In the new normal, success means heeding your customers’ needs.As the COVID-19 pandemic casts its long shadow over yet another year, we are forced to accept that the new normal is here to stay. That’s why the Capgemini Research Institute is continuing its series of research notes with pragmatic guidance on how organizations can take action on the things that matter.In April 2020, we looked at...

Beijing-based aoe architects unveil their proposal for a new-generation library within the songdo international business district, in south korea. Understanding the need for a library that it will serve as both an important landmark and an active cultural hub in the area, the design imagines a rounded leaning building that blends interestingly with the urban surroundings, and attracts visitors...

Over $567 billion has been amassed by the 10 richest people in the world in less than a year.To put that into perspective, that’s more than sevenfold the wealth accumulated by the top 10 in the time period prior. As just one example, Elon Musk witnessed his wealth increase at least 500% in the last year. Meanwhile, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, has earned a cool extra $68.6 billion.With data from the...

Refraction AI, a company developing semi-autonomous delivery robots, today announced that it raised $4.2 million in seed funding led by Pillar VC. Refraction says that the proceeds will be used for customer acquisition, geographic expansion, and product development well into the next year.The worsening COVID-19 health crisis in much of the U.S. seems likely to hasten the adoption of self-guided...

Key stakeholders will need to continue to monitor and adapt to new data and new variants emerging across the globe to respond effectively.In this update, we track the progress of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics as new clinical data and virus variants emerge.Since we shared our perspectives on COVID-19-vaccine development in July 2020, the pandemic has grown in proportion across most of Europ...

COVID-19 spread has changed our day-to-day life in unprecedented ways. Organizations around the world are taking action to, contain and help prevent further spread of the disease by using AI technologies like computer vision, help ensure the safety of the employees and customers. Azure Cognitive Services now, provides Mask detection functionality, to assist application developers in building so...

For luxury fashion brands, Covid-19 was a wake-up call to fundamental inefficiencies in their business model. OC&C Strategy Consultants presents four pillars of transformation for the industry's post-pandemic avatar.Discretionary spending was among the first economic victims of Covid-19. With job losses rampant and a recession imminent, few were considering luxury purchases. Fashion brands...

This gives a completely new meaning to the word ‘papercut’! Say hello to the Paper Razor, a sustainable alternative to the disposable plastic razor. The Paper Razor, as its name suggests, comes with an all-paper body and sports a metal blade-head on top. Designed to be flat-packed, the single-use razor comes completely unfolded and can easily be put together in a matter of seconds by merely f...

Liam Bailey, Knight Frank’s Global Head of Research, journeys through The Wealth Report 2021 to offer his top takeaways.In the middle of a global pandemic and the related economic crisis, why should we be interested in the wealthy? Simply put, if we are to understand market and asset performance then they form a central part of the story.The objective of The Wealth Report is to assess how the...