Curated Commons // Edition 152
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Food privacy anyone?
Food companies are beginning to use edible microchips to beat counterfeiters and aid in provenance. Can’t wait for “Your cheese is tracking you” headlines! - Read here ($)
To sell more, you should be prepared to accept more…returns
Retailers have a unique challenge on their hand. The problem of returns. A problem severe for American retailers, but now spreading pretty much everywhere. Very good story. - Read here ($)
…winter-holiday returns in the United States are now worth more than
300 billion dollars a year…The annual retail value of returned goods in the U.S. is said to be approaching a trillion dollars.
AI, but for creating reputational headaches
A new challenge for organizations salivating at the prospect of making/saving monies by leveraging generative AI - reputational risk. - Read here ($)
A rarity - an employee union in the US with actual teeth
Do unions work? Some do. The case of UPS and its most recent agreement with its drivers - Read here ($)
One country’s obsession with weight-loss drugs is impacting the economy of another
America loves weight-loss drugs made by Novo Nordisk. And that’s impacting the Denmark economy - Read here ($)
China has a youth problem
The Economist has a long read on China’s youth problem - disaffected youth who are fast losing hope on the future - Read here ($)
Climate risks are everywhere now. Are they priced in though?
The surest way to make the world take action on climate - show the financial impact. Some are trying. - Read here ($)
…insurance premiums for wildfire protection were just $1.5bn in 2021; damages were six times bigger.
Will Volkswagen go the way of Nokia?
Is that possible? And what does it mean for rest of Europe? - Read here ($)
Nearly three-quarters of passenger cars sold under a German brand are now made abroad. Last year a mere 3.5m vehicles left local factories—about as many as in the mid-1970s.
RIP LK-99
Looks like it turned out to be an insulator. The wait for superconductivity at room temperature continues! - Read here
Amazon, as an identity provider?
Will you share your hand-print with Amazon for shopping convenience? Will you trust Amazon as an identity provider? - Read here ($)
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