Color reproduction has always been the achilles heel of E Ink reflective displays. Sharp’s new A2-sized (16.5in x 23.4in) “ePoster” uses E Ink’s latest Spectra 6 electronic paper to render content with greater color saturation and vividness than we’ve seen before. These are for still images only — video playback is not supported.
We already kinda knew this, didn’t we fellow slobs, but good to hear Unilever confirm it:
Many people didn’t use deodorant as much when they were in lockdown and working from home and some recovery in that is coming through.
The maker of Axe, Dove, and Rexona says deodorant sales have surged 15 percent now that companies have mostly settled on a hybrid approach for remote-capable employees.
X marks the spot, now located far below where it was last year ever since Elon Musk started meddling. The WSJ maps the decline in terms of active users, app downloads, ad money spent, and perceived value using lots of easy to understand charts.
The all-electric Kayoibako is a concept for a modular van that’s inspired by configurable shipping containers of the same name. It can be tailored for different uses like last-mile deliveries or personal adventure holidays... you know, if it was a real shipping EV.
Kayoibako will be revealed at the Japan Mobility Show which kicks off tomorrow in Tokyo after a four-year break.
No Olympics, no World Cup, and everyone that wanted a giant 4K TV bought one while suffering at home with covid. Little wonder LG Display has posted six straight quarterly losses.
Taiwan’s oft-imitated battery-swapping scooter company never quite took the world by storm but continues to impress with urban e-transport options like this new CrossOver. It’s a swankier take on the Cake Ösa I reviewed last year, with its high ground clearance and oodles of cargo lashing points that help make city escapes that much easier.
The Mach 2 aircraft was retired on October 24th, 2003 (this video commemorates the day) bringing an end to supersonic commercial air travel, though some, including NASA, still hope to resurrect it. Until then, here’s a piece I wrote in 2016 memorializing my own onboard experience... sadly, Gwyneth never responded.
Concorde remains the rare tech relic of the ‘70s that still looks futuristic without looking retro.
Bloomberg had the story a few weeks ago after listening in on a call between X CEO Linda Yaccarino and Twitter debt holders. Premium plans currently start at $8/mth ($84/yr) and show about 50 percent fewer ads. X is also testing charging every new user $1/year just to post because you gotta make up for a plummet in ad revenue somehow.
The money to protect Europeans from the spread of harmful content comes from the 19 companies identified as very large online platforms, divvied up based upon the number of users they have but not more than 0.05 percent of profits.
This methodology results in X, formerly known as Twitter, and Amazon not contributing a penny, while Alphabet Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. together would pay about €31 million — almost three-quarters of the total.
Or so say Bloomberg sources. Official numbers will be announced in November.
Here’s how Amazon described its test of Agility Robotics’ bi-pedal Digit robot in a press release yesterday:
Digit can move, grasp, and handle items in spaces and corners of warehouses in novel ways. Its size and shape are well suited for buildings that are designed for humans, and we believe that there is a big opportunity to scale a mobile manipulator solution, such as Digit, which can work collaboratively with employees.
Scale usage, but somehow not replace any human workers at newly cost-conscious and union-hating Amazon? Sure.
