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Luxury fashion meets blockchain on Syky, the Seven Seven Six-backed web3 platform

TechCrunch

She launched the company in November after a career in marketing at luxury fashion houses, serving in roles including chief digital and content officer at Ralph Lauren and digital and social marketing director at Burberry. It felt like there was potential for virtual fashion and digital fashion to really take off,” she told TechCrunch. “I

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5 ways AI is showing promise as a decision-maker

CIO

Instead of waiting on hold or navigating through phone menus, customers can instantly get answers from a virtual agent that is far more engaging and knowledgeable than past generations of chatbots. Dynamic pricing Airlines, ride-sharing services, and online retailers have long used dynamic pricing to adjust to changing market conditions.

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Daily Crunch: European subscription prices for Amazon Prime will increase in September 

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More startup goodies: A chain with a sack of cash at the end of it : Based in New York, Interplay is raising $10 million for a new blockchain fund, Anita reports. On the social chain : Blockchain ecosystem Topl has raised $15 million to help companies track and monetize social impact initiatives, Jacquelyn reports.

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Here are the 23 companies pitching at Alchemist Accelerator’s Demo Day XXVIII today

TechCrunch

Like the last few Alchemist batches, this one was entirely virtual — a move that Alchemist director Ravi Belani tells me has proven to work well, noting that attendance of their virtual demo day is “up 100%” over its in-person equivalent. This latest cohort comes in at 23 companies.

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10 Key Trends of Digital Transformation in Healthcare in 2022

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Just a decade ago, the use of augmented and virtual reality in healthcare was deemed science fiction. Animal testing can be reduced, and human clinical trials can be expedited using AR and VR (Virtual Reality) technology, referred to as “virtual patients” or “organs-on-a-chip.” Blockchain.

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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

TechCrunch

The Los Angeles-based company partnered with NBA Top Shot NFT creator Dapper Labs to develop the storefront on Dapper’s Flow blockchain and debuted it to a group of invite-only beta users in December last year, TechCrunch reported at the time. Image Credits: Genies. . Everybody wants to exist in a 3D spatial world,” Nigam said.

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Twig takes $35M to turn stuff you own into a way to pay

TechCrunch

In that scenario blockchain becomes useful… We want to increase the liquidity of this asset and make it very easy for consumers to trade the physical goods for virtual goods and use the virtual goods to buy physical goods or experiences. But it’s fair to say that getting money into accounts remains a key aim.