Month: March 2024

Mar
12
2024
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By Lily Chang
The Apple Car is Dead, But the Innovation Behind It Lives on

The Apple Car is Dead, But the Innovation Behind It Lives on

Investments and Business
Linked media - Related media Innovation on wheels Has Apple really crashed the car? The tech giant has killed its electric vehicle project as it pivots to artificial intelligence, prompting many observers to declare the venture a major failure for the company. Here’s a contrarian thought: That critique misses a wider point about how Apple innovates, because the company has used the project to power a whole ecosystem of products and services that have been unmitigated successes. Apple invested billions to build a self-driving car. Reports emerged about the secret effort, code-named Project Titan, in 2014, and the company has…
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Mar
12
2024
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By Lily Chang
Companies Were Big on CBD. Not Anymore.

Companies Were Big on CBD. Not Anymore.

Health
Related media - Related media “My account on Meta is forever banned from making any advertising after I posted once under our company’s page about our CBD products and it was flagged,” said Clarice Coppolino, head of branding and product development for Vital Leaf, which makes CBD chocolate, skin care and tinctures. The Covid-19 pandemic also took a toll on the industry. While sales in the early weeks and months of the pandemic soared as nervous consumers sought relief through CBD-infused products, the interest among large companies and investors fell off. “Covid clearly shifted consumer packaged goods companies away from…
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Mar
12
2024
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By Lily Chang
Anthony Kim expected to play LIV Golf event after 12 years away from the game

Anthony Kim expected to play LIV Golf event after 12 years away from the game

Politics
Linked media - Connected media Golf’s great prodigy turned mysterious recluse is returning to the sport. Anthony Kim is expected to make his return to professional golf for the first time in 12 years and play LIV Golf’s event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, this week as a wild card. LIV commissioner Greg Norman teased Kim’s return in a video on social media Monday, and Kim’s presence on the driving range did not go unnoticed Tuesday. Sports Business Journal’s Josh Carpenter snapped a photo of a placard featuring Kim’s name, and then YouTube golfer Andy Carter posted a video of Kim’s…
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Mar
12
2024
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By Lily Chang
Vision Pro Goggles Are Not Safe While Driving a Tesla, U.S. Says

Vision Pro Goggles Are Not Safe While Driving a Tesla, U.S. Says

Science and Technology
Related media - Linked media Is this the future? A world in which people can’t step away from the digital realm long enough to focus solely on everyday tasks such as socializing or exercising? Eric Decker, a YouTube and TikTok creator who goes by the name Airrack, posted a video poking fun at an “average day for an Apple Vision Pro owner,” showing him wearing the headset while lifting weights at the gym, getting his hair cut, going through airport security, walking down a street and even showering. (The Vision Pro is not waterproof.) “I truly feel most of these…
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