Macy’s solution for the retail apocalypse? S E L L I N G A D S – The often-predicted retail apocalypse certainly seemed to get more likely for many large retailers over the past year. Macy’s alone shuttered 45 stores in 2021 and needed a $4.5B loan to escape bankruptcy. Yet it is one of the retailers…
Archive for: December, 2021
This very cool solar-powered motorhome can travel up to 740 km (460 miles) per day. It has been created by students from Eindhoven University of Technology who hope to inspire carmakers and politicians to accelerate the transition toward #greenenergy. #wakeupimagine#innovation#technology#solar#students#travel
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down as chief of the social media company, effective immediately. Parag Agrawal, the company’s chief technology officer, will take over the helm. Shares of both Twitter and Square were up with the news. Scott Galloway has been calling for this one for a while – there you go Scott! #wakeupimagine https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/29/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-is-expected-to-step-down-sources-say.html?__source=sharebar|linkedin&par=sharebar
For all my packaging, branding, and naming friends – here’s a story – Fok Hing Gin, owned by Hong Kong-based company Incognito Group Ltd, has been deemed offensive in a landmark ruling by the UK’s Independent Complaints Panel. Incognito Group had claimed that the brand name is an English romanization of the traditional Chinese phrase meaning…
Can AI Truly Give Us a Glimpse of Lost Masterpieces? Very cool article from WIRED on recent projects that used #machinelearning to resurrect paintings by Klimt and Rembrandt. They raise questions about what computers can understand about art. #wakeupimagine #art #AI https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-reviving-lost-art/
This #quantumcomputing startup says it’s ready to take on IBM and Google. Founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University scientists and funded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), QuEra Computing Inc. has built a 256-qubit quantum computer using its own unique architecture. #wakeupimagine#technology#startup#future https://www.fastcompany.com/90698019/quera-quantum-computing-startup
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