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How Robots Are Shaking Up The Grocery Industry

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It has gained speed in 2018, showing how fulfillment — in many cases, following the lead of Amazon — is relying less on human participation as eCommerce buyers continue to change their shopping habits and expectations. online supermarket operator that earlier inked a deal with Kroger for entry into the U.S. Ocado Robots.

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From Investing To Budgeting, How Millennials Are Disrupting Personal Finance

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A 2018 survey by Bank of America shows that millennials’ top financial priorities were saving for emergency funds (64%), saving for retirement (49%), and saving to buy a house (33%) — not much different from the concerns their baby boomer parents had 30 years ago. Investing: Robo-advisors and micro-investing lower barriers to entry.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

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In the same way that Square built a payment-centric ecosystem for brick-and-mortar SMBs and micro-merchants, Stripe has reinvented online payment acceptance. Stripe continues to grow payments volume year over year. Michelle Wilson, formerly General Counsel at Amazon (2018). David Singleton , who joined Stripe in 2018 as the CTO.

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1M Users & Growing: 20+ Fintech Startups That Have Crossed The 1 Million Account Mark — And How They Got There

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Challenger banks are cropping up globally and we anticipate this vertical will continue to see more growth and more startups cross the 1M+ account mark. ( Cryptocurrency has been the most viral product that any of these companies have leveraged to launch their entry into the consumer fintech space. cbi_cta id=70404. Cryptocurrencies.

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How Blockchain Tech Could Disrupt Real Estate

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ChromaWay announced that it had completed a full transaction on the platform in June 2018. Bank of China Hong Kong (BOCHK), for example, stated in mid-2018 that it processes 85% of real estate appraisals using its own private blockchain. It is likely this trend will continue to spread across the US and the world.

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24 Industries & Technologies That Will Shape The Post-Virus World

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Continuous & remote diagnostics. Life after Covid: Continuation or backlash? For example, in 2018, 18% of American doctors reported treating a patient via telemedicine. Continuous & remote diagnostics. Table of Contents. Healthcare: Using data, wearables, and VR to make care more accessible. Telehealth technology.

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The metaverse could be tech’s next trillion-dollar opportunity: These are the companies making it a reality

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In 2018, Epic Games ‘ Fortnite generated 5 petabytes of data per month (that’s equivalent to 2.5T pages of standard text). Bridging micro-vibrations, pneumatic systems for force resistance, and motion tracking, this technology can give the impression that digital objects have texture, stiffness, and weight. Experiences.

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