Which technologies have the most momentum in an accelerating world? We identified the trends that matter most.As all things digital continue to accelerate, which technology trends matter most for companies and executives? To answer that question, we developed a unique methodology to identify the ten trends most relevant to competitive advantage and technology investments. These trends may not r...

The new machine will be a close relative to Tesla's upcoming Dojo supercomputer.Tesla's Senior Director of AI, Andrej Karpathy, unveiled the electric vehicle automaker's new supercomputer during a presentation at the 2021 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR).Last year, Elon Musk highlighted Tesla's plans to build a "beast" of a neural network training supercomputer calle...

Although the COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing, a semblance of normalcy is returning to parts of the United States as businesses start to reopen. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 52.7 percent of Americans have now received at least one dose of vaccine and about 44 percent are now fully vaccinated. Correspondingly, Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data reveals that U....

The NFT debate is now running through the market for diamonds and luxury jewellery. Royal jeweller Asprey plans to issue NFTs, but others are staying away — for now.When Jacques Voorhees and his son Erik, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, were chatting over breakfast together one morning, Jacques suddenly realised a solution to a long-term problem affecting the diamond sector. As Jacques puts it,...

Robots eliminate weeds with lasers to solve one of the farming industries’ biggest challenges.Carbon Robotics, an autonomous robotics company, today unveiled its third-generation autonomous weed elimination robots. The Autonomous Weeder leverages robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and laser technology to safely and effectively drive through crop fields to identify, target and eliminate we...

Switzerland is still the prime destination for private offshore wealth worldwide. According to the Boston Consulting Group, foreign private wealth parked in the alpine republic reached 2.4 trillion dollars in 2020 - a quarter of the global total. The biggest growth, however, was expected in Hong Kong and Singapore - the top 2 and 3 on the list - due to wealth created in Mainland China.Private o...

Shine Turbine is a wind-powered portable device charger.A modern problem of the off-grid and outdoorsy lifestyle is how to keep your devices powered. Battery packs are one option, but they have limited use and can be heavy and bulky. The team at Aurea Technologies has come to the rescue with the Shine Turbine, a compact and lightweight wind-powered turbine that offers renewable energy to outdoo...

The company has very rapidly realized it isn’t in the foldable phones business… it’s in the foldable everything business.Images have surfaced on the internet of a rather interesting concept employing Royole‘s flexible display technology. Created by Zhiyuan Xing, a designer based out of Shenzhen, the Flexible Car Dashboard poses an interesting hot-take – what if instead of doors on a glove...

During the pandemic, consumers had to pivot and adopt new habits. Business leaders wondered at the outset of the pandemic whether these changes, which accelerated trends already in motion, would be fleeting or permanent. Now, PwC’s June 2021 Global Consumer Insights Pulse Survey reveals that the changes are sticking―signifying a historic and dramatic shift in consumer behaviour. In just a six...