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1X unveils NEO, the world’s first consumer-ready humanoid home robot

Robotics firm 1X Technologies has launched NEO, a humanoid household robot it calls the world’s first consumer-ready humanoid.

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Global

How gaming will define the future of customer service

The £81.7bn ($108.9bn, €91.7bn) gaming industry will transform customer service, from the way consumers budget to how they engage politically.

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Marketing & Branding

Maker’s mark

Global – Made in Germany is the world’s favourite label, according to a new report by Statista.

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Marketing & Branding

Preview: Internet Age Media 2017

Barcelona – The latest Internet Age Media futures festival will explore The Renaissance of Utopias.

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Retail

Robot retail

UK – A new report suggests that retail is the industry that will lose the most workers to automation.

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Marketing & Branding

Broken promises

UK – Over 60,000 people have signed an online petition calling for a ban on misleading political ads.

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Marketing & Branding

The case for Brandalism: Trading blows in public

Taco Bell and McDonald’s provide a study in Brandalism.

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Design

Bits and pieces: MoMA moves to liven up displays

New York – The MoMA Design Store, in collaboration with electronics open-source library littleBits and Brooklyn-based design studio Labour, has dedicated its New York store windows to feature larger-than-life, moveable objects.

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Retail

Browsing Labour

1X unveils NEO, the world’s first consumer-ready humanoid home robot