Netflix Bites | JOMO for 15th Jun
In today’s JOMO: Intel hopes a rebranding will help, about try-on models and Netflix gets into… food
🗞In the news
Netflix will open a restaurant that serves food from ‘Chef’s Table,’ ‘Nailed It!’ and more
The company announced yesterday that it’s opening a pop-up restaurant called Netflix Bites, featuring chefs from various Netflix cooking series, such as “Chef’s Table,” “Nailed It!” and “Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend.”
TC: https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/14/netflix-will-open-a-restaurant-that-serves-food-from-chefs-table-nailed-it-and-more/
No, it’s not an April Fools joke
LVMH Expands Partnership With Epic Games
LVMH is increasing its use of Epic Games’ technology to create new virtual experiences across its brands, such as virtual fitting rooms and fashion shows and digital twins, the luxury conglomerate announced on Wednesday at the Viva Technology conference in Paris.
Business of Fashion: https://www.businessoffashion.com/news/technology/lvmh-expands-partnership-with-epic-games/
🤑🚀Startups, funding etc
ChrysCapital invests $100 million in India’s Lenskart
TC: https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/14/chryscapital-invests-100-million-in-lenskart/
🤩New products, features, launches
Google’s new generative AI lets you preview clothes on different models
Starting today, U.S. shoppers using Google Shopping can virtually try on women’s tops from brands including Anthropologie, Everlane, H&M and LOFT. Look for the new “Try On” badge on Google Search. Men’s tops will launch later in the year.
TC: https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/14/googles-new-generative-ai-lets-you-preview-clothes-on-different-models/
Creepy, spooky, yet interesting. That is generative AI for you today
🤔Interesting read
Intel is officially killing off the ‘i’ in Core i7 — as it goes Ultra
Why? Intel branding experts tell me the all-important word “Intel” was getting lost, and the radically different Meteor Lake chips coming in the second half of 2023 offered an opportunity to change things up. The company says its research found that it was “Core,” not “i5” or “i7,” that triggered associations with Intel
Verge: https://www.theverge.com/21559670/intel-core-rebrand
A company that has simply fallen off, looking to make a comeback. Rebranding smacks a bit of desperation as it simply makes things ‘more’ confusing
The store is for people, but the storefront is for Google’s web crawlers
The SEO arms race has left Google and the web drowning in garbage text, with customers and businesses flailing to find each other. Online shoppers will increasingly encounter computer-generated text and images, likely without any indication of AI tools
Verge: https://www.theverge.com/23753963/google-seo-shopify-small-business-ai
Fascinating read about how stores need to cater to the whims of Google’s crawlers even if users like something else
The revolt of the Redditors
Nearly 3,500 subreddits will be inaccessible for the next 48 hours and perhaps much longer, according to the BBC. The protest includes five of the 10 most popular forums, such as r/gaming, r/aww, and r/todayilearned.
Morning Brew: https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/06/11/the-revolt-of-the-redditors
📊Poll for the day
Which Intel processor do you use?
Don’t know
Use a Mac
Core i 3/5/7 et al
Curated from:
Morning Brew, Verge, Techcrunch, Techmeme, CNBC, Hacker News, Product Hunt and more