Amazon starts using AI to summarise reviews and save shoppers time

Amazon starts using AI to summarise reviews and save shoppers time

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF How much time do you spend reading all those reviews? Well, now AI can summarise them all for you.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....

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Mastercard starts testing quantum computers to hyper personalise rewards

Mastercard starts testing quantum computers to hyper personalise rewards

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many in the payments industry believe that what makes their cards unique and relevant is the rewards they offer, so Mastercard are hyper personalising those rewards using QC.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...

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Wilson debuts an airless 3D printed NBA basketball

Wilson debuts an airless 3D printed NBA basketball

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 3D printing lets us manufacture things that previously would have been impossible, costly, or both.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. A hole in your...

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Oto snags millions from SAP and others to help AI understand peoples emotions

Oto snags millions from SAP and others to help AI understand peoples emotions

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF While AI’s that can listen to your voice and understand your intonation and emotions has its benefits as we see AI’s being developed to gain peoples trust it could also be weaponised.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with...

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Tommy Hilfiger CEO spills the beans on how Metaverse fashion week added value

Tommy Hilfiger CEO spills the beans on how Metaverse fashion week added value

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many companies are still wondering how the Metaverse adds value to their business and this is one interesting insight.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....

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Visa Tokens hit 4 Billion to surpass the number of physical cards in circulation

Visa Tokens hit 4 Billion to surpass the number of physical cards in circulation

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Everything gets digitised and credit cards are no exception, but now VISA has issued more tokens than physical cards in a new milestone.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...

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Futurist Keynote, Germany: The End of Choice with NIM

Futurist Keynote, Germany: The End of Choice with NIM

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF During this keynote session futurist Matthew Griffin discusses the future of choice and the algorithmic society where Artificial Intelligence and machines are increasingly making our choices for us while at the same time giving us the “illusion” of freedom of choice.   Love the Exponential...

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Coca Cola plunges into the Metaverse with pixel flavoured cola promo

Coca Cola plunges into the Metaverse with pixel flavoured cola promo

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF While the Metaverse might seem complicated it’s just another digital-virtual channel for brands to explore and monetise.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch...

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Jonnie Walker jumps into the Metaverse with a rare $35,000 NFT

Jonnie Walker jumps into the Metaverse with a rare $35,000 NFT

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Web 3.0 and other technologies give companies the opportunity to monetise things in new ways and create new virtual revenue streams.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...

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Just like Google this AI learns by reading the entire web non stop

Just like Google this AI learns by reading the entire web non stop

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are only three companies whose systems read and trawl the entire web non stop to learn and create the “Semantic Web” and Diffbot is one of them.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...

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These smart electric chopsticks change the flavour of your food on demand

These smart electric chopsticks change the flavour of your food on demand

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF On the one hand these could help people eat healthier by changing the flavour of food to make it taste nicer, on the other they could have applications in the metaverse …   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with...

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Adidas jumps into the world of NFTs with Bored Ape Yacht Club

Adidas jumps into the world of NFTs with Bored Ape Yacht Club

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The Metaverse and NFT’s represent a new $13 Trillion economy, and companies are experimenting with it.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Adidas has announced...

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Notpla’s latest sustainable packaging is edible and disappears

Notpla’s latest sustainable packaging is edible and disappears

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What if you could just eat the packaging a product came in?   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Plastic packaging is a scourge and today...

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Sustainable packaging brand Notpla re-imagines paper by using seaweed

Sustainable packaging brand Notpla re-imagines paper by using seaweed

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Sustainability is at the top of everyone’s agendas, and seaweed could be a secret weapon used in everything from biofuels to packaging …   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...

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Adidas dives into the Metaverse with AI created avatars and banging sneakers

Adidas dives into the Metaverse with AI created avatars and banging sneakers

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The metaverse presents an $8 Trillion opportunity and companies are experimenting with a trend that could dominate future commerce and entertainment …   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch...

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Over 7 million people have visited Nike’s metaverse store as digital sales soar

Over 7 million people have visited Nike’s metaverse store as digital sales soar

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The metaverse is coming, slowly, and in the meantime brands should think of it as another digital sales channel.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....

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Walmart patents show it’s mulling entering the Metaverse with own NFTs and crypto

Walmart patents show it’s mulling entering the Metaverse with own NFTs and crypto

WHY THIS MATTERS The metaverse is potentially a multi-trillion dollar opportunity – eventually – and companies are experimenting and laying their stakes already.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. When...

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Tesco selects central London for it’s first walk in walk out store

Tesco selects central London for it’s first walk in walk out store

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We have had the technology to let customers walk in, grab what they want, pay, and leave without stopping at the checkout for a long time, but it’s now rolling out.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses...

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NBCUniversal expands shoppable video advertising platform to include PayPal

NBCUniversal expands shoppable video advertising platform to include PayPal

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Companies are trying to find new ways to get you to buy things, and shoppable video is the hot new trend.   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote,...

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The future of retail could be virtual malls and shoppable video

The future of retail could be virtual malls and shoppable video

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world of retail is changing in all kinds of ways …   Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends,  connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. His company, Hong Kong Television Network, makes...

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