Technology insights for the sporting goods industry – Page 2

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    NFL’s Sony deal to bury some football tradition

    2024-08-03T09:16:00Z

    Are computers to replace the chain gang?

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    Zuckerberg talks mainly about AI in Meta’s Q2 earnings call

    2024-08-02T11:33:00Z

    Meta’s CEO emphasizes his company’s advances in artificial intelligence and reports a 22% revenue increase in Q2.

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    TikTok Shop coming to Spain and Ireland

    2024-08-01T08:21:00Z

    The social-media app is expanding its e-commerce in Europe.

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    GlassFloor to make EuroLeague debut

    2024-07-31T13:58:00Z

    The OAKA Arena in Athens will be the first EuroLeague basketball venue to regularly host games on the futuristic flooring.

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    A football for women

    2024-07-27T07:11:00Z

    Amaya Núñez Martín designed a football, especially for women, for her final project at the IED Madrid.

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    Stay of execution for Google Chrome’s cookie

    2024-07-25T13:50:00Z

    Google has decided against, or been compelled to decide against, the deprecation of third-party cookies in its Chrome browser.

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    Asics tests production of customized on-demand insoles

    2024-07-25T09:33:00Z

    Asics and Dassault Systèmes have opened a test studio near Paris to trial on-demand personalized insoles.

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    Skidata sold to Swedish Assa Abloy group

    2024-07-25T08:30:00Z

    Swiss-American Kudelski Group has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Skidata business after 23 years to Swedish Assa Abloy.

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    Meta reportedly wants 5% in Essilux to develop smart glass business

    2024-07-22T09:28:00Z

    According to media reports, Meta is in talks to acquire a 5% stake in Essilor-Luxottica, just a few days after the eyewear group announced the takeover of Supreme.

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    IOC goes virtual for Paris 2024

    2024-07-20T08:04:00Z

    The IOC and Visa have set up a metaverse called Olympic World on Roblox to engage with young spectators during the Summer Games in Paris.

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    On with first robot made spray-on shoe

    2024-07-17T14:25:00Z

    Swiss running brand On has released its biggest product news in a long time. Meet the Cloudboom Strike LS, a spray-on running shoe. Made by a robot.

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    Laying the smart tech underfoot

    2024-07-17T07:07:00Z

    A company called Feldspar is developing a novel smart track for running – for both training and entertainment.

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    ATP introduces fitness-tracking for players

    2024-07-17T06:21:00Z

    Players on the ATP Tour and ATP Challenger Tour have, since July 15, enjoyed the ATP’s permission to wear certain wearables in competition. This apparent redundancy refers, of course, to fitness trackers, specifically the devices made by StatSports and Catapult. The data that these wearables generate – heart rate and ...

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    Vans introducing a second metaverse

    2024-07-16T11:03:00Z

    Vans is working on a second virtual release on the games and metaverse platform Roblox, following up Vans World with Vans Word 2, according to Marketing Dive. Users of the platform will have a first look at the Mixxa, the first shoe the brand will have released before sales begin ...

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    Veteran sportscaster cloned for the Olympics

    2024-07-02T16:22:00Z

    Like everything else these days, NBC-Universal’s coverage of this year’s Olympic Games will have an AI dimension. On its streaming service, Peacock, the network will offer “Your Daily Olympic Recap,” a ten-minute series of highlights from the previous day’s coverage narrated by an AI-generated version of the voice of Al ...

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    TrusTrace launches updated AI-powered forced labor prevention solution

    2024-06-27T14:57:00Z

    Stockholm-based global SaaS company TrusTrace, which offers a unique product traceability and supply chain compliance platform for the fashion and retail industries, announced the launch of its updated, AI-powered Forced Labor Prevention (FLP) solution that will help brands proactively map supply chains, screen them for risk and efficiently collect evidence ...

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    AI fashion catalog promises to save time and money

    2024-06-27T13:08:00Z

    A London-headquartered start-up founded in 2022, Truss, is cataloguing the world’s clothes, or at least the share of it produced by fashion houses. As Truss sees things, its product is useful for e-commerce and resale, for fashion brands themselves and for marketplaces, but also for insurers, which require proper appraisals ...

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    Dawn of the connected ball

    2024-06-25T16:25:00Z

    The video assistant referee (VAR) has been a part of professional football in some capacity since at least 2016, with trials going back years before, but it hit the big time at the FIFA World Cup in 2018. Now, six years later, an extended version of it has cost Belgium ...

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    Apple seeking cheaper alternative to its VR headset

    2024-06-25T10:54:00Z

    Apple appears to be directing its efforts away from a second edition of its Vision Pro headset and toward a cheaper version, according to Mac Rumors, which cites reporting by The Information. The Vision Pro’s retail price is $3,499. (The 14-inch MacBook Pro, by comparison, ranges in price from $1,599 ...

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    A biometric day at the links

    2024-06-18T16:04:00Z

    The United States Golf Association (USGA) is introducing facial scans for admissions at the US Open, according to Find Biometrics, which cites Sports Business Journal. The system was tested a couple of weeks ago at the US Women’s Open (Lancaster Country Club, Pennsylvania), where about a thousand fans per day ...