:12
U.S. patent application, 20200372140, describes a method for authorizing and enabling a virtual assistant access to a user’s own data during a meeting event. The method includes specifying the duration of access and automatically disabling the access at the termination of the meeting event or when the user is not a participant of the event. The figure below illustrates a meeting event in which...
