/ 04 July 2023

Sharing is caring in NYC, a robotic conductor and a tourism blunder…

Anyone who’s moved house probably understands the struggle of shifting all your earthly possessions… But some NYC apartment buildings have a workaround: shared items – from sewing machines to crockery sets – that residents can loan for free. Marie Kondo would approve…

South Korea has debuted its first robot orchestral conductor to mixed reviews… ‘EveR 6’, as it’s known, bowed to the audience before using its mechanical arms to control the (human) musos’ tempo through 3 pieces in front of a live audience.

And a Philippines advertising agency has been busted using vision from other countries in a tourism ad for the country. But Indonesian and Swiss tourism boards might be feeling ok that their countries snagged a free plug…

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