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(PDF) FutureEarth - Our Future on Earth, 2020 Report
[Business]
2020/02/13 09:10
222 scientists say cascading crises are the biggest threat to the well-being of future generations.Survey reveals common concern of global scientists: interlinkages between crises; Part of Our Future on Earth, 2020, a 50-page synthesis of latest peer-reviewed, state-of-the-planet research and its interconnected complexities. The greatest threat to humanity hides in the potential cascading of im...
(Patent) Amazon Patents a Launch System for Snapping Payloads Into the Air
[Tech]
2020/02/13 09:09
A diagram shows Amazon’s whip-based launch system in operation on a ship. Never let it be said that Amazon Prime Air VP Gur Kimchi thinks small: His latest patent lays out a plan for a launch system that could theoretically send payloads into space on the end of a miles-long whip, guided by a phalanx of drones attached to the lash.The patent application — co-written with veteran Amazon invent...
Meditation App Headspace Closes On $93M Series C, Eyes Continued Global Expansion
[Investing]
2020/02/13 09:08
Headspace, a mindfulness and meditation startup, announced this morning it raised $93 million in a Series C round, which includes $53 million in equity and $40 million in debt.Blisce/ led the equity financing, which included participation from new investors Waverley Capital and Times Bridge (the global investments and partnerships arm of The Times Group of India). Existing backers The Chernin G...
Software Engineering Salaries Jump, Demand for AR/VR Expertise Skyrockets
[Consumer]
2020/02/13 09:07
Meanwhile, Blockchain’s star is fading, Hired report shows.It’s a good time to be an engineer specializing in augmented reality or virtual reality. That’s the conclusion of the latest report by job site Hired, which just released its annual state of software engineers report. To compile its data, Hired reviewed 400,000 interview requests from 10,000 companies made to 98,000 job seekers throu...
(Paper) Microsoft’s AI Automatically Comments on Video Clips
[Tech]
2020/02/13 09:06
Generating live video captions with AI could bolster engagement on social media, or serve as a benchmark for the task of translating video to text. Preliminary work to this end has employed encoder-decoder models to generate comments, but they haven’t modeled the interaction between videos and comments explicitly, so they’ve tended to generate irrelevant comments.That’s why a team of Microso...
Netflix Dominates Viewing on TVs Over All Other Streaming Services
[Business]
2020/02/13 09:05
But YouTube watching on TVs beats out Amazon and Hulu combined in the US, a new Nielsen study says.Netflix is big and it's getting bigger. And we're not just watching it on our phones and tablets: That dominance translates to the biggest screen in US homes too, according to a new study Tuesday from TV-measurement giant Nielsen. Netflix gobbles up 31% of streaming to TVs, beating every other ser...
Israeli Burger Chain Plans Vegan 3D-Printed Burgers - SavorEat
[Business]
2020/02/13 09:04
Burgus Burger Bar partners with SavorEat on a system that ‘prints’ plant-based burgers on demand, to be piloted at some of the chain’s branches.[A prototype plant-based burger printed and cooked by SavorEat’s system. Photo: courtesy]Last year, ISRAEL21c reported on a 3D printer for plant-based burgers being developed by startup SavorEat. Now, Israeli hamburger restaurant group Burgus Burger...
Make Authentic Japanese Matcha Like the Ancient Masters with Just One Button
[Product]
2020/02/13 09:03
Gone are the days when you just picked between tea and coffee; now it is about matcha, kombucha, spirulina, and activated charcoal drinks! Yes, everything in my previous sentence is real – it is enough to fluster anyone going to a cafe and trying to order healthy. My mother rightfully said “Why to pay for it outside when you can make it at home?” which brings me to another CES 2020 innovatio...
(PDF) Capgemini - Emerging Technologies in Sports : Reimagining the Fan Experie
[Business]
2020/02/12 09:10
Redefining the future of sports.People have always had a passion for sports and now, emerging digital technologies are offering exciting new ways to enjoy them, transforming the fan experience, driving fans to the stadiums, and converting more and more online viewers. So what can organizations do to get a head start on this significant opportunity for growth and increasing brand value?The fan e...
