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☆ 5G-powered wearable tech could be the key to inclusive experiences for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences at live performances
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Bella Sayegh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Wearable technology has been used in multiple industries, such as healthcare and fitness. Fewer lags and faster download speeds make the real-time experience required for wearable technology possible. The primary purpose of the wearables, she said, is to help those who are deaf or hard of hearing experience music inclusively. The Vibrotextile wearable technology is a haptic vest with wrist and ankle bands. "People want to be connected, and I think that's the most important aspect of technology," Rosella said.

Persons: —, Jill Stark, Stark, Jeffrey Stark, Jill Stark Stark, Francesca Rosella, Rosella, CuteCircuit, Stark —, SoundShirts, Cooper Hewitt, Don Emmert, Rachel Arfa, Daniel Belquer, Belquer Organizations: Service, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Fortune Business, Lyric Opera, Smithsonian Design, Getty, Chicago Lyric Opera, Chicago Mayor's, People, Labs, 5G Locations: London, New York City, AFP

☆ Some baby brands have a cult-like following. Kyte Baby’s went sour
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Hobbs says she owns 120 pieces of bamboo fiber baby pajamas, which can run from $32 to $38 for brands such as Bums & Roses, Posh Peanut and Kyte Baby. Courtesy Emilee HobbsThere are a number of bamboo clothing brands. The swift backlash to Kyte Baby was just as strong as its fans’ devotion had been. One person filmed themselves flinging away a Kyte Baby onesie into the snow in protest to ’N Sync’s “Bye Bye Bye.” Others said they would be selling their Kyte Baby items. A “Sienna Woodland" footie from bamboo clothing brand Kyte Baby.

Persons: New York CNN — Emilee Hobbs, Hobbs, Kyte, “, ” Hobbs, ‘, ” Emilee Hobbs, ”, Emilee, Momfluencers, Kyte Baby, Ying Liu, onesie, isn’t, it’s, Jacqueline Babb, ” Babb, TikTok, Instagram, Son, she’s, ” Son, Sleepies, Brands, Babb, “ I’ve, It’s, CNN’s Eva Rothenberg Organizations: New, New York CNN, Northwestern University, Facebook, Inc, Business Locations: New York, Georgia, sienna, Arkansas, United States, Kyte

☆ Walmart is betting big on new technology. But can it deliver where others haven’t?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —Walmart is joining the AI, drone and tech race. The superstore announced that it is offering drone delivery for up to 75% of the Dallas area’s population, or about 1.8 million homes. But drone delivery as a concept isn’t new, and Walmart’s timeline to take off in Dallas is remarkably short. Normally, customers who need to shop for a Super Bowl party search for items on the Walmart app individually, the company said. Walmart also announced advancements in its InHome service, which it debuted in 2019 to deliver groceries straight into customer’s refrigerators.

Persons: Doug McMillon, Satya Nadella, it’s, ” McMillon, John Locher, Jeff Bezos, Prathibha Rajashekhar, It’s, Walmart’s InHome Organizations: New, New York CNN, Walmart, Consumer, Sam’s Club, CES, Sam’s, Fort, Dallas, Amazon, UPS, Volkswagen, Federal Aviation Administration, CNBC, FAA, Amazon’s, Air, Technology, Microsoft, Apple, Super, Business Locations: New York, Las Vegas, Dallas, Fort Worth Area, Italy

☆ Natural-hair care is getting a boost from AI as Black-owned beauty-tech companies harness personalized data to better serve customers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Ngozi Nwanji | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Data reveals that Black consumers are driving the booming market, spending nine times more on hair-care products than other racial groups, a 2023 Nielsen report found. Black women, in particular, spend about $1.7 billion annually on hair-care products. Scientists perform a microscopic analysis of the textured strands to provide hair-care insights. For Myavana, that means partnering with brands to make the company's personalized hair-care technology available "everywhere you shop for hair products," Harris said. AdvertisementAdvertisementHairDays' AI tech tool, called Layla, was created to help people set and achieve their hair goals.

Persons: —, Nielsen, Candace Mitchell Harris, Myavana Harris, Harris, Georgia Tech's InVenture, Myavana, they'll, MyHairID, Myavana Tiffany St, Bernard, she's, Bernard —, Layla, Tiffany St, Ceci Kurzman, Meghan Maupin, Maupin, OurX OurX, St, SOCAi, Cornell, Curtis Cole, Andrew Alexis, OurX, we'll Organizations: Service, Fortune Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, Cornell Tech, SheaMoisture, Unilever, Cornell University's, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health, Human Services Locations: Georgia

New anti-obesity drugs have the potential to transform public health, while obliterating demand for products and services from the medical, food and fitness industries. Drugs developed by Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO) and Eli Lilly (LLY.N) appear to be the first truly effective diet treatments. In one clinical trial, patients taking Eli Lilly’s soon-to-be-launched weight-loss drug lost about 50 pounds (23 kg). Only about a third of those who started taking the drugs for obesity were still doing so a year later, according to one analysis. Yet even as Novo, Lilly and others see their addressable markets expand, some companies will see theirs shrink.

