Less than 14 months after launching in North America and the Netherlands on November 12, 2019, Disney+ has already achieved what it set out to do in 2024, that is reach 90 million subscribers. As of January 2, 2021, the Netflix competitor based in Burbank, California had reached 95 million paid subscribers, the company announced in its latest earnings report. To put that number in context, it t...

If you’ve ever tried to describe colors with words, chances are you struggled to find the exact terms to convey what your eyes perceive, and you end up resorting to metaphors.In the dictionary, red is described as resembling the color of blood. Blue gets compared to a clear sky. Green almost always finds itself aligned with grass and growing foliage. But what if you could use other senses to d...

US companies slashed IT budgets in response to the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. But the outlook has improved this year.The IT spending picture looks much brighter in 2021 for US companies, according to a recent Bain & Company survey of a cross section of IT decision makers. Last year, the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent economic shock led companies of all sizes to cut their...

With a level of aesthetics that’s comparable to seeing the Yin and Yang elements lock in to form a complete circle, the Koishi TWS Earbuds by Sjoerd Ramaker focus on visual gestalt. The headphones come with a square case that has no lid to begin with. Instead, the headphones ARE a part of the case as they snap conveniently into the sides to complete the soft, rounded square’s form.Named Koish...

The modern factory is already a highly complex environment. Advanced machines and robots are equipped with a wide array of sensors connected to high-powered analytics engines in the cloud that assess performance, manage production schedules, maintain supplies and orchestrate all the activities on the factory floor. By eliminating the need for wired connectivity, 5G will supplement the high-spee...

In November 2019 Patently Apple posted a report titled "The Latest trend of Physical Buttons on a Smartphone being replaced with Touch Controls is one that Apple is likely to Adopt." The report was covering Huawei's new Mate 30 Pro smartphone introducing dual side controls. Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent that relates to virtual touch controls that c...

Confused investors waste millions of dollars every year buying the wrong shares.THE PAST few months have been a tumultuous ride for investors in Clubhouse. The social network, which was launched in March 2020, creates audio chatrooms in which users can listen to live conferences—but only if they have been invited to join the platform by existing members. By January this exclusive audience had...

Coronary artery calcification—the buildup of calcified plaque in the walls of the heart's arteries—is an important predictor of adverse cardiovascular events like heart attacks. Coronary calcium can be detected by computed tomography (CT) scans, but quantifying the amount of plaque requires radiological expertise, time and specialized equipment. In practice, even though chest CT scans are fai...

The coronavirus crisis has had a significant impact on international car markets in the past year. The number of newly registered passenger cars in the 27 EU member states fell by around 24 percent in 2020 compared to the previous year.This is according to the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA). Other large markets also posted double-digit declines. The Chinese market lost the...