This #AI-powered suitcase follows you around the airport, leaving your hands free for souvenirs and snacks!
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The future of #retail shopping — and it is powered by #AI.

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7 technologies of the next decade:

1. #AI
2. IoT
3. Robots 🤖
4. 3D print 🖨
5. Mobile📱
6. Autonomous Cars 🚙
7. Internet 💻

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The future of #Advertising:
The rise of voice #AI and the #IoT (Internet of Things) opens up another domain of personalized advertising more personal than the mall — the home.

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🤖 These 100 startups are leading the way in #AI:

#China’s Bytedance leads in funding with $3.1 billion, but 76 of the 100 startups are #US-based.


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⚡️ 75% of executives say they've seen brands advertising alongside unsavoury or objectionable stories or videos (Source: Reuters)

INSIGHT
🏥 ‘Gaming disorder’ is officially recognized by the World Health Organization: t.me/iXNews/27733

OTHER NEWS
😐 #Amazon faces pressure to stop selling facial recognition to police: prs.pctvix.co/2MCn8SN

👻 Even Evan Spiegel’s wife Miranda Kerr hated the #Snapchat redesign: prs.pctvix.co/2MF9TRt

⛔️ Unilever stops working with digital media influencers who buy followers: prs.pctvix.co/2MFbxCf

🏩 Amazon launches an Alexa system for hotels: t.me/iXNews/27754

🔈 Alexa is coming to Spain 🇪🇸 and Italy 🇮🇹 later this year: t.me/iXNews/27757

🤖 What it’s like to watch an IBM #AI successfully debate humans: t.me/iXNews/27739

🎧 #YouTube rolls out its music subscription services to 12 more markets: t.me/iXNews/27706
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STAT
⚡️ 20% of smart-speaker owning Brits use them to boil an egg. Only 7% have used them to buy anything. (Source: Econsultancy)

INSIGHT
💡 Ad Council creates story-driven mobile chat to combat teenage drinking and driving: prs.pctvix.co/2N5v2Em

OTHER NEWS
🤦‍♂️ Maker of popular quiz apps on Facebook exposed personal data of 120 million users: t.me/iXNews/28485

🕵️‍♀️ #Facebook and #Twitter Expand Peek Into Who’s Behind Their Ads: prs.pctvix.co/2NaCttZ

🐉 This flying ‘dragon’ #drone can change shape in midair: t.me/iXNews/28507

🍎 #Apple to reportedly get its OLED displays from #LG to reduce reliance on #Samsung: t.me/iXNews/28503

🤖 #SpaceX is sending an #AI robot ‘crew member’ to join the astronauts on the space station: t.me/iXNews/28495

🏫 #Instagram may soon let college students list their schools: t.me/iXNews/28486

📺 #YouTube kills some creators’ custom-made thumbnail images in latest experiment: t.me/iXNews/28481

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⚡️ Initial market reception of the IGTV release is optimistic - Instagram is expected to earn $5.48 billion in U.S. ad revenue in 2018 and Facebook’s share price was up over 2.2% Thursday to nearly $202. (Source: eMarketer)

INSIGHT
🤖 156 slides on the state of #AI and recent progress: prs.pctvix.co/2NiMvJQ

OTHER NEWS
🙄 #WhatsApp copies #Telegram to add one-way ‘broadcast’ mode to group chats: t.me/iXNews/28581

⁉️ #Instagram may let you ask questions in Stories: prs.pctvix.co/2tLizgX

🇪🇺 #Facebook hires Spiegel exec (and sometimes critic) to strengthen relations with publishers in Europe: prs.pctvix.co/2NjYpTo

📺 #YouTube’s picture-in-picture mode is live for all U.S. Android users: t.me/iXNews/28560

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📗 #Instagram Creators Handbook - #IGTV (PDF): prs.pctvix.co/2MGEehC

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STAT
⚡️ VPN users are more likely to be young, male, and educated to university level. All of these demographic distinctions fit the profile of early adopters. (Source: Global Web Index)

INSIGHT
✋️ ‘Addictive’ #Facebook may harm children, claim insiders: prs.pctvix.co/2Nr5ulh

OTHER NEWS
🎆 500 #Intel drones to replace fireworks above Travis Air Force base for Fourth of July: t.me/iXNews/28758

🎾 #Snapchat’s new lens lets you play tennis against Serena Williams:
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🤖 DeepMind’s #AI agents exceed ‘human-level’ gameplay in Quake III: t.me/iXNews/28766

🇪🇺 Wikipedia goes dark in Spanish, Italian ahead of key EU vote on copyright: t.me/iXNews/28764

🕵️‍♂️ #Google tries to calm controversy over app developers having access to your #Gmail: t.me/iXNews/28760

💵 #Netflix tests 'Ultra' tier that could add a higher price option: prs.pctvix.co/2tWDZYE

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STAT
⚡️ According to a January 2018 survey by Fluent LLC, many US internet users (55%) own some form of smart-home technology. The most common device is a smart TV (38%), followed by lighting (17%), thermostats (16%) and security systems (14%). Kitchen appliances had the lowest level of ownership (7%) among those mentioned. (Source: eMarketer)

INSIGHT
🎬 The Guardian finds less polished video works better on #Instagram Stories: prs.pctvix.co/2u5ZmpS

OTHER NEWS
👨‍⚖️ #Facebook Called Itself a 'Publisher' in Court After Repeatedly Rejecting the Label in Public: prs.pctvix.co/2z8a5po

🇪🇺 EU sends controversial internet copyright reforms back to the drawing board: t.me/iXNews/28800

🤖 #AI spots legal problems with tech T&Cs in #GDPR research project: t.me/iXNews/28786

🇨🇳 Huawei slams FCC proposal to bar funds for Chinese telecom gear: t.me/iXNews/28799

🚫 Avengers' Thanos sparks biggest ban in Reddit history: prs.pctvix.co/2u6yNkt

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