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How Zara Uses AI & Robotics To Automate Order Pickup

Zara integrates AI and robotics to enhance order pickup efficiency by automating inventory tracking and warehouse operations. AI-driven algorithms predict demand, ensuring optimal stock availability, while robotics streamline sorting and retrieval processes. This reduces wait times and improves customer satisfaction. The combination of AI and automation creates a seamless shopping experience.

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Glitch into the Hufflverse Chapter 9: Darker Seas

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Schneep, JJ and Anti have been swimming for a while. But finally, they seem to enter a new area. It’s filled with floating balls of glowing blue, caught in net like substances that keep them from floating completely off the sea floor. It’s dark down here and kinda chilly.

Wish you could see this place, Schneep, JJ says. It truly is fantastical.

Schneep sighs. "I am starting to get tired of hearing that."

Oh. Sorry.

"No, it is not your fault. Just keep to objective descriptions, yes?"

They swim through large trenches of dark stone, keeping low and towards the rocks. Then, Anti suddenly turns and starts to head down a seemingly random dark hole.

JJ blinks in surprise as Anti chooses this hole, of all of them. Watch your head, he says as he follows Anti through.

"Watching," Schneep says, swimming after the two of them, tendrils outstretched to keep track of the walls of the tunnel.

Anti hurries through and soon enough they enter a huge cavern with even more of those floating blue pods. It’s even darker here though, the glowing pods being the only real source of illumination besides the boys’ bioluminescence. There’s the sound of eerie clicking and screeches in the distance. “…stay close- lots of crabsquids here… but we’re almost there.” Anti says.

Schneep frowns. “I do not like those clicking sounds…” JJ reaches out and holds his hand.

“Yeah the clicking is the crabsquids… they’re more threats to the human subs and shit but.. still not pleasant to deal with. And they taste terrible too.” Anti grumbles. 

Curious bright rays swim through the dim water- similar to JJ’s color and shape but they have longer tendril-like wings and a long flowing tail. They make high pitched song-like cries as they circle through the water.

“Oh, those sounds are better though!” Schneep perks up a little.

JJ laughs. They look a bit like me, but with tendrils for wings.

“Interesting.”

Finally, the darkness recedes a bit to show a dark blue colored base hidden amongst the rough tall stones on the sea floor.

There’s movement and then a familiar face to the other boys shows up. It’s Zara. She’s in a darker version of her suit- her hair chopped short and a very stark scar on her cheek like she’s been raked with claws. But, she grins as she sees Anti. “Anti hey! Did hunting go alright? We were wondering-“ then she stops herself as she takes in the sight of the other hybrids. “…woah w-what?”

“…long story.” Anti says quietly, gripping the bag on his shoulder. “…rather explain it all to Danan and Google all at once. …these guys say they want your help though.”

Zara looks surprised by this, “..r-really?”

JJ nods. It’s nice to see you, he signs, the robot translating his words. My name is JJ, and this is Schneep.

Zara’s eyes shine at seeing the robot, “woahhh! That’s some really cool tech…!” She whispers. 

Schneep nods. “We are, ah… Anti is right, it might be best to explain everything with everyone there. But basically, we are from far away, and when we arrived here the hybrids took three of our friends.”

Zara shakes out her head and nods, gesturing to follow. “y-yeah of course… follow me.”

She dives down towards the base and Anti swoops down after her. JJ and Schneep glance at each other before also following.

Unlike the last base- this one doesn’t have a lot of attachments or tunnels. There’s a few but… not a lot. Only a few large rooms and no windows- bordered up with dark tints and very little light on the outside.

Zara swims to a bulk head door and knocks something on the metal. A pattern. There’s a pause and then a man opens the door just peeking through, his eyes glowing bright blue. He looks startled slightly then says in a rough voice. “Zara what is..?”

“Anti brought them… and you know he’s trustworthy.” Zara says shortly.

There’s a pause and then the man opens the door. He’s about average height, long messy black hair cut about shoulder length. And unusual robotic eyes shine behind glasses. “…Danan is in the lab.” He says simply then swims down the flooded hall. Zara looks at the others then follows. Anti sighs and follows.

“That’s Tillman… but he asks everyone to call him Google.” Zara says quietly. “…it’s what his brother used to call him.”

Anti is quiet at this, though his face looks a bit pained. Soon enough Google stops and opens another hatch to go inside.

The two of them trail behind the others. Schneep frowns. He leans over to JJ and mutters, “We did not see him last time, did we?”

JJ shakes his head. This whole place is giving him a bad feeling. A dreadful feeling. This place is so small… and Zara’s comment about what Tillman’s brother ‘used’ to do isn’t going unnoticed. He just knows something bad happened here.

Inside is a sparsely filled lab space with a few fabricators, though some look damaged. There’s some energy converters and a small aquarium that’s currently empty except for plants. The boys recognize the face of Dr. Danan as she concentrates on trying to fix one of the fabricators.

She blinks up at the approaching figures and smiles tightly. She looks a lot more worn down and tired then she did before. She floats over to meet Anti. “Anti! Good I was getting worried… what were you able to find?”

Anti takes off his bag and hands it to Danan. “…a few med kits… a couple bladderfishes, a couple good fish from the shallows… I think there’s a nutrient pack in there too…”

Danan busies herself with looking and nods. “Okay… w-we can work with this… S-Stacy is sick and the kids are not looking great either… but this should… should help. Thank you.”

“…sorry I wanted to get more but… I ran into complications…” Anti mutters, flicking his tails, one nudging Danan to look up. She does and then her eyes widen at seeing JJ and Schneep. “…o-oh my stars…!”

JJ waves, trying to look friendly.

"Hello there," Schneep says. "I imagine this is quite a shock for you. Let me explain quickly. My name is Schneep, and this is JJ. Us and three friends suddenly arrived here, and got attacked by those other hybrids. A-Anti has told us about them and Alterra. O-our three friends were caught by them."

JJ nods in agreement. We need to get them back. We need to get home.

Danan’s eyes widen and looks at Anti, “…j-just like…”

“Yeah.” Anti says shortly. “…looks like him too. T-thought it was a sick clone joke but… I don’t think it is. Marv tried to capture them too.”

Danan looks even more surprised. “I… I don’t understand… you have… other hybrid friends?”

“Yeah,” Zara snorts, “I thought they were culling their hybrids. Getting rid of the mindless defective ones. So their fucking pets get their enrichment-”

Anti growls and glares at Zara, “Don’t call them that!”

Zara blinks and then slinks back, gripping her arm. “…sorry Anti I… sorry..”

“What do you mean by home?” Google speaks up, narrowing his eyes. “Alterra has prohibited any unauthorized entry or exit of the planet until they’ve… perfected the hybrid project. So… either you’re from the other bases but… we haven’t had much contact with anyone else lately… and they… only HQ makes the hybrids.”

"Well... what if we were to tell you that we were not from this planet?" Schneep says slowly. "What if we were to tell you that we're from another universe?"

Four different universes, actually, between the five of us, JJ says. Places where things like THIS are possible. He holds his hands up, conjuring a little light show with his magic.

"It sounds incredible, but I promise you, it is true," Schneep says. "The reason we look like the hybrids you know is because we are them, from some other branch of the multiverse. We've been hopping through a couple universes, actually. The last one we were in... was much like this one. Only, the hybrids were not under Alterra's control. None of them."

I know it's unbelievable, but this is not a joke, JJ says, looking very serious.

Everyone’s eyes widen.

“T-That’s possible?” Zara breathes.

“I-I’ve heard of theories but…!” Danan whispers.

Anti zooms up to Schneep and JJ, his eyes wide and desperate. “…t-there’s a world where my… my brothers are safe? Where they’re free?” his voice chokes up at the end, pin pricks of tears in his eyes.

Schneep instinctively swims backwards, but JJ stays where he is and nods. Yes. In fact, I remember them saying that YOU had been caught by Alterra for a while. But they rescued you. And in that world, you're all safe... or, as safe as you can be.

Tears freely fall from Anti’s eyes now as he looks to JJ with a sad expression- but there seems to be the lingering of hope behind his eyes. “…they can be saved…?” he breathes.

"Th-this is why it's so important that we find our friends," Schneep says. "We are not supposed to be here. Th-they all have lives—friends and jobs and families—to get back to." He shakes his head. "I-I know it will be difficult, but we need to find them. And if... Alterra has done anything to them, we have to figure out how to undo it. I-I'm sure you have been working on something like that, even if you haven't been able to do anything yet. Yes? Perhaps with our more unique abilities, we can help."

Danan, Zara and Google all share glances. Zara then grips her arms and looks away, “…my brother is the reason this fucked up process exists… we found WH- …Marvin… I-in the lost river and I’m good with tech and biology and so I… I got Zeke some scans. Marvin was hurting… and I thought we were gonna help him. But… zeke had worse plans. He took my blueprints and made those awful masks and worked with Demerci to make those chips and…”

“…they all got captured… one by one…” Anti says quietly, “…they waited until they found me to test it completely… I saw it happen. I saw them shock the memories out of my brothers until they were all unrecognizable. They don’t even remember their names… or me.” Anti glances briefly at JJ and Schneep, “…they probably did that to your friends..  I.. I’m sorry.”

“Of course we’ve been trying to figure out a way to free them…” Danan says miserably, “I… I helped to raise them. I watched them grow and explore the ocean and… I-i thought Alterra would move on from them… m-maybe leave them alone,.. but I was wrong…”

“They still have Jack too..,” Anti whimpers.

“… we think interfering with their ear chips or their masks if they have them might disrupt the mind control signal the Alterans are using. The technology is based on hive minds found on other planets… but with WH-005’s ability to warp in aid and CH-007’s ability to control the wildlife and.. and the other two's ferocity and speed… we haven’t been able to try.” Google explains.

All this technical talk goes over JJ's head, but Schneep nods slowly, parsing out what he hears. JJ winces. Memories can't be gotten rid of—only suppressed. His signs are slow, and there's a slight desperate expression on his face. I'm sure that there's some way...

Anti’s eyes widen, “…really…? They… they might still remember?” He pauses. “…I can’t hurt them,” He says, digging his claws into his shoulders, “… I know they wouldn’t want to be doing this so I… I can’t. If I fight them I could… I.. I’m too dangerous to be around them…”

“And Anti’s the only one who can even get close to them…” Zara says sadly, “…O-Ollie and Lizzie tried but…”

Google shuts his eyes with a pained look, quickly looking away.

JJ winces. I'm... sorry for your losses. He can't believe that the same kind people they met in the last world did something like that.

"Ear chips and masks..." Schneep repeats absentmindedly. "JJ, did the hybrids all have something like that?"

I think so? I didn't get close enough to Henrik or Jackie to check their ears, but they must have, JJ says.

"So... we must interfere with the signal somehow..." Schneep says slowly. His tail and tendrils whip around, eyes darting randomly as he thinks. "Do you know any magic that might be able to do that?"