Persons: Lilly, George Frey, Eli Lilly, Eli Lilly’s, Novo, Wegovy, Kraft Heinz, Burger, LSEG, Michael Farrell, Zimmer Biomet, Smith, Peter Thal Larsen, Sharon Lam, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Novo Nordisk, Pharmacy, REUTERS, Reuters, TAM, Drugs, Alpha, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Cadbury, Mondelez, Fortune Business, Burger King, KFC, Yum Brands, Centers for Disease Control, Milken Institute, BMJ, Novo, Inspire Medical Systems, Novo Nordisk’s, WW International, Fashion, Thomson Locations: Provo , Utah, U.S, New, United States, Lilly, England

☆ The popular clothing brand Everlane slashed its carbon emissions by 22% with help from a high-tech startup. Companies all over the world are racing to do the same.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Érica Carnevalli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

In 2021, the clothing brand teamed up with the carbon-accounting startup Watershed to track carbon emissions, mostly from Everlane's supply chain, using data collection. Everlane is one of several companies using carbon-accounting startups to track emissions and put a dollar amount on their carbon footprints. Investment by venture-capital firms in carbon-accounting startups surged from $60 million in 2020 to $767 million in 2022, according to PitchBook. But it's challenging to precisely monitor this since companies' emissions are not the same, and they often overlap. The startup works with small, midsize, and enterprise companies, including Virgin Atlantic.

Persons: Everlane, Katina, Maria Fujihara, Fujihara, Amelia Penniman, Benchimol, Lauren Gifford, Gifford, DoorDash, Michael Thornton, Thornton Organizations: Service, Fortune Business, Sinai Technologies, Bayer, Siemens, SINAI Technologies, Investment, BlackRock, Walmart, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, US Environmental Protection Agency, International Energy Agency, Carbon Analytics, Greenhouse, Greenhouse Gas Management, Securities and Exchange Commission, Carbon Solutions, Colorado State University, Virgin Atlantic Locations: Sequoia, Airbnb, Sinai

☆ Would you pay hundreds of dollars for an app your doctor prescribed? Buzzy digital therapeutics could make you healthier — but your insurer probably won't cover them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Natalie Rahhal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Apps such as Somryst — known as prescription digital therapeutics — aim to raise the bar for personal healthcare delivered via smartphone. Digital therapeutics show promise for treating IBS and insomniaFunding for digital therapeutics surged by 133% between 2020 and 2021, and the sector's global value is estimated to grow from roughly $7 billion to about $28 billion from now to 2030, Fortune Business Insights reported. In fact, many insurance companies want years of data on real-world use before covering digital therapeutics, Insider previously reported. While there are free nonprescription DTxs available from sources such as the Department of Veterans Affairs, those aren't cleared by the FDA, and privately made prescription digital therapeutics often cost hundreds of dollars. "Digital therapeutics are meant to increase access to care.

Persons: Charlotte Jee, Jee, Corey McCann, John Torous, Beth Israel, they're, Torous, They're, AspyreRx, Mark Berman, hadn't Organizations: Healthcare, Morning, MIT Technology, National Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Pear Therapeutics, Harvard Medical, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical, Fortune Business, FDA, Better Therapeutics, Disease Control, Department of Health, Human Services, of Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Aetna

☆ Zoom execs claim its new workplace product is winning sales away from Microsoft's 'clunky' competitor in leaked video
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Zoom execs told employees Workvivo wins 80% of sales versus Microsoft's "clunky" competitor, Viva. Zoom earlier this year acquired the Irish employee engagement platform Workvivo founded in 2017. Microsoft introduced its own, similarly named Viva employee engagement platform in 2021 and earlier this year updated it to include its employee message board Yammer, now called Viva Engage. Workvivo Head of Sales DJ Cahill told employees that when Zoom's product is competing with Microsoft Viva, Workvivo wins 70% to 80% of those sales. Employee engagement software is a relatively young market that combines workplace chat tools with areas for corporate news, employee goal tracking, employee directories and the like.

Persons: Zoom execs, Workvivo, DJ Cahill, Cahill, Eric Yuan, execs, —, Yuan, Ashley Stewart Organizations: Microsoft, Viva Engage, Microsoft Viva

☆ EU car data access rules in progress but no timeline
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Foo Yun Chee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Data ownership, however, is not clearly defined in EU law, resulting in the current dispute between carmakers and those who want to access it. "The Commission is working on the preparation of a sector-specific proposal on in-vehicle data. It will aim to complement the proposal for a Data Act, published in February 2022," a spokesperson for the EU executive told Reuters in an email. "At this stage we cannot prejudge the content of the final impact assessment and subsequent timeline for adoption." ($1 = 0.9188 euros)Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Car services groups warn of unfair competition as EU data plan stalls
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Foo Yun Chee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BRUSSELS, March 31 (Reuters) - Car services groups on Friday warned a stalled EU proposal to ensure fair access to valuable vehicle data could pave the way for unfair competition from U.S. and Chinese tech companies. Car services groups are already concerned about the small number of players in the industry with access to the data, said Benjamin Krieger, secretary general of the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA). Unfair access could soon mean the sector "will be dominated by players from the United States and China", he told reporters. Car makers in turn said the Commission's proposed Data Act gives users control over data generated by vehicles, providing third parties fair and non-discriminatory access to the data. Last month, Mercedes Benz (MBGn.DE) teamed up with Google to offer traffic information and automatic rerouting in its cars.

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