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Amazon goes Department Store

Amazon plans to open several large physical retail locations in the U.S. that will operate akin to department stores, a step to help the tech company extend its reach in sales of clothing, household items, electronics and other areas, people familiar with the matter said. The plan to launch large stores will mark a new expansion…

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Telsabot – Elon’s AI Humanoid Robot

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company is working on a humanoid robot and that it will build a prototype “sometime next year.” The humanoid robot will leverage Tesla’s experience with automated machines in its factories, as well as some of the hardware and software that powers the company’s Autopilot driver-assistance software. Musk, who has spoken…

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How Intelligent Automation could help avoid trillions in losses.

Great article from Pascal BORNET and Forbes – Intelligent automation (IA) technologies have great potential to reduce financial losses across all businesses, from multinational corporations to small family businesses and sole traders. The key three areas are fraud, errors, and accidents at work & work-related illnesses. #wakeupimagine #intelligentautomation #ai #artificialintelligence #work https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/07/20/how-intelligent-automation-could-help-avoid-trillions-in-losses-per-year/?sh=1868f2aa8042

The Metaverse keeps staking new ground.

Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Facebook reported earnings this past week and they’re all making lots of money. And they have another thing in common … all have a stake in something called the “metaverse.” If you’re a sci-fi junky like me you first read about it in Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash and then got further dazzled by Ernest Cline’s…

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Deep Genomic’s artificial intelligence scans the humane genome.

Toronto-based Deep Genomics has raised a US$180-million Series C round led by SoftBank Group Corp., marking the second Canadian investment from the Japanese conglomerate’s Vision Fund 2 after Clearco earlier this month.  It’s a sign, founder and CEO Brendan Frey said, that deep-pocketed investors are on board with a “new era” of biotech, where artificial intelligence—not just chemists—can uncover breakthrough drugs.   Deep Genomics’…

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Zero Party Data is here to stay.

As consumers, we all now expect personalized experiences. Yet we also grate at attempts by marketers to collect personal data about them to deliver these personalized experiences. That’s a paradox that marketers increasingly have to navigate. AND … there’s a fine line between cool and creepy, between personalization and stalking – we’ve all felt it! One Deloitte study reported that…

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The Minting of an NFT Unicorn.

Andreessen Horowitz is placing a big bet on #NFTs, leading a huge $100 million funding round for the largest of the #NFT trading marketplaces, OpenSea. With the round, OpenSea, founded in 2017, has a valuation of $1.5 billion. #wakeupimagine #NFTunicorn https://www.fastcompany.com/90656775/andreessen-horowitz-nft-opensea-100-million-funding

VR Truck Drivers do it Remotely.

Autonomous trucks can now be driven remotely from hundreds of miles away. Swedish company Voysys AB has designed a remote system that uses 4G. Voysys claims a glass-to-glass latency of 75 milliseconds and 40 milliseconds on faster networks. According to the company, drivers will feel as if they are in the truck. Interesting. Is this the future…

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Apple says … pay later.

Apple is working on a new service (backed by Goldman) that will let consumers pay for any Apple Pay purchase in installments over time, rivaling the “buy now, pay later” offerings popularized by services from Affirm (whose stock dropped 10% on the news)and PayPal. Look out … here comes Apple. #wakeupimagine https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/apple-goldman-plan-buy-now-pay-later-service-to-rival-paypal

For the music industry, cryptocurrency will be as disruptive as MTV.

For the music industry, cryptocurrency will be as disruptive as MTV. Great read from Fast Company – a former MTV exec reflects on how crypto is shaking up the music industry in ways reminiscent of a certain game-changing video network born in 1981. #wakeupimagine #crypto #musicindustry #music https://www.fastcompany.com/90651595/for-the-music-industry-cryptocurrency-will-be-as-disruptive-as-mtv

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