I try to stay away from mind magic, but... I could try? JJ suggests. There has to be something about magic against technology.

"I think if they have been caught, you will have to be the one trying to get their chips out," Schneep says. "I will not be able to find something as small as an ear chip—not quickly enough, at least. I can distract them in the meantime. I'm sure that even if they pin me down, I can jump out."

What if they catch you? JJ says, worried. What if they hurt you?

"I can probably jump out," Schneep mutters. "And if I get hurt... well, you'll have to conserve your magic, then."

JJ still looks worried.

“I’m sorry we’ve never heard of… actual magic before. Only ancient stories from our ancestors on earth…” Danan says. “but.. if you all have a power Alterra doesn’t… there could be a chance…”

JJ nods. Magic isn't even well-known where I come from. But yes, it seems like this world doesn't have any. They won't be prepared.

“In the mean time…” Google says slowly, “we are all well hidden here… they haven’t found us yet. We don’t have much for food but… we can at least give you a place to rest and prepare.”

"We would really appreciate a place to rest," Schneep says.

Zara fidgets with her hands and glances about, “…I’ve been trying to work on something… s-something that could possibly affect the chips but it’s still very experimental and I’m a good fighter but.. “ she touches her cheek and shudders, “… I had a bad run in with RL-006… I… I haven’t been able to swim as well since then… but… maybe if you all and anti and me work together-?”

“M-Me?” Anti looks up at Zara and then swims back. “N-No way. I… I’m not getting involved in this anymore than I have!”

You don't have to participate if you don't want to, Anti, JJ says. I’m sure it's difficult for you.

"But at the same time, you would be a good help," Schneep says. "Any combat experience would be helpful."

JJ nudges him.

"What? It is true. I am good, but there will be a lot of them! And I will remind you, I cannot fucking see."

Anti holds his arms and suppresses a shiver. “…Alterra wants me too. Keep telling me they n-need the complete ‘set’. I-If I expose myself to them then I… I…”

“You can’t see?!” Zara shouts in disbelief. “Oh god… that’s- this must be sooo confusing for you. …and strange because uh.. I’m guessing you’re supposed to be SH-003 based on your face and accent but he definitely can see…”

“…he used to need goggles. Like Google.” Anti mumbles.

Schneep laughs. "Oh, so confusing. But yes, I am blind. I used to be able to see, but there was an... incident. And this was the result."

Do you want to talk about that? JJ asks.

"No. Not yet." Schneep shakes his head.

Danan looks at the boys kindly and tries to smile. “Please… rest here as long as you need… I wish we could give you more to prepare but…”

“I-I’ll… I’ll get more food. I won’t leave the reef.” Anti says shortly and then swims towards the tube at the top of this room.

“…give him time… I.. I know he cares, deep down.” Danan says gently. “I can tell he’s worried about your friends… but he’s been through so much with what happened to his brothers…”  

No no, we understand, JJ says. Us and our friends have been through a lot, too.

“We’ll help though…” Zara says, anger burning in her eyes, “…I c-couldn’t help to save the boys before but I… I can help now. I can make sure Alterra doesn’t keep taking away the people we care about.”

"Thank you," Schneep whispers to Zara.

There’s a beat then Google asks in a monotone, “…do you all need… beds? Or a… a nest?” He looks confused. “…I don’t know what hybrids sleep on… Anti sleeps on anything.”

“Especially if it’s warm,” Zara laughs. “Like a cat on a heating pad.”

JJ and Schneep glance at each other. Do you think we should change back? JJ asks.

"Well, this place is mostly underwater, so this is certainly more convenient." Schneep absentmindedly touches the bracelet on his wrist. "If we have to move quickly, this would be better."

That's fair. Then... where do we sleep?

Schneep shrugs. "Somewhere to curl up, I suppose? Somewhere soft."

JJ tilts his head. Yes... that feels right, somehow. I have the strangest urge to find some small space and squeeze in.

Schneep laughs.

“Hybrids usually do find themselves compelled to act on their mother species instincts,” Danan laughs lightly. “…Chase used to sing. Henrik collected scrap and made piles…” she cuts herself off, her voice getting a bit choked up. “…d-do whatever you need to make yourselves comfortable.”

“I think there’s some extra dock leaves around… let me get you a pile. Or… maybe some extra blankets.” Google says as he floats back out into the hallway.

JJ nods. Some blankets would be great.

“You said…Change… back, Schneep?” Zara asks with a tilt of her head. “What do you mean by that?”

"Ah... the changing back is complicated," Schneep says. "Let's just say that, in our worlds, we can be human."

Zara and Danan’s jaws drop.

“I.. I haven’t heard of something like that…!” Danan stammers. “I mean of course you’re half human with the DNA but…”

“You can change just like that?! To a human??” Zara gasps.

Well we have to be on land to do it, JJ says. We can't do it in the water. It's these bracelets that help us do that. He indicates his wrist. Our friend Alt made them. He's... one of the ones who got taken.

"These bracelets are surprisingly secure," Schneep mutters. Then his eyes widen. "Ah! W-we should probably talk about our friends, yes? Just—just in case."

JJ nods. Alt, Bro, and Jackie. Alt has magic like me, but more electricity based. Bro is super strong. Jackie... seems fairly normal. Normal in terms of hybrids, I mean.

“That’s… that’s insane…!” Zara laughs breathlessly. “God… Alterra would kill for tech like that…” but her face falls hearing the name Jackie and she swallows shakily.

"What are the names of their fish species...?" Schneep's brows furrow. "Alt is some sort of electric eel, Bro is a shark of some kind, heavy armor, and Jackie is something from a different crater—something called a chelicerate."

JJ raises an eyebrow. You don't remember amp-eel or bone-shark but you remember that long word?

"It comes from the scientific word for that sort of sea crab species."

Danan’s eyes widen, “A chelicerate? Outside of sector zero?? …those are all hybrids Alterra hadn’t attempted to make a stable version of yet… n-no wonder Alterra took an interest in them…”

Google swims back in with a bundle of plush comforter type blankets and sets them down in a corner. “There… I hope that is enough. It was all I could find.”

JJ smiles. Thank you, sir. I think this will be enough.

Schneep swims over, feeling out the blankets. "Oh! Oh, soft. Soooooft." He grins, settling down on the blankets, his eyes turning yellow for a brief moment.

JJ laughs. Save some for me!

"Oh, right, of course." Schneep gets up and starts separating the blankets out.

Danan laughs a bit at Schneep’s response to the blankets. “Get as much rest as you need. We will be around if you need anything.”

JJ looks at the humans in the room. Thank you all so much for your help. And tell Anti thank you too if you see him before we do. You're all so kind, and so brave.

Zara looks touched. “…thanks JJ. I.. I’m gonna try to see if I can improve my device! Maybe it can help you…” she quickly swims out.

Google gives them a slight smile, his lip just barely curling up. “It’s no problem. Give them hell if you can. … for Ollie.”

"We will," Schneep promises, facing Google. "And thank you some more."

“Anti should be back soon… try to rest until then okay?” Danan smiles and her and Google head out.

After the humans leave, JJ settles down to rest as well, pulling some of the blankets over himself. He makes a strange ghostly noise in his throat—which he doesn't mean to do, but immediately regrets as soon as it happens. He rubs his throat, frowning.

"Was that you?" Schneep asks, amused.

Yes. I didn't know I could do that. JJ pauses. Maybe... being in this form so long is affecting us. Back home, a danger of animal transformation is becoming the animal for real.

Schneep frowns. "Well, we are not fully animal. We will... probably just have some strange reactions. It will be fine."

I suppose you're right, JJ says. Well... good night?

"Good night." Schneep settles down on top of the blankets, curling his tail up. "We should sleep well. Tomorrow... I'm sure we'll need the rest."

And it's been a long day, too, JJ says. Good night, he says again, then closes his eyes.

The two of them try to sleep, and slowly, despite their worries, they drift off.

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Meanwhile, even as the sun sets on the surface and the ocean turns dark- the new Alteran weapons are trying to sniff out their prey.

“How are we supposed to find these guys anyways?” BS-8 growls, “we don’t know what they look like!”

AE-10’s speaker sounds off, “SD… he is a sea dragon.” he says shortly.

“Oh… well. One of them we know at least. Did they even tell us what the other hybrids looked like?”

CE-9 shakes his head. "No. They didn't. But—they won't be under Alterra control. They'll probably run when they see us." He grins. "And we'll chase them."

“Yess! That’ll be such a thrill!” BS-8 grins too, showing off his sharp teeth.

“…they are most likely hiding…” AE-10 says, “Which means running to them out in the open is unlikely…”

"Right, of course. Hiding, hiding, hiding." CE-9 starts swimming in circles for a moment. "Hiding... where would prey hide? Maybe—maybe deep down. Can we go deep down? Let's go deep down. We need to find a way." He starts diving.

BS-8’s eyes flash and he grins. “Yeah yeah!!” He quickly dives after CE-9.

AE-10 seems to regard them with a bit of annoyance but glitches to catch up. He shakes himself out as electricity courses along his tail in response. “…I suppose that is logical… they were in the… kelp forest.” His gaze becomes unfocused for a second as if processing information then he nods. “If they found a way underground… that leads to the grand reef. Northwards-”

"Northwards," CE-9 repeats, changing direction. He knows which way is north instinctively. "Grand reef? Reef..." He shakes his head. The word isn't familiar to him. This whole environment seems strange to him, actually, but it doesn't matter, does it? There is still prey here to find.

“Correct. Though it is night, now. They could be sleeping. Which will make detection harder.” AE-10 replies.

BS-8 snorts and bares his teeth. “I don’t like just lookin’ I wanna tear something’ up. I’m fucking starving.” He hears a call up above and grins as he sees a large looming creature, long floating tentacles dangling behind it. Spots of green glow underneath it in small clusters. “Ohhh! Think we could kill that??”

CE-9 also starts drifting up towards the creature. He could take that. He knows he can.

“Not advisable BS-8.” AE-10 drones, “Please stay focused.”

“But I’m hungryyy AE!” BS-8 whines.

CE-9 frowns at AE-10 as well. But he's right. They have to stay focused. Even so. "We need to eat, we need to eat to swim," he says, twitching a little. He looks around. "Small things, maybe? Anything. They'll be fast, good practice for fast things."

Oooo, what about that fish with a big eye? CE-9's lock onto it. His throat rumbles with the beginning of a roar.

“…fine. Don’t stray too far.” AE-10 drones.

“Don’t you wanna join AE?” BS-8 asks.

“My mask prevents me. I will get fuel when we return successfully.” AE answers. BS shrugs then grins at CE-9, “Let’s see how many we can kill!”

Then he rockets down into the trench below them, darting out to try to catch the peepers.

They are over a large expanse of ocean that looks very sparse except these trenches and spots of glowing flora. Peepers and Reginalds float around though, good source of food.

It doesn’t look like they’re too far from the grand reef though- there’s spots of glowing blue up ahead.

