Enterprise Explores

While the haze seems to clearing up thanks to the monsoon rain, forest fires are an annual annoyance to almost everyone around the world. Can tech be a saviour in our quest to make the world free of forest fires? A gel developed by Stanford researchers may be the solution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Forever 21 is yet another major brand that has struggled to survive in changing times. Them filing for bankruptcy reflects a shift in the way young people shop. There are lessons to be learned here about shopping behavior, generational gaps, and how some brands - no matter how huge - can lose their market share in a short amount of time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Down in Singapore some travellers using online travel booking sites have ended up paying more than they bargained for because of the non-transparent pricing and marketing practices used on these sites. Has this happened to you?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elon Musk believes humans can and should become an interplanetary species, and the best time to do so is now. His new spaceship, he thinks, can help achieve that lofty goal. Aptly called Starship, he is hoping that it could reach orbit within 6 months and hope it would one day carry humans to Mars.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You’d have to be in a very niche market to use an app that identifies venture capitalists, but that’s exactly what AngelFace is. After being turned down by investors themselves, the app creators decided to pivot and focus on “identifying investors” using facial recognition. It’s silly, and scary, all at the same time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More than half of couples think the ability to share chores is crucial to keeping their marriage afloat, according to a 2016 Pew study. It is the third most important criteria people considered in a partner. So how do you learn to keep a happy, clean, house together? How about you gamify it?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Researchers have called the prospectus for WeWork’s IPO filing a “masterpiece of obfuscation.” How did the co-working giant spiral from a $47 billion valuation to talk of bankruptcy in just 6 weeks? This is the story of the six weeks that almost ended WeWork.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Connected cookbooks? Alexa-enabled microwaves? None of this stuff will make you a better home cook. Maybe home cooking just doesn’t need to be ‘disrupted?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amazon announced an insane number of new and updated hardware recently, all packed with Alexa. From a ring that you wear on your finger and speak to Alexa to a security camera in your home, Amazon is in a sticky situation as it continues to battle over privacy issues while releasing a host of new devices. Do you really trust these companies?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samuel L. Jackson inked a deal with Amazon to provide the first celebrity voice option for Alexa, its cloud based digital assistant. According to Amazon, they will be adding more celebrity voices to the platform in 2020. The Jackso “voice pack” for Alexa will be available later this year for the special introductory price of US$0.99 (RM4.15) - and users can select either clean or explicit modes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.