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How Does Technology Breathe New Life into the Coffee Industry

Brewing with Artificial Intelligence: How Does Technology Breathe New Life into the Coffee Industry?

When it comes to coffee, what pops up in your mind may be a coffee machine that crackles or a coffee cup with your name on it. Regardless, to many of us, artificial intelligence (AI) is not even remotely related to coffee. As irrelevant as they may seem to each other, AI has infiltrated the global coffee supply chain and impressed us with its coffee selection, roasting and pouring abilities.

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Why BendDAO Might Be a Threat to Popular NFT Projects

Why BendDAO Might Be a Threat to Popular NFT Projects

At this point, most of our readers would be familiar with the concept of a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). But for those who need a quick refresher, DAOs are internet communities set up on the blockchain with no central governing body and where members act in the interest of the group. You can invest in and become a member through purchasing their crypto tokens.

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What Can We Do for Sustainable Fashion

What Can We Do for Sustainable Fashion?

For many millennia, what we wear is an important part of our lives. Evolving from simply protecting our bodies, clothes have become an indicator of culture, profession and even social standing; and lately, as a means of self-expression as well. As such, fashion touches everyone on the planet, quite literally, and we may even call it our second skin.

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Crypto’s Gender Disparity Problem Needs to Be Addressed

Crypto’s Gender Disparity Problem Needs to Be Addressed

If you look at crypto communities online, be it on Twitter or Telegram or Reddit, you’ll find them to be largely made up of men. If asked to visualize the crypto community, everyone would picture a crypto bro (men who are singularly focused on cryptocurrency predictions) discussing which currency will go “to the moon” next. In fact, 94% of all cryptocurrency is owned by men, which means that women occupy only 6% of all crypto holdings.

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Should You Trust the Fear and Greed Index

Should You Trust the Fear and Greed Index?

Cryptocurrency is an extremely volatile and turbulent asset, especially owing to its immensely speculative nature. Investors use a variety of means to gauge cryptocurrencies’ price movement in order to determine future crypto asset performance, including social media sentiment and indices.

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Top 5 Travel Startups to Check Out in 2022

Top 5 Travel Startups to Check Out in 2022

The last two years have been extremely tough for globetrotters. With all the travel bans, it was nearly impossible for us to travel freely. As the world gradually recovers some semblance of normalcy, we can finally prepare for a vacation again. While many travel companies collapsed during the pandemic, some travel startups have survived the hardship and are determined to redefine travel and hospitality in the post-Covid age.

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Paper-Thin Loudspeakers Transform Your Listening Experience

Paper-Thin Loudspeakers Transform Your Listening Experience

Most great quality loudspeakers are very heavy, and those that are lightweight and don’t take up too much space might not provide a transportive audio experience. But what if there was a way to create a powerful, high-quality sound system that is both lightweight and portable?

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Which Country Has the Fastest Supercomputer in the World?

Which Country Has the Fastest Supercomputer in the World?

In May 2022, Top500 rankings released their list of the fastest (and most efficient) supercomputers in the world right now. While China boasted the majority, it was the U.S. that came out on top with the fastest supercomputer in the world. American supercomputer Frontier became the first to demonstrate the performance of one quintillion (i.e. a billion billion calculations) operations per second during a set of standard tests that researchers use to rank the supercomputers.

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What Amazon’s Acquisition of One Medical Means for the Healthcare Industry

What Amazon’s Acquisition of One Medical Means for the Healthcare Industry

On July 21, e-commerce giant Amazon announced its acquisition of the U.S.-based primary healthcare chain One Medical. The purchase will cost US$3.9 billion (US$18 a share). “We want to be one of the companies that helps dramatically improve the healthcare experience over the next several years,” says Neil Lindsay, Senior Vice President of Amazon Health Services, highlighting the need to reimagine how the healthcare industry works.

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6 Tips to Make Business Travel Productive

6 Tips to Make Business Travel Productive

Unlike a vacation, business travel can be a grind. Long days of meetings followed by nights in unfamiliar hotel rooms can leave even the most intrepid traveler feeling exhausted. Yet, it doesn’t have to be this way. With a bit of planning, you can make your business trips work wonders for you.

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Why India’s Ed-Tech Startups Are Shrinking

Why India’s Ed-Tech Startups Are Shrinking

The education technology (EdTech) sector in India was worth US$2.8 billion as of 2020. With the pandemic forcing schools and children alike to incorporate technology into learning, EdTech has become the third most funded startup category in India after e-commerce and FinTech startups as of 2022. Despite the growth EdTech saw during the pandemic, it has become the latest victim of the slew of layoffs affecting the tech landscape across the world.

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What Are Mixed Reality Headsets and How Do They Work

What Are Mixed Reality Headsets and How Do They Work?

With the inception of the metaverse, there is an increasing demand for devices that can provide users with an immersive experience that blurs the lines between the digital and physical worlds. This is where mixed reality (MR) headsets come in.

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