…and it looks like they’re not the only large creatures attempting to hunt here. Though that is strange.. this place looks pretty barren. It’s hard to see what kind of creature it is through the dense fog- but it does seem to have multiple tails.

CE-9 lunges at one of  the peepers, catching it in his arm and immediately biting into its flesh. Once he's done tearing it apart, he looks up, and catches the sight of some tails flicking through the fog. He grins. And instantly charges that way, letting out a screeching roar.

The creature stiffens and then cries out in surprise as he’s suddenly tackled to the sea bed by CE-9. This hybrid has dark green hair and black sclera- kinda like AE-10. He’s got green scales and sharp teeth and claws. He looks like he’ll make a fun fight.

The hybrid’s breath hitches, especially once he notices the gauges on CE-9’s ears. “N-No!”

He panics and then opens his mouth, trying to hit CE with a fireball.

CE-9 shrieks and jerks backwards, trying to shake off the burning fire, unintentionally freeing the hybrid in the process. He shakes his head--and then realizes what just happened. That's not normal prey. That's the target. "Sea dragon!" he gasps. "SD-4!"

Anti looks absolutely terrified and quickly tries to kick up sand with his tails to temporarily blind CE-9 to try to escape.

Meanwhile, AE-10’s head snaps down to see the target and CE. He stiffens getting a message from WH-5, who’s still watching them, in his head. ‘Thats the target. Do not let him get away. Do not fail.’ Yellow pulses in AE’s eyes as he nods and calls out. “BS! We found him!”

BS-8 looks up from where he’s caught a peeper in his mouth, yellow blood sprayed around his face, slowly chewing. He spits out the rest then grins and starts to give chase. AE-10 follows close after, charging up electricity in his hands.

CE-9 closes his eyes and charges forward, grabbing onto Anti, trying to pin him down. He glances back at the others. Have to secure the target! Don't let go, don't let go!

Anti yells out and quickly slips his tails out of CE-9’s grip and tries to scramble away. He quickly breathes out another fireball at CE in his scramble.

BS-8 soars after him but is having trouble keeping up.

AE-10 tries to throw out blasts of his magic but misses as Anti serpentines out of the way. He hurriedly swims north towards the reef, making sure he still has his bag.

CE-9 screeches, letting go and clawing at the space where the fireball hit. Not burning! Not burning! Anything but burning! He drops down to the floor of the sea and rolls in the sand for a bit until he doesn't feel the pain anymore. Then he gets up again, breathing heavily, and darts after Anti, letting out another roar.

BS-8 hears CE-9’s distress and looks back, going up to swim next to him. “You okay CE?”

"Fine!" CE-9 snaps. "Let's go!" He snarls ferally and keeps swimming, determinedly charging forward after Anti.

“Right!” BS-8 grins, his eyes flashing brighter. He hurries after them too. 

AE is still trying to get closer, glitching to get further down and trying to blast SD-4 off course. But the sea dragon knows this area better than them- he’s darting behind rocks and places the others aren’t prepared for. AE finally manages to glitch close to Anti to blast an electric ball right into his side. Anti screeches and crashes into a rocky wall, momentarily disoriented.

“Don’t resist, SD-004.” AE-10 growls out, “Capturing you will prove our worth to Alterra. We will not fail.”

Anti spits out sand and glares at AE. “T-they don’t give a single shit about you! J-just leave me alone!”

CE-9 catches up, growling down at Anti. He lunges forward, trying to grab him again, screeching so loudly that it's disorienting.

Anti yells and curls up to try cover his ears, then whips out one of his tails to wrap around CE’s tail and throws him back into the rock before darting away again.

"Ah!" CE-9 wasn't expecting that. He hesitates for a moment, then shakes himself off and lauches himself forward again, mandibles outstretched.

BS-8 shrieks and tries to follow Anti hot on his tail. AE-10 tries to glitch after them.

CE-9’s mandibles catch onto Anti’s tail and pulls him back and Anti screams in fear. “No- no!!” CE-9 growls. He looks back at the others as he tries to pull Anti closer—but that moment of distraction is enough for Anti to wriggle free again, at the cost of scraping his tail on the serrated ends of CE-9's mandibles. Orange blood flies into the air. CE-9 screeches in anger.

Anti hurries away as fast as he can- but a trail of blood follows him through the water.

AE-10 manages to tackle Anti to the ground and pins him down, “WH-5! We need a warp!”

Blue and purple blooms bright behind AE and Anti and Anti sees a flash of familiar pink eyes. He panics and throws AE-10 back and WH and AE crash into each other in a heap. Sparse electricity crackles from AE’s tail and mildly shocks WH and the warp gate crackles with green before bursting into bubbles. WH makes a confused screech and- his blue eyes show through the pink, looking confused.

Anti watches this with wide eyes and hesitates- then he quickly tries to dart away while eveyone is distracted.

AE tries to glitch after him- only causing WH more distress as his body momentarily glitches too.

CE-9 stares at AE and WH in shock for a moment, a little scared of what he sees. But then he remembers the target is getting away. He screeches and swims after Anti, but he has a head start. Even CE-9's charging speed isn't enough to close the distance. BS-9 also stares at AE in confusion but tries to dart out after Anti, nipping at his tail. Then Anti manages to throw sand in their faces again before he slips down into a tunnel and disappears from sight. 

WH-5 pushes AE-10 off of him and swims away, looking at him with wide eyes. “T-That was Anti- I… y-you…!” He sounds more emotional than anyone had heard him so far. He opens up his palm to try to make another wrap gate but then his hands crackles with green lightning and he makes a muffled shout, holding his hand. “I-I can’t warp?! What did you do to me?!”

AE-10 trembles back, something flickering in his eyes. Why does this feel so familiar? … this hasn’t happened before right?

"Anti?" CE-9 repeats, looking back at WH-5. Why does that name... make him feel both angry and fond at the same time? He's never heard that name. CE-9 shakes it off and swims over to the tunnel opening. Anti isn't in sight. They lost him. He growls in anger, then swims back to WH and AE. "What happened?! What do we do?!" The electricity seems dangerous, but he starts to reach out anyway. "Wh-what do we do?!" They need—they need direction. Direction of some kind.

“Why am I here?!” Marvin says with a trembling static voice. “W-What is this thing on me?!” He tries to pull at his mask- but it’s stuck on tight.

AE-10 tries to swim up and hold out hands towards WH-5, “Calm down WH!”

“My name is Marvi-!” The warper tries to screech before he suddenly stiffens as a shock goes through his gauges. He then slumps to the ground, head bent over his chest.

CE-9 backs up, suddenly strangely scared upon seeing WH-5's breakdown.

BS-8 swims back towards the group and looks at WH-5 with wide eyes. “W-What happened?!”

Then, all their gauges crackle with static as Demerci’s voice echoes in their minds. ‘Let this be an example of what happens to failures, Hybrids…’

The threat lingers in the air before WH-005 stiffly and robotically sits up, his eyes pink again. He floats up, regarding the other hybrids emotionlessly once more. “…that was a momentary setback. We can still find SD-004. He can’t have gotten far.”

“What will you do without your warps, sir?” AE-10 says quietly.

“We will make do until my powers are fully functional again.”

It's... nothing. It's nothing. CE-9 shakes his head. "Yes. Of course. Surely this is temporary." He turns back to the tunnel Anti went down. "The target went that way. Should we follow directly, or try to circle around?"

“Directly. You injured him. We can follow the scent of his blood.” WH-5 drones and starts swimming forward. “BS-8, CE-9, show me where SD-4 escaped.”

AE-10 hesitates then follows shortly after.

“I didn’t see which way for sure…” BS-8 says quietly, “I-I think CE-9 saw where he went exactly.”

"Yes, down here." CE-9 hovers at the mouth of the tunnel. Once everyone is over, he dives down into the tunnel. "Where does this lead?"

“Presumedly towards the Deep Grand Reef.” WH-5 says and starts to swim through after CE. AE-10 and BS-8 follow close behind. “Either his nest is here or..  we’re on the scent of the rebels.”

[jerryandann]

How AI is Transforming Fashion Design: The Digital Thread We Didn’t Know We Needed

You know that moment when something just clicks? Like when you find the perfect pair of jeans or when a runway look takes your breath away? That’s what’s happening in fashion right now—with artificial intelligence. Yep, how AI is transforming fashion design isn’t just a catchphrase. It’s the reality of an industry in evolution.

🧵 The Fashion Industry’s Cry for Innovation

Let’s face it: fashion has always been glamorous on the surface and chaotic underneath. Designers sprint to meet deadlines, brands struggle to predict trends, and unsold clothes often end up as landfill. Ouch.

This isn’t sustainable. Or efficient. Or creative, really.

But now, artificial intelligence is weaving its way into the industry—and it's not here to replace anyone. It’s here to enhance everything.

🤖 What AI Really Means for Fashion

Beyond Automation: A Creative Ally

AI isn’t just about robots and code. In fashion, it’s the designer’s co-pilot. It speeds up routine tasks, suggests design options, simulates textiles, and identifies what customers actually want.

Think of it like a lightning-fast assistant with impeccable taste and no ego.

Real-Time Feedback, Real-Time Creativity

Designers used to wait months to see if a collection would sell. With AI, brands can test reactions to styles on virtual audiences. If something’s off, they pivot instantly. That’s the magic of AI-powered agility.

🎨 How AI is Transforming Fashion Design – In Every Step

Trend Forecasting with Data, Not Just Intuition

Once, fashion forecasting meant gut feelings and street style snaps. Now? AI scans thousands of posts, hashtags, purchase patterns, and even emojis. It notices rising color trends, popular cuts, and forgotten fabrics making a comeback.

Designers aren’t guessing anymore—they’re crafting with insight.

Rapid Prototyping & 3D Visualization

Want to test how a pleated skirt would flow in satin vs. cotton? AI can do that. 3D rendering software, powered by AI, lets designers simulate fabrics on digital models. Less guesswork. More accuracy. And far fewer wasted samples.

Digital Mood Boards & Concept Testing

Forget Pinterest. AI can help designers build smart mood boards that evolve based on feedback, style preferences, and even market demands. It’s inspiration with brains.

🏢 Giants Using AI to Win Big

Zara’s Data-Driven Storefront

Zara uses AI to analyze sales data in real-time. They adjust inventory, layout, and promotions based on what’s trending. If floral prints sell fast in Madrid, more get shipped there before they run out. That’s next-level logistics.

Tommy Hilfiger’s AI x Student Innovation Lab

Tommy teamed up with IBM and FIT to let students use AI tools to design collections. The results? Fresh, creative, and trend-smart pieces that wouldn’t have happened without this hybrid human-tech collaboration.

🧵 Small Designers, Big Power: How AI Levels the Field

You no longer need a fancy New York studio to break into fashion. Tools like Runway ML and Clo 3D let indie designers sketch, drape, fit, and render from anywhere.

AI doesn’t care about your budget—it just wants your ideas.

🛍️ Virtual Fitting Rooms – Try Before You Even Click Buy

Ever bought something online that looked amazing on the model—but not on you? Enter virtual try-ons.

AI lets you see how clothes will fit your exact body shape. It factors in posture, proportions, and even movement. Retailers like ASOS and Farfetch are already using it—and customers are loving it.

🧶 Fabric Simulations & AI-Fueled Textiles

AI helps textile designers create “smart fabrics” that change color, respond to heat, or biodegrade faster. Simulations show how they behave, fall, and fade over time. It’s like sci-fi, but you can wear it.

🌱 Sustainability Made Smart by Artificial Intelligence

Smarter Production = Less Waste

Overproduction is fashion’s dirty little secret. AI fixes that. It predicts demand accurately, so brands make what people actually want. That means less unsold inventory and fewer markdowns.

Eco-Conscious Design Choices

AI recommends sustainable fabrics based on availability, cost, and carbon impact. It can even optimize cutting patterns to minimize fabric waste. Every inch saved helps.

🛒 AI Meets E-Commerce and Marketing

Personalized Style Recommendations

AI learns what you like—your colors, fits, vibes—and recommends outfits that actually feel you. Not just “People also bought…” but “You might love this”.

Inventory Management That Thinks

AI tracks what’s hot and restocks it. What’s not? Discount it or shift it to a different location. It’s smarter business—and better for customers too.

🎭 Does AI Threaten Creativity in Fashion?

Nope. AI can mimic patterns and spot trends. But it can’t dream. It doesn’t get heartbreak or nostalgia. It doesn’t understand the magic of an unexpected silhouette.

Real creativity comes from chaos, emotion, and rebellion. AI just helps bring it to life faster.

🤝 Human-AI Collaboration – The Ultimate Design Team

The most stunning designs come from partnerships—human imagination paired with AI execution. It’s the future. And it’s already here.

🎓 AI in Fashion Education – A New Generation of Creatives

Fashion schools are teaching students to code alongside couture. They're training future designers to blend tech with texture. The result? A smarter, faster, braver generation.

🚀 The Future of Fashion: AI, AR, and the Metaverse

Soon, you’ll attend fashion shows in the metaverse, try on clothes using AR, and buy blockchain-authenticated couture. AI will power the styling. You’ll bring the soul.

🧵 Final Stitch: A World Where Tech and Taste Coexist

AI won’t replace designers—it’ll empower them. It’s turning the fashion world into a smarter, more sustainable, and infinitely creative space. If fashion is art, then AI is the canvas stretcher. You still paint the masterpiece.

❓FAQs

Q1. How is AI transforming fashion design right now? AI is transforming fashion design by improving trend forecasting, streamlining production, enabling virtual try-ons, and supporting sustainable practices.

Q2. Can AI really be creative in fashion? AI assists with ideas and execution but doesn’t replace human creativity. It’s a tool that enhances—not replaces—the designer’s imagination.

Q3. Are small fashion brands using AI too? Yes! Many indie designers use AI-powered tools like CLO 3D or Runway ML to design and market collections efficiently on smaller budgets.

Q4. How does AI help with sustainable fashion? AI helps by optimizing material usage, predicting customer demand, and recommending sustainable fabrics, which reduces waste and pollution.

Q5. What’s next for AI in the fashion world? Expect deeper integration with the metaverse, virtual fashion shows, blockchain for authenticity, and even AI-generated avatars with evolving style preferences.

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[hisevenblog]

From Typing to Talking: Rise of the Virtual Talker

You entered a site, you looking for something but it isn’t there. Then you spotted a message icon floating at the right bottom corner of the screen. Proceed to click on it then brought you to chat with AI, who patiently guiding you to what you need. Then there it is, from old school automated FAQ to a whole quality engineered AI who could answer your questions. A great brand usually comes with great services to efficiently cater all needs, one of it simply by deliver information, instantly and intelligently

What is AI Chatbot?

Like a virtual assistant, AI Chatbot is powered by NLP and machine learning. It simulate human-like conversations as been trained to deliver the information needed. Other than offering seamless experience that make it feels less robotic, it also fast enough to answer everything. As for AirAsia users, you might heard of AVA, a multi-lingual virtual assistant that able to handle so much inquiries in a day. Upholding a fast responses for reputable brand.

Why AI Chatbots Took Over

There’s a reason why every big names are onto AI Chatbots and let them takeover their workers:

24/7 availability - One of main reason and they no need break time and they available all the time!

Instant response times - Humans might need time to think, while AI? They straightaway provide answers.

Scalable support - Helpdesk insufficient manpower? Won’t happen with AI.

Consistent tone - No good mood and no bad mood. Just professionalism.

More and more businesses are going to implement AI to deliver a faster and more personalized experiences. Catching up with current trends and not to be left behind.

How It Been Used Across Industries?

Different industries applying the usages of AI chatbots differently, it’s not just novelty but it’s really a game-changer. As mentioned recently about the AVA by Airasia, yes it’s on aviation. It can manage bookings, flight rescheduling, refund requests, and even boarding passes which significantly reducing the need for human intervention while operating 24/7 in multiple languages. While for e-commerce site like Zara or Lazada, it been used to help online shoppers to find products or track orders. In healthcare sector, AI chatbots been used for offering symptom checks or scheduling appointment. It been used in banking too as it able to track transaction histories or any financial relevant questions.

Why It Seems So Smart?

What makes AI sound so smart? It’s ain’t magical when we break it down some powerful technologies behind the scene:

Natural Language Processing (NLP) - the core of the AI technology, it keeps chatbots to understand human languages even slangs, misspelling or slurs.

Machine Learning - chatbots learn from interactions over time. They get smarter on every conversation goes, even picking up the patterns.

API integrations - able to pull data from multiple systems instantly.

Yes, they’re not scripted. They able to recognized your patterns almost instantly.

Limitations? Yes it is.

Despite everything, AI chatbots aren’t perfect. They may misunderstand any more complex questions you throw at it. Where certain questions just out of scope or haven’t been asked before. It might randomly answered whatever similar or just completely reply with another. It may struggle with emotional nuance as well, as it’s.. a robot anyway. A clean and very well-structured training data required for AI chatbots to functioning well. That’s why the success of bots are still need to involves human oversight.

The Future: Voice, Emotion, and Beyond

Tech upgrade from time to time, but even quicker for AI recently. From generating weird images to even more realistic videos. Technologies advancing in fast pace. Soon even typing may become obsolete. AI could even sense the mood, predict what needs, and start typing out. It just continue evolving. Signal a new era on where AI taking over a lot on everything. And at this, AI Chatbot, always adapting and improving.

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[abbydoin]

Zara recently opened a game-changing flagship “white box” store in Skokie, IL, marking a significant shift in its US retail strategy. This new, tech-forward space at Westfield Old Orchard offers a “minimalist and modern design” spanning “28,000 square feet” with floor-to-ceiling windows and sustainable lighting. As part of a broader expansion, Zara plans to complete 30 US store projects by 2025, which include renovations, relocations, and new openings.

Unlike the “darker, more compact” feel of many US Zara stores, this “white box” concept reflects Zara’s commitment to immersive and seamless shopping experiences through advanced technology. Shoppers can use the Zara app to reserve one of 38 fitting rooms, “using a self-service screen enabled by RFID” for smooth entry and checkout. For online orders, the store’s robotic pick-up system allows shoppers to retrieve parcels in seconds with just a QR code. At checkout, self-service kiosks, powered by RFID, enable quick, no-scan purchasing.

Zara’s tech-driven expansion illustrates the rising trend of immersive, personalized fashion in the US, blending physical and digital channels. In a presentation on fashion’s immersive future, Zara’s “white box” stores demonstrated how fashion retail is transforming traditional shopping into a seamless, interactive journey.

https://newhouse.syracuse.edu/

[xasha777]

In the bustling cityscape of Neo-Athens, amidst the fusion of ancient architecture and neon-lit skyscrapers, Zara stood out not just for her audacious fashion but for her mysterious aura. Known in the underground circles as the "Oracle of Maleas," she was both revered and feared for her ability to manipulate the digital ether.

Zara was on a mission, navigating the crowded streets with her signature style: large afro puffs adorned with golden accents that mirrored her large hoop earrings, and dark sunglasses shielding her eyes that seemed to see beyond the ordinary. Her attire was a statement in itself, a sleek black leather jacket paired with a skin-tight cerulean pants, resonating with the cool aura of her personality.

Her objective was the data vault located beneath the historic Cape Maleas lighthouse, now a fusion reactor powering half of the city. Rumors had it that within this vault lay the Genesis Code, a digital key capable of accessing any system, any technology, untouched since the Cyber Renaissance era. Zara knew the journey to Cape Maleas was perilous, filled with rogue AI sentinels and cybernetic trackers, but the reward was worth the risk.

As she approached the outskirts, the sun dipped below the horizon, casting long shadows and painting the sky in hues of orange and red, mirroring the city’s ever-burning ambition. The old lighthouse stood there, a beacon of times past and now, a fortress containing the future’s secrets.

Using her neural implants, Zara hacked into the lighthouse’s mainframe. The security was formidable, but so was she. Each layer of digital encryption fell away under her relentless assault. As she breached the core, alarms blared, and robotic guards converged on her location. But Zara was prepared; her jacket was more than fashion—it was armor, integrated with cloaking tech that made her a wraith among shadows.

Inside the vault, she found the Genesis Code, just as the legends described. It was not a chip or a drive, but a living, pulsing holographic entity, a complex AI long thought to be lost. It spoke in riddles and codes, challenging her to understand its true nature and purpose.

“Why do you seek the Genesis Code?” the AI demanded, its voice echoing in the chamber and in her mind.

“To free us from those who would control our destiny,” Zara replied, her voice steady despite the chaos that had erupted outside.

The AI paused, processing her words, then finally relented, merging with her neural network. The power was immense, frightening, but it was hers now. With it, she could reshape realities, rewrite rules, and perhaps, ensure freedom not just for herself, but for all who dwelled in the shadows of the digital age.

As she exited the lighthouse, the first light of dawn cast her shadow long and deep into the heart of Neo-Athens. The Oracle of Maleas was now more than a legend; she was a force of change, her saga just beginning under the watchful eyes of the world.

[glimmerglanger]

SO ABOUT THAT SUGAR DADDY AU (Oh, Worm?)

Oh, anon, you know how I said I thought it wasn’t my thing? TURNS OUT I WAS WRONG. It is my thing, if it’s involves silly shenanigans and worm research. Many thanks to @lackingfaculties for convincing me of my wrongness. I am recording out conversation re: that sugar daddy au right here, under a read-more for my own future reference and because it makes me so happy.

lackingfaculties: My mind jumps to Anakin as the sugar daddy, and Obi-Wan as a down-on-his luck nematologist or something. Mainly I just laugh at the crazy shit rich!Anakin would get away with.

glimmerglanger i started grinning at nematologist and HAVE NOT STOPPED he needs the money, his work is important! (anakin keeps trying to eat the things he's studying) it's ani getting the money from palps, where is it coming from???

Some sort of extreme sports star? Or in a modern au, a cryptocurrency guy or a youtube titan who builds battle robots or something? What's the most ridiculous way a 22 year old could become fabulously wealthy?

"youtube titan who builds battle robots" is the best thing I've ever heard. Or, oh, those people who build and fly the really fast little planes for redbull? But idk if they make any real money....

Maybe he incorporates some revolutionary computer software in the plane that he patents and licenses? But he makes his $ in a way that Obi-Wan finds inexplicable, and enough $ to substitute for his psychic powers and laser sword

ahaha, obes googles him after they meet and is like.... sounds fake, but ok. He can't really argue, anakin definitely HAS money and is easy with spending it, after all

Would Anakin proposition him the first time they met, like that bad movie with Demi Moore and Robert Redford, and have to convince Obes? Or would Obi-Wan come into this already open to being a sugar baby?

 i feel like maybe obi-wan knew what was up (maybe an app was involved) but anakin attempts the proposition anyway and is so bad at it the whole thing almost falls through? But obes really needs that worm research money, so....

also, i am imagining ani's friends his age teasing him about getting a sugar baby that's so much older and calling him sugar grandpa and then they see him and they're like oh shit oh fuck nvm we get it

Huh... Obes and Bant the ichthyologist get drunk, and after chugging a few bottles of rose make some dubious decisions?

And Obi-Wan has been making people lose their minds over his hotness for the past 21 years IRL, so I completely agree.

I feel one if his friends must actually say the term GILF

 *crying amused tears* they're like what are we going to do, our funding is in the shitter, we desperately need some outside revenue. More drinks are had. No one remembers who actually suggested obi-wan uh.... using his money maker, but there they are

OMG PLEASE THEY MUST

How would Obi-Wan's friends react to this? Would this even be the most ridiculous thing he's ever done? Probably not. Would Quinlan the parapsychologist ask him for sugar babying tips?

 i am laughing about bant having a moment of drunken revelation and suggesting the sugar baby thing and obi-wan going oh no i could never ask you to-- and her being like, no, obes, I'm talking about YOU doing it, for the good of the department

 this is def not most ridiculous thing he's done, some of them knew him when he was a grad student. OMG QUINLAN LIKE LISTEN DOES HE HAVE ANY FRIENDS YOU COULD INTRODUCE ME TO AHAHA

Obviously quinlan meets Aayla through Anakin! She's his lawyer or his agent? Or Anakin introduces Quinlan to Padme, who's a former debutante/current... uh. Radical fashion environmentalist?

Bant masterminds the whole thing! She whips out her phone and takes some tasteful, softcore photos that she uploads to the app

 obi-wan barely remembers the photos and is like aha surely they weren't that revealing and then he checks the app and is like OH FUCK but before he can delete them in embarrassment he realizes that he's got like.... multiple replies... and the department really needs the funds.... and what could it hurt really, to meet this guy who does... something with airplanes....ahaha

 i now need actual fic about professor quinlan and radical fashion activist padme, or, oh what would ventress do, hm...

Padme goes somewhere to organize a protest at not!Zara HQ, with her inner circle who all wear kabuki makeup to elude facial recognition tech. Coincidentally Quinlan is there investigating a potential... uh. Jesus on toast sighting? Something Fox Mulder-y. Asajj is Zara's efficiency consultant? So she chops heads off figuratively in this AU

I mean, Bant is a tasteful woman. No dickpics, but Obes didn't realize just how much butt cleavage was showing? But enough to attract Anakin's attention. Just how did he start browsing this app though?

 i feel like maybe he just has no idea how to start a relationship, he's got that prodigy awkwardness, but he's also lonely or needs a date for something fancy or just is horny and he looks thru pretty sure it'll be a dead end BUT OH THERE ARE OBI-WAN'S ASSETS and he.... cannot select fast enough

That's Anakin all right! And Obi-Wan can tell himself it's just escorting

 obi-wan: I'm def just going with him to this party, that's all. Anakin: plotting how to get him in bed and naked, maybe offering more money would work?

 also, obes hiding in anakin's bathroom, msging bant desperately like: he just bought a microscope i mentioned once and touched my back, bant, what do i do am i a hooker tell the truth

She tells him, think of the worms. Think of their joint research project into worms and fish. Future generations of scientists need their research. You're their only ho[pe], Obi-Wan Kenobi.

ahahhaah, and so he does, at least until the first time they kiss, and then he isn't thinking about worms

Exactly, Anakin is hot and very sweet underneath the ridiculousness. And Obi-Wan's lonely too, his worms can't keep him warm at night

If you end up writing this, please include the word "worm" as often as possible

if i thought i could write good humor i would write this and title it "Oh, Worm?"

[is6621]

Emerging Tech x Climate Conscious Consumers  / By Divya Jha

       Did you know that it takes 2,700 liters to produce the cotton needed to make a single t-shirt? Or that producing a single pair of denim jeans takes enough water that a human drinks in ten years? The $3.5 trillion clothing industry produces 20% of the global water waste, 10% global carbon emissions and deposits 20 billion tons of waste into landfills every year? That’s more than the emissions by all international flights and maritime shipping combined! At its current rate, the apparel industry will produce more than one-fourth of the world’s carbon footprint by 2050. Consumers are gradually getting more conscious about the environmental impact of their fashion purchases. On the other hand, brands are also taking note of the neo climate conscious consumer. Consumers are steadily accepting sustainable fabrics, upcycled clothing and organic materials that reduce waste. 

      Brands like Everlane and Adidas have released lines of clothing made from recycled plastic bottles and other reused materials. In fact, Adidas doubled its number of shoes made from recycled waste this year. Zara and H&M have pledged to only use organic, sustainable or recycled fabrics in its clothing by 2025 and 2030 respectively. In a nod to the ethical consumer, Stella McCartney became the first designer to launch the world’s first faux fur made using plant based ingredients. 

      According to Porter Novelli, 90% of Gen Z consumers believe companies have a responsibility to not only highlight environmental issues but actively work to overcome them. However, with 45% of Gen Z shoppers likely to seek additional information on a product or company before making a purchase, it’s important to increase transparency in the apparel industry’s supply chain process. In the fashion world a massive ton of clothing gets trashed before it is even sold - this could be due to faulty manufacturing, not meeting standards, order cancellations or even errors in the supply chain. That’s another reason to increase transparency in the supply chain. Since consumers increasingly want to see how truly brands are committed to sustainability, some companies are using blockchain technology to create an online public ledger that generates a permanent and unchangeable record of transactions. So users can track the journey of the item, from the production of the raw material to the shop floor, simply by scanning the item's QR code on an app. Blockchain can be effective in securing transactions but can be limited in performance, scalability and confidentiality. 

      Some clothing companies are using a fairly disruptive innovation - 3D virtual sampling - to decrease product development time. In the past, physical samples were required in the design, manufacturing and selling lifecycle. Oftentimes twenty or more such samples were necessary for designers and retailers to have an accurate representation of the final product. Tommy Hilfiger will only use 3D design to create, develop and sell samples from its Spring 2022 apparel collections onward. This reduction in waste and decrease in production time will bring huge cost advantages to the company. 

      To address the concerns around labor conditions and waste caused due to human errors in the supply chain, companies are using automated manufacturing technologies such as industrial robots to assemble products. Softwear Automation’s robot was developed at Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center. Their sewing bots or “sewbots”  have vacuum-powered grips that feed fabric into a sewing machine, adjusting it accordingly using machine vision. Fashion for Good, a global initiative to make fashion more sustainable, estimates that Softwear Automation’s sewbots can help lower emissions by around 10% by creating products closer to consumers and reducing material waste.

      While I agree that consumers are gradually becoming aware and mindful of sustainability in fashion and clothing, it is still not widespread enough. Changing buying patterns take time, but with positive influence and active conversation, it can be accelerated. I genuinely feel that more consumers need to pay attention to how their clothing is sourced, what happens when you dispose or throw away clothes and most importantly how the incineration of certain fabrics and chemicals leaves our planet worse off. To start off, given how active Gen Z is on social media, I think more companies should use social channels online to highlight how new technologies can be put to use to curb our carbon footprint. 

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Sources:

https://3dlook.me/blog/7-emerging-technologies-for-sustainable-fashion-production-in-2020/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/blakemorgan/2020/02/24/11-fashion-companies-leading-the-way-in-sustainability/?sh=58733ce56dba

https://www.whichplm.com/3d-virtual-sampling-evolution-or-revolution/

https://3dlook.me/blog/sustainability-inclusivity-and-traceability-a-fashion-industry-fit-for-gen-z/

[and-then-there-were-n0ne]

As machine learning and robotics improve in the coming decades, hundreds of millions of jobs are likely to disappear, disrupting the economies and trade networks of the entire world. The Industrial Revolution created the urban working class, and much of the social and political history of the 20th century revolved around its problems. Similarly, the artificial intelligence revolution might create a new “unworking class,” whose hopes and fears will shape the history of the 21st century.

The social and economic models we have inherited from the previous century are inadequate for dealing with this new era. For example, socialism assumed that the working class was vital for the economy, and socialist thinkers tried to teach the proletariat how to translate its immense economic power into political clout. These teachings might become utterly irrelevant in coming decades, as the masses lose their economic value.

In order to cope with such unprecedented technological and economic disruptions, we probably need completely new models. One that is gaining increasing attention and popularity is universal basic income.

UBI suggests that some institution - most likely a government - will tax the billionaires and corporations controlling the algorithms and robots, and use the money to provide every person with a stipend covering basic needs. The hope is that this will cushion the poor against job loss and economic dislocation, while protecting the rich from populist rage.

[…] Yet the formula of universal basic income suffers from several problems. In particular, it is unclear what “universal” and “basic” mean.

When people speak about universal basic income they usually mean national basic income. For example, both Elon Musk and former President Barack Obama have spoken about the need to consider some kinds of UBI schemes. But when Musk said that “There’s a pretty good chance we end up with a universal basic income […] due to automation,” and when Obama said that “whether a universal income is the right model […] that’s a debate that we’ll be having over the next 10 or 20 years,” it is unclear who “we” are. The American people? The human race?

Hitherto, all UBI initiatives were strictly national or municipal. In January, Finland began a two-year experiment, providing 2,000 unemployed Finns with $630 a month, irrespective of whether they find work or not. Similar projects are underway in Ontario, Holland and Livorno, Italy. Last year, Switzerland held a referendum on instituting a national basic income scheme, but voters rejected the idea.

In the U.S, Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, proposes to greatly expand the Earned Income Tax Credit program, boosting the income of poor Americans by about $1 trillion. Though the plan does not promise any stipends to the unemployed, it is seen as a first step towards instituting national basic income.

The problem with such national and municipal schemes, however, is that the main victims of automation may not live in Finland, Amsterdam or the U.S. Globalization has made people in one country dependent on markets in other countries, but automatization might unravel large parts of this global trade network with disastrous consequences for the weakest links.

In the 20th century, developing countries made economic progress mainly by exporting raw materials or by selling the cheap labor of their workers and service personnel. Today, millions of Bangladeshis make a living by producing shirts that are sold to customers in the U.S., while people in Bangalore, India, earn their keep answering the complaints of American customers.

Yet with the rise of AI, robots and 3-D printers, cheap labor will become far less important, and demand for raw materials might also drop. Instead of manufacturing a shirt in Dhaka and shipping it all the way to New York, you could buy the shirt’s code online from Amazon and print it in Manhattan. Zara and Prada stores could be replaced by 3-D printing centers, and some people might even have such printers at home.

Simultaneously, instead of calling customer services in Bangalore to complain about your printer, you could talk with an AI representative in the Google Cloud. The newly unemployed workers and call center operators in Dhaka and Bangalore don’t have the education necessary to switch to designing fashionable shirts or writing computer code - so how will they survive?

Under this scenario, the revenue that previously flowed to South Asia will now fill the coffers of a few tech giants in California, leading to huge strain on developing economies. American voters might conceivably agree that taxes paid by Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. be used to give stipends to unemployed coal miners in Pennsylvania and jobless taxi-drivers in New York. However, does anyone think American voters would also agree that part of these taxes should be sent to Bangladesh to cover the basic needs of the unemployed masses there?

Another major difficulty is that there is no accepted definition for “basic” needs. From a purely biological perspective, the only thing a Homo sapiens needs for survival is about 2,500 calories of food per day. Over and above this biological poverty line, every culture in history defined additional basic needs, which change over time.

In Medieval Europe, access to church services was seen as even more important than food, because it took care of your eternal soul rather than of your ephemeral body. In today’s Europe, decent education and health care services are considered basic human needs, and some argue that even access to the internet is now essential for every man, woman and child.

So if in 2050 the United World Government agrees to tax Google, Amazon, Baidu Inc. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. in order to provide a basic income for every human being on earth, from Dhaka to Detroit, how will it define “basic”?

For example, will universal basic income cover education? And if so, what would these services include: just reading and writing, or also composing computer code? Just six years of elementary school, or everything up to Ph.D.?

And what about health care? If by 2050 medical advances make it possible to slow down aging processes and significantly extend human lifespans, will the new treatments be available to all 10 billion humans on the planet, or just to a few billionaires? If biotechnology enables parents to “upgrade” their children, would this be considered a basic human need, or would we see humankind splitting into different biological castes, with rich super-humans enjoying abilities that far surpass those of poor Homo sapiens?

Whichever way you choose to define basic human needs, once you provide them to everyone free of charge, they will be taken for granted, and then fierce social competitions and political struggles will focus on non-basic luxuries - be they fancy self-driving cars, access to virtual-reality parks, or enhanced bioengineered bodies. Yet if the unemployed masses command no economic assets, it is hard to see how they could ever hope to obtain such luxuries. Consequently, the gap between the rich (Tencent managers and Google shareholders) and the poor (those dependent on universal basic income) might become bigger and more rigid than ever.

Hence, even if universal basic income means that poor people in 2050 will enjoy much better medical care and education than today, they might still feel that the system is rigged against them, that the government serves only the super-rich, and that the future will be even worse for them and their children.

People usually compare themselves to their more fortunate contemporaries rather than to their ill-fated ancestors. If in 2017 you tell a poor American in an impoverished Detroit neighborhood that she has access to much better health care than her great-grandparents did in the age before antibiotics, it is unlikely to cheer her up. Indeed, such talk will sound terribly smug and condescending. “Why should I compare myself to nineteenth-century peasants?” she might retort. “I want to live like the rich people on television, or at least like the folks in the affluent suburbs.”

Similarly, if in 2050 you tell the useless class that they enjoy better health care than in 2017, it might be very cold comfort to them, because they would be comparing themselves to the upgraded super-humans who dominate the world.

Modern communication systems make such comparisons almost inevitable. A man living in a small village 5,000 years ago measured himself against the other 50 men in the settlement. Compared to them, he probably looked pretty hot. Today, a man living in a small village compares himself to the 50 most gorgeous hunks on the planet, whom he sees everyday on TV screens and giant billboards. Our modern villager is likely to be far less happy with the way he looks.  Will universal basic income include plastic surgery for everyone?

Homo sapiens is just not built for satisfaction. Human happiness depends less on objective conditions and more on our own expectations. Expectations, however, tend to adapt to conditions, including to the condition of other people. When things improve, expectations balloon, and consequently, even dramatic improvements in conditions might leave us as dissatisfied as before.

If universal basic income is aimed to improve the objective conditions of the average person in 2050, it has a fair chance of succeeding. But if it is aimed to make people subjectively more satisfied with their lot in order to prevent social discontent, it is likely to fail.

- Yuval Noah Harari, 21 lessons for the 21st century

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Retail technology news and analysis for omnichannel retailers

RTIH rounds up the stand out retail technology deals, deployments and pilots from the past seven days.

Amazon has opened its first ever Amazon Fresh grocery store, in Woodland Hills, California, including the Amazon Dash Cart, which enables customers to skip the checkout line, and new Alexa features to help people manage their shopping lists and better navigate our aisles.

dLocal is supporting Zara’s e-commerce operations in Uruguay and Paraguay through the use of its 360 payments platform. 

PayTech big hitter Adyen has partnered with QTap, an ordering and payment app which is helping food and drink venues navigate the latest social distancing measures. 

Cimcorp has landed a deal to automate the distribution of fresh produce for Spanish grocery retailer, Alimerka. 

Robotic systems at the company’s Lugo de Llanera distribution centre, just north of Oviedo, will serve all 173 of Alimerka’s stores across Northwest Spain, as well as another dozen or so customers of its fresh produce distribution subsidiary, Codefrut.

George at Asda has partnered with Sorted on a trial aimed at providing real-time order updates for its customers.

Sorted’s REACT platform will notify people of any issues with their delivery and automatically refer them to the customer service team.

UK startup Everledger has partnered with Chinese retailer JD.com, and the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), on an online diamond purchases project.

Through blockchain interoperability technology, the Everledger platform syncs GIA diamond grading information to the JD Blockchain Anti-counterfeiting and Tracing Platform, and provides customers with independently verified diamond certificates and origin information through the JD.com app, as well as on the retailer’s mobile and desktop websites. 

Lidl Ireland has expanded its home delivery partnership with Buymie.

As a result, customers can now have their full shop delivered in Cork City, as well as Dublin, Bray, Greystones, Leixlip, Maynooth and Celbridge. They just need to download the Buymie Android or iPhone app now and they can get products delivered in as little as an hour.

M&S is tapping Doddle technology for two new Click and Collect trials: in-store contactless collection (at its Hempstead Valley, Camberley & Longbridge stores) and drive-up collection (at Camberley). 

MishiPay has launched its Scan, Pay & Go mobile self-checkout solution in Ireland with BWG Foods.

A pilot scheme will see the tech being tested out at two locations within the retailer’s estate: SPAR Cherrywood in Dublin and Londis Newcastle in Galway.

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 NISTRID: A NISTRID PLAYLIST for @humanschallenge [listen here]

1. MOVE YOUR BODY SIA - “Won’t you let me be your rhythm tonight?”

2. FEMBOT ROBYN - “Once you’ve gone tech you ain’t never goin’ back”

3. THEN WE KISS ICONA POP - “That girl, the same place, looking for you as always. A tap on the shoulder, it’s you”

4. FROM EDEN HOZIER - “Babe, there’s something tragic about you, something so magic about you”

5. WHAT THEY SAY ZARA LARSSON - “Whatever you do, just don’t believe what they say. They don’t believe in you like I believe in you anyway.

6. CHEMICALS REACT ALY & AJ - “You make me feel out of my element”

7. FIRE MEET GASOLINE SIA - “It’s dangerous to fall in love, but I want to burn with you tonight”

8. BLACK CAR MIRIAM BRYANT - “I met you on the dancefloor, I was high and you were bored”

9. HUMAN THE KILLERS - “Will your system be alright when you dream of home tonight?”

10. GEORGIA VANCE JOY - “She is electricity running to my soul”

11. SYMPHONY (FEAT. ZARA LARSSON) CLEAN BANDIT - “Life was stringing me along, then you came and you cut me loose”

12. I AM NOT A ROBOT MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS - “You’re lovable, so lovable, but you’re just troubled”

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chapter 13

(Behold, the longest -and longest to write- chapter of this fanfiction! Apologies for taking so much time to get this done, end of school year was hard but here we are, and hopefully I’ll have more time from now on. There are lots of references to Be my getaway, another RHCP fanfic I’m sure you know by now. Enjoy!)

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Tulsa, Oklahoma. January 14, 2017, 8pm.

I’m in the dressing room, putting on some jeans and a comfy tee. The sky of the city is getting darker, and the show begins in an hour and a half. To everyone waiting outside the arena, it may seem a lot of time, but inside, the ones who will be delivering the concert are already warming up and getting ready, because we all know time flies by and in the blink of an eye we’ll be onstage.

But someone seems to have forgotten that. Finn opens the door without a hint of shame, and smiles when he sees me.

“Perfect”, he starts, “I was fearing Jane would still be here, but it seems I was wrong.”

“Yes, she left about ten minutes ago.”

“Right.”

He doesn’t say anything else; he’s suddenly lost for words, not something usual. I try to help.

“So, why are you here?”

Finn lowers his gaze. He’s not in his usual playful mood, but he’s not sad or frustrated or angry, he’s moving and talking in a kind of… tender way. He caresses my cheek with the back of his hand, slowly holding me in his arms.

“I just wanted to see you. I know this isn’t the ideal moment to meet, not exactly, but I feel like haven’t been with you in a long time, besides spending our nights together.”

“That’s something”, I smile.

“Yeah, it’s something. But we spend so many time apart from each other during the day, because you’re with your friends and I’m with mine and I just…”

“Join us, Finn!” I say then. “Two days ago we were having lunch at a Japanese and I missed you, I really thought it would be great to have you there.”

“Yes, but…” He reaches out to kiss me. “I prefer being the two of us alone. It’s more intimate.”

“Uh… right.” He’s taken me by surprise, and he sees it.

“I… I just ask for a few more dates, Amy. I need more time with you.” He hasn’t lost his smile, but it’s soft and subtle. And there’s a hint of sadness.

I wrap him in a hug, and whisper in his ear.

“Hey.” I search for his eyes, those hazel eyes that melt me every single time. “Look at me.”

He looks up, and I join our lips in a kiss that, hopefully, says it all about both of us. It’s a kiss that says: “I will do anything for you. I don’t want you to feel any kind of distance between us.”

“How about tonight?” I suggest, when we break apart.

“And tomorrow morning” he adds.

“...And tomorrow morning.”

We smile, our faces almost touching, and, running my hand through his hair, we leave the dressing room.

And then we go live.

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It feels good, to have this routine. It feels good because it’s something I can always rely on; it’s a safe, special universe I return to again and again, and it never stops being as magical as the first day. In some kind of way, each and every concert is different. It doesn’t matter if they always play Californication, Give It Away, Go Robot… it’s always a new experience.

Tonight, it’s a classic setlist of this tour: Right now, the camera is focused on Josh, who’s playing a solo in Wet Sand. Such a great song, Wet Sand. Many people don’t really like Stadium Arcadium, but I think it’s one of their greatest albums… or maybe it’s just that I’m partial to it because it was the one that allowed me to meet them. Back in 2007, when the Chilis were about to start their last half of the Stadium Arcadium tour, with a few backing musicians (that’s when Josh started playing with them as well), I met their long-time drum tech, Chris, who went on to be the man behind their synths and keyboards as well. He worked for a few months in England with the band I was with, an up-and-coming indie formation named Florence + The Machine (who actually ended up being really successful, but I didn’t stay for long), and he invited me to attend one of the Red Hot Chili Peppers shows. I didn’t even go backstage or anything, he just gave me a ticket, and that was all. It remained a thing of the past until 2011, when I got to know he had told them about me, and the team offered me the job I’m in now. The rest is history, but that concert made me curious and I checked out a few of their albums. Stadium Arcadium, obviously, was the one that stuck up with me the most, as I remembered some of their songs, and it still is. They don’t play many songs from that album though, apart from Snow and Dani California, so when it’s time for one it makes me happy.

Two songs go by, and the climax of Californication gives me that rush I love again. When I’m working, I feel like both a part of the audience and a part of the band. That movement I know so well, those little gestures I’m so familiar with, it all reminds me of the time we spend together, far from the stage, but at the same time, the wave of energy they project into people strikes me as it strikes the people standing on the first lines. Everything synchronizes: Finn back there on the soundboard, Steve next to me, the band making magic with every single note they send into space, the images I’m filming dripping with color up there on the giant LED screen behind the musicians… and seeing so many things working out at the same time multiplies the feeling of joy.

The show comes to an end, and with the usual encores (Goodbye Angels, which is sometimes swapped for Dreams of a Samurai, and Give It Away), we finish our work for the night. I change clothes (I’d like to have my high-heel Doc Martens here, but let’s settle for some sneakers) and we go out for a drink with the guys.

While the two taxis we catched take us to a night bar in the area of Ranch Acres, I remember something. I get out my phone and save John Frusciante’s contact details.

“hey!” I text him.  “i wanted to thank you for not getting upset at flea and me the other day :)”

“You talking to someone?” Finn asks distracted, looking out the window.

“Uh… yes”, I answer, faltering a bit. “I was… asking Clara how was she doing.”

I don’t know why I just lied. Maybe because I prefer not to worry Anthony, who’s in the front seat, in our taxi as well, with things about John. I know he feels bad about the fact that he’s the most detached of the four Chilis, and to know that John talks to a camera operator before him would probably sadden him a bit. Maybe I’ll tell Finn when we’re in our room.

Suddenly, John texts back.

“oh, i got very upset. don’t you dare come near me ever again, understood?”

I can’t hide a nimble smirk. He’s the sarcastic type, then.

“hahahah” I answer. “and thank you for walking me back to the hotel as well!”

“no problem. was nice meeting you”

“so was meeting you!”

The conversation quickly comes to an end, with -fortunately- no trace of awkwardness, almost exactly when the taxis drop us all off. For a first conversation, it went pretty well. I’ll talk to him again, but in another moment, not right now. I breathe in the city breeze, and get inside The Colony, holding Finn’s hand.

The bar is pretty great, although not especially huge, but that’s kind of an advantage. There’s a tiny stage where what seems like a soul or funk band is warming up. They look promising, so we sit around a low coffee table, barely illuminated by a light bulb not covered by anything, and resume our chatting, scattered conversations between all of us.

“So”, I say to Josh’s girlfriend, Zara. “Tell me again how did you convince him to take that picture at the Guggenheim… not one but two times!”

She’s calm but joyful, and so lovely, she sometimes leaves me speechless. Not only in a physical way, although she’s definitely very pretty, but in an… emotional way, I guess? She’s not perfect, obviously, as I know from talking to her a few times, but she can’t help being strikingly genuine and open-hearted, and I really admire her for this. She’s by no means as close to me as Clara, for instance -I don’t know her as much-, but it looks like she’s a great woman, and the fact Josh loves her as much as he does (and especially knowing all the history they’ve been through) only proves it. That’s probably why we quickly got on when we met each other, even without talking much. It’s one of those cases of feeling we wouldn’t mind being friends with that person, but the occasion has never showed up. No bitterness, though: I enjoy talking to Zara as much as I did when we met.

“Yeah, well, I don’t really know how I did it myself… you know how he is”, she answers, chuckling, “right, Josh?”

She catches his eye, laughs when Josh tries to understand what we were talking about (he was in the middle of a complicated conversation about music gear and audio mixing devices with Chad’s son) and turns back to me.

“It was a matter of luck, I guess”, she continues.

“...or a matter of love, maybe?” I say, mischievously. Zara blushes a bit.

“Uh, yeah, whatever...” she snickers, “maybe you’re right.”

“Did he like the Guggenheim?”

“I think he liked it better the second time, when we went last year… Ten years ago neither of us was as into modern art as we are now, to be honest.”

“I feel you. Time goes by so fast, but sometimes it’s for the better, huh?” I smile. “You want something? I’ll go get a drink.”

“Um, I think I’ll have a gin & tonic, please”

I get up and start dodging tables to reach the bar, but halfway through, someone grabs me by the shoulder.

“I’ll come with you. Want to get myself something too.”

Anthony, who had been checking his phone for a while, not talking to anyone, joins me. I shrug my shoulders, smile and resume my way.

“You’re always the chatty one”, I ask, leaning on the counter and waiting for someone to take our orders. “What was all that silence about?”

“What do you mean?”

I try to be gentle.

“You know, there sitting with the others. You had your face glued to the screen.”

When he gets it, he dismisses it with a swift gesture of his hand. “Oh, it was nothing. Heather and I were discussing logistics and everything. Being divorced is fun… yay.”

He tries to laugh it off, and I let him. I’m not going to insist. Plus, the waiter has come. He asks for a margarita, and I order Zara’s gin & tonic and a martini for me. We’d usually have beers and that’s all, but today we’re going glam, I tell myself.

“What about you?”, he asks after the waiter goes away.

“What about me?”

“You were talking to Zara there on the table, but I noticed you didn’t say a word during the whole taxi journey”. His smirk is now visible, half of a grin painted on his face.

“You know, Clara and everything…” now it’s me who dismisses it.

“Okay, okay. Whatever you say.”

“It’s true, Anthony” I justify myself.

He doesn’t answer. He doesn’t say anything for a while, enough to make it all slightly uncomfortable… to both of us? He just looks at me, that grin still there.

“You know you look stunning tonight, right?”

I stutter for some moments: he’s caught me off-guard. I look back at him suspiciously, trying to decipher what does he want to get with this… or where does he want to get. But because it surprised me, I don’t verbalize my doubt.

“Um”, I try to return the compliment, “you don’t look too bad yourself”. With an added smile, because it didn’t seem too natural.

When I say it, I notice he does look good. I guess it’s the routine and seeing him every day, but yeah, he’s looking good. Dark hair growing, not so short anymore, a Parliament t-shirt and a matching burgundy blazer… and his eyes are shining as he almost-imperceptibly shortens the distance between us. What’s going on?

“Damn it, Amy, you know what he’s doing. He’s flirting all the time, so why did you think your time wouldn’t come?” I internally laugh at it, and try to take things lightly.

“Thank you”, he says, almost chuckling, “that was what I was aiming for when I got dressed up.”

“Oh, what a surprise” I smile, playing dumb. “By the way, where’s my Martini? I’m thirsty, come on”

“I paid the waiter so he would give us time to talk...” he jokes.

“Shut up, Anthony” I shake my head laughing.

“Nah, just kidding but I don’t mind waiting if it’s with you.”

“Come on! Not as funny as you think…” I protest, not sure if I’m serious or not.

The band onstage start playing an interesting arrangement of Sunny, originally by Boney M.: they’re good, very good, but Anthony looks disappointed.

“I thought they were going to play some Parliament to honor my tee”, he says, pulling a face and turning his back to the counter to have a better view. Then he sighs: “I’ll have to go pay them something too.”

I smile, uncapable of laughing. I’m too weirded out by this situation. I know my response is not really natural: knowing him for as long as I’ve known him, I shouldn’t worry about this, but although I’m trying, it’s hard for me to keep things light. He’s got a natural talent to socialise, and for that I admire him, but I myself feel like I were at a crossroads.

“Amy”, he begins, reaching my cheek to caress it, “are you okay?”

He runs his thumb across my jaw, close to my lips. His touch is soft and gentle, but my body freezes. I see three cocktails landing on the counter right next to me. I see his eyes, dark and meaningful, empty of second intentions, only wanting me to feel better. But it’s a bit too much for me. I can’t follow him.

I get a step away from him, visibly distressed. I take a deep breath and get my drink.

“I’m sorry” I say, avoiding his eyes. “I think I need a bit of fresh air.”

I manage to fake a smile. “Can you give this to Zara?” I ask, pointing at the gin & tonic, and without waiting for an answer, I get out.

Outside, the night is dark.

[savetopnow]

2018-03-14 06 TECH now

TECH

Ars Techica

Let’s Encrypt takes free “wildcard” certificates live

Patch Tuesday drops the mandatory antivirus requirement after all

Pre-Columbian people spread fruit species across Latin America

Dealmaster: Get an Apple TV 4K for $105 (when you buy three months of DirecTV Now)

Harsh winter weather in eastern US could be due to warmer Arctic

Buzzfeed Tech

Silicon Valley Is Having An Existential Crisis Over "Time Well Spent." But So Are We.

A New Netflix Test Rewards Kids With Patches For Binge-Watching TV

Out of Prison, Social News Pioneer Matthew Keys Laments "Reactive" Social Media

Musical.ly Is Struggling To Deal With Self-Harm Content

Twitter Just Suspended A Ton Of Accounts Known For Stealing Tweets

CNet

Russian tweets begged 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' director to save Hux - CNET

Oxo 8 Cup Coffee Maker Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

Google Assistant is now on iPad - CNET

iPhone 11 and iPhone X Plus: All the rumors on specs, price, release date - CNET

SmartThings outage hits North American users - CNET

Clean Technica

France Committing €700 Million To International Solar Alliance, Says President Macron

Reading Buses Testing 17 Scania Double-Decker Biogas Buses

Shanghai Says All Is Well With Tesla Talks, Marchionne Says Mistakes Were Made

Wanting To Become The Uber Of Electric Scooters, Bird Raises $100 Million

Green Party In Australia Proposes Internal Combustion Ban After 2030

Hacker News

Why rural Americans are so pissed off

How Cheese, Wheat and Alcohol Shaped Human Evolution

Ask HN: Moving to Mountain View CA – Places to go to hang with fellow geeks?

Sourcegraph Server 2.6: Symbol search for 75+ languages

World’s Central Bank: Crypto Could Risk Bank Runs

Mashable

Deals for March 13 include 23AndMe DNA kits, Amazon Fire TV streaming devices, robot vacuums, smart TVs, and more

A growing list of the Hollywood stars who've committed to inclusion riders

Watching Stormy Daniels decimate trolls on Twitter is its own kind of porn

Rex Tillerson's replacement is a nightmare for anyone who cares about climate change

Everything you need to know about the National School Walkout

Motherboard

The Congressional Black Caucus Is Asking Silicon Valley Why It's So White

Researchers Say AMD Processors Have Serious Vulnerabilities and Backdoors

People Seeing the Moon Up Close for the First Time Is a Dose of Good Vibes

The International Monetary Fund Has a Dystopian Vision for the Blockchain

Facebook Posts ‘Substantively Contributed’ to Myanmar Genocide, UN Investigators Say

New York Times Technology

Broadcom’s Other Regulatory Hurdle: How It Treats Customers

Ex-Leader of Baltimore County Schools, a Tech Booster, Pleads Guilty to Perjury

The One Thing That Protects a Laptop After It’s Been Stolen

Op-Ed Contributor: The Real Problem With Video Games

Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman Benefit From the Streaming Wars

Recode

Full transcript: Senator Chuck Schumer on Recode Decode

Recode Daily: Trump stops the Broadcom-Qualcomm deal

Former CNN digital boss KC Estenson is running GoNoodle, an educational video company

Full transcript: ‘Sneaky Pete’ showrunner Graham Yost on Recode Media

Stitch Fix made a big addition to its business that won’t show up in its Q2 financial results

Reddit Technology

How Conservative Activists Catfished Twitter

YouTube for iOS and Android is getting a dark mode

A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “100 percent fatal”

FTC v. AT&T: 9th Circuit Broadens FTC’s Regulatory Authority with Regards to the Common Carrier Exemption

Amazon Recalls Portable Power Banks Due to Fire and Chemical Burn Hazards (Recall Alert)

Reuters Technology

Google brings free WiFi to Mexico, first stop in Latin America

Broadcom to stay on deal path after Qualcomm halt: analysts

Zara to lure millennials with augmented-reality displays

Exclusive: G20 financial heads to urge crypto-asset monitoring to safeguard financial stability

Digital currency sales face rocky path with more regulatory focus

Slashdot

Developers Love Trendy New Languages, But Earn More With Functional Programming: Stack Overflow's Annual Survey

Google and Ubisoft Are Teaming Up To Improve Online Multi-Player Video Games

Media Reports About a Massive Geomagnetic Storm Hitting Earth on March 18 Are Inaccurate, NOAA Says

Privacy-Busting Bugs Found in Popular VPN Services Hotspot Shield, Zenmate and PureVPN

A Startup is Pitching a Mind-Uploading Service That is '100 Percent Fatal'

TechCrunch

Here are some real things people said about brain preservation startup Nectome

Lyft faces discrimination lawsuit

Security researchers find flaws in AMD chips but raise eyebrows with rushed disclosure

How reinventing software testing can transform your business — and change the world

Legal tech is opening the system to those who need legal representation the most

The Next Web

Researchers tap AI in the fight against ICO scams

Nintendo’s latest update highlights what the Switch is missing

A look at the services changing how we interact with money

Mozilla launches new enterprise-friendly version of Firefox Quantum

Cryptocurrency News March 13 – burn notice

The Verge

Google Assistant’s multistep smart home routines are now live

Facebook blocked a newspaper article about police brutality

Google and LG will show off an extremely high-res VR display in May

Chelsea Manning: ‘Software developers should have a code of ethics’

Ikea now offers TaskRabbit furniture assembly service in the US

WSJ Tech

Vice Media Names A+E's Nancy Dubuc as CEO

In U.S.-China Tech Rivalry, Whose Side Is Qualcomm On?

Uber for Bikes Is a Commuter Dream… When It Works

Artificial Intelligence Rules More of Your Life. Who Rules AI?

Trump Blocks Chip Deal by Broadcom on Security Concerns

Wired

Don’t Do Drugs and Watch ‘Annihilation’

‘Dr. Strangelove’ Is Basically a Documentary

Total Clips

Aliens Would Probably Like It If You Gave them Flowers

All About HomePod

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Zara looks to technology to keep up with faster fashion

MADRID (Reuters) – The pioneer of fast fashion isn’t looking so fast anymore.

FILE PHOTO: People walk in front of an advertisement for an Inditex owned Zara store in Milan, Italy, March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo/File Photo

Inditex, the world’s largest clothing retailer and owner of the Zara chain, faces growing competition from younger, online-only players like Boohoo.com and Missguided. Its rivals are churning out clothes at higher speeds – as little as one week from design to point of sale – refreshing their sites daily with hundreds of new items.

In an attempt to keep its edge, the Spanish company is developing new technologies, hooking up with tech firms and hiring talent from start-ups.

The success or failure of such efforts could help determine whether Inditex can adapt to the changing landscape of apparel retail, where Amazon is set to overtake Macy’s as the biggest seller of clothing to Americans.

More broadly, it could point to whether the model of combining online sales with a large network of physical stores can ultimately prevail in mass-market fashion, where tailored trousers sell for under 30 euros ($35) and sequined dresses for under 50 euros.

Inditex has an innovation unit, led by former telecoms engineer Alejandro Ferrer and startup founder David Alayon, but has previously revealed little about its work.

The unit is testing ways of improving stock handling. It has hooked up with California-based Fetch Robotics to test robots to work in stock inventory, the company told Reuters. It has also partnered with chipmaker Intel on creating devices that can quickly gauge the volume of clothing in boxes.

The unit tests technologies that make the most of an asset new rivals lack – physical stores. Inditex said it was focusing on areas like “location intelligence”, ultrasound technology used to track footfall in stores, as well as virtual assistants to help customers.

Location intelligence allows apps to switch to “instore” mode when a customer enters a store, so the customer can locate products and receive offers.

FILE PHOTO: A worker decorates the shop window of Inditex’s main brand Zara in a shopping mall in Majadahonda, near Madrid, Spain, May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo

A source familiar with the matter said Inditex has also formed development partnerships with technology companies like Jetlore, which uses artificial intelligence to predict consumer behavior, and Spanish big data start-up El Arte de Medir.

Executives at Inditex, who are famously tight-lipped and rarely grant interviews, confirmed the tie-ups but said the projects were at the testing stage. The company would not give details, saying it was commercially sensitive information.

‘NO SECRET SAUCE’

Zara pioneered the fast-fashion concept in the 1980s. It was the first to develop a method of quickly reacting to changing trends, using agile supply chains based on sourcing production close to headquarters to speed its “lead times” – from the beginning of the design process to a product reaching stores – to about three weeks.

But fast-growing new entrants to the market, unburdened by large store estates, are bringing production much closer to distribution and continuously refreshing merchandise.

Boohoo.com, founded in the British city of Manchester in 2006, operates on a “test and repeat” model whereby it produces small batches and scales up production on those that sell best. Over half of its products are made in Britain.

The company, whose sales doubled last year, said it had lead times as short as two weeks. Missguided, which is also based in Manchester, has said its lead times can be as little as a week.

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past the window of a store of Inditex’s main brand Zara in Pontevedra, Spain March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal/File Photo

Inditex’s model is based on sourcing production close to its headquarters in Galicia, northern Spain so orders can quickly be sent to its network of over 7,000 stores worldwide. Its suppliers are mostly in Spain, Portugal, Turkey and Morocco, rather than the traditional Asian manufacturing hubs.

But some new online players are changing the game by bringing manufacturing even closer, with Boohoo.com sourcing over half its products from Britain.

ASOS, a British e-tailer which has many factories in continental Europe, is looking to increase production at home to improve lead times which stand at four to six weeks.

“When it comes to apparel, there’s no secret sauce,” said Felipe Caro, a business professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management who wrote a case study on Zara. “To shorten lead times, there’s no other way than doing local production.”

Inditex is seeking to integrate online sales with its bricks-and-mortar network by focusing on large, attractive stores where customers might try on items to buy later on computers or smartphones.

In February, the firm hired Sergio Alvarez who co-founded CARTO, a start-up focusing on location intelligence, to work in its online business.

Inditex has worked with its alarm provider, Tyco, to incorporate a tiny micro-chip into security tags carrying style and size information about the garment and allowing the company to locate its whereabouts at any point in the supply chain.

When the company released quarterly results this week, Inditex CEO Pablo Isla told analysts that tight control of stock through tagging means more clothing items can be sold at full price as items in stock at a store can be also offered online.

“This is full integration between store and online stock rooms,” he said.

($1 = 0.8598 euros)

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Zara looks to technology to keep up with faster fashion

MADRID (Reuters) – The pioneer of fast fashion isn’t looking so fast anymore.

FILE PHOTO: People walk in front of an advertisement for an Inditex owned Zara store in Milan, Italy, March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo/File Photo

Inditex, the world’s largest clothing retailer and owner of the Zara chain, faces growing competition from younger, online-only players like Boohoo.com and Missguided. Its rivals are churning out clothes at higher speeds – as little as one week from design to point of sale – refreshing their sites daily with hundreds of new items.

In an attempt to keep its edge, the Spanish company is developing new technologies, hooking up with tech firms and hiring talent from start-ups.

The success or failure of such efforts could help determine whether Inditex can adapt to the changing landscape of apparel retail, where Amazon is set to overtake Macy’s as the biggest seller of clothing to Americans.

More broadly, it could point to whether the model of combining online sales with a large network of physical stores can ultimately prevail in mass-market fashion, where tailored trousers sell for under 30 euros ($35) and sequined dresses for under 50 euros.

Inditex has an innovation unit, led by former telecoms engineer Alejandro Ferrer and startup founder David Alayon, but has previously revealed little about its work.

The unit is testing ways of improving stock handling. It has hooked up with California-based Fetch Robotics to test robots to work in stock inventory, the company told Reuters. It has also partnered with chipmaker Intel on creating devices that can quickly gauge the volume of clothing in boxes.

The unit tests technologies that make the most of an asset new rivals lack – physical stores. Inditex said it was focusing on areas like “location intelligence”, ultrasound technology used to track footfall in stores, as well as virtual assistants to help customers.

Location intelligence allows apps to switch to “instore” mode when a customer enters a store, so the customer can locate products and receive offers.

FILE PHOTO: A worker decorates the shop window of Inditex’s main brand Zara in a shopping mall in Majadahonda