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First up in early November will be an in-store 3-D printing pilot which, combined with RFID tagging, will help people choosing a new sofa. The new interactive in-store sofa studio will enable customers to select from a range of 3-D printed sofa models to get a better idea of what an item will look like, then place it on a “smart table” which detects the RFID tag to show the sofa on a computer screen. Once a selected fabric swatch is placed alongside on the smart table, a mock-up will be shown changing color as the customer picks different fabrics, John Lewis’s innovation manager John Vary explains. … [Read more...] about How 4 Retailers Are Using Digital And Mobile To Create A More Seamless Shopping Experience

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth Rs 4,363.61 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought shares of worth Rs 3,550.33 crore in the Indian equity market on March 30, provisional data available on the NSE showed.Time to show-off your poker skills and win Rs.25 lakhs with no investment. Register Now! … [Read more...] about Shopping spree: Morgan Stanley buys shares in 4 small-caps through bulk deals

* British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was remaining in isolation with mild symptoms, seven days after he was confirmed to be infected. Britain's health minister said the curve of deaths could peak on Easter Sunday. Queen Elizabeth will make an extremely rare address to the nation on Sunday. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus pandemic | Latest on the spread of COVID-19 around the world

Health systems around the world are in dire need of ventilators to help treat the most critical COVID-19 patients. These ventilators essentially breathe for a patient when their lungs become too inflamed or full to work by themselves and thus ensure enough oxygen is continuing to circulate around the body as the patient recovers. … [Read more...] about Tesla shows off its COVID-19 ventilator made from Model 3 parts

Apple hasn’t created a back door into the security systems of iPhones for law enforcement. And it’s even made things even more difficult for law enforcement by increasing the time needed to enter multiple random passwords on a target device in a “brute force” attack. One security expert told me that the state of the art in device security no longer focuses on creating impervious encryption, but rather on making it more difficult for hackers to attempt to penetrate the security that’s in place. … [Read more...] about Long After San Bernardino, The Feds Still Rail At Apple’s Encryption