With Epic’s Store On The Way, Steam Is Finally Feeling The Heat
Over the years, people have pondered what a viable competitor to Steam’s dominance would look like. Who would pull it off? What would be their silver bullet, capable of hobbling even Valve’s game-slinging behemoth? Late last week, Valve announced that Steam will take a lesser cut of revenues from games that sell $10 and $50 […]
AI-system promises better art reproductions – but not yet
A team from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US is developing a new, deep learning-assisted system to reproduce art with a 3D printer to make more accurate, convincing reproductions. The system combines a process known as halftoning, which uses little dots of ink, and a […]
Samsung sees biggest smartphone sales decline since Gartner started tracking it
Huawei and Xiaomi were almost solely responsible for smartphone sales growing in Q3 2018, according to Gartner’s latest figures. Gartner research director Anshul Gupta claimed that global smartphone sales would’ve been down 5.2 percent if Huawei and Xiaomi’s results were removed from the list. The tracking firm found that Huawei firmly held on to its […]
50% of Americans Make This Mistake During the Holidays
The holidays might be a joyous time of the year, but they’re also an expensive one — so much so that more than 25% of U.S. adults have landed in holiday debt in the past. For financial reasons, a large number of Americans find this time of year overwhelmingly stressful. The logical part of you […]
How investment apps coach their customers through a volatile market
The stock market’s volatility this past week was probably easier to stomach for seasoned investors, especially those who have the luxury of calling a financial adviser for some hand-holding. But novices using low-cost micro-investment apps don’t have a reassuring human standing by to help them. So what do they get instead? Investment apps are sending […]
During stock-market volatility, how would you invest $100,000?
After a wild on Wall Street, investors are nervous. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -3.10% has been on a rollercoaster ride this week, closing down 799 points Tuesday, giving investors reason to fear that the 9-year bull market, the longest since World War II, is coming to an end. Many working Americans are understandably […]
AppWorks founder reveals why they’re moving into AI and blockchain
Jamie Lin founded the Taipei-based accelerator AppWorks in 2009. Having began coding and building his own computers at the age of 10, he co-founded his first ecommerce startup, Hotcool, in 1999 and went on to co-found Intumit, Social Sauce, and Muse Games. Lin received his bachelor’s degree in engineering from National Taiwan University and MBA […]
4 Reasons to Actually Read Your Employee Handbook
Starting a new job often means spending your first week or so filling out paperwork, meeting more new people than you can easily count, and being asked to read the 100-page monstrosity known as your employee handbook. The purpose of an employee handbook is to spell out a company’s rules, procedures, goals, and so forth. […]
Dow transports suffer biggest-ever point drop, led FedEx and UPS stock selloffs
Skepticism and confusion over trade deal, flattening yield curve fuel growing concerns over economic slowdown The Dow Jones Transportation Average tumbled to its biggest-ever point drop, fueled by growing fears of an economic slowdown. The Dow transports DJT, -4.39% tumbled 476.37 points, or 4.4%, with all 20 components closing lower. The previous biggest-ever point decline […]
RH takes business cues from LVMH, Apple and Berkshire Hathaway
RH shares rally nearly 11% in Tuesday trading Luxury home retailer RH says there are three companies that it “studies and admires”: luxury conglomerate LVMH Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy, Apple Inc. and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. In a lengthy message to its “people, partners and shareholders,” RH Chief Executive Gary Friedman outlined the ways in which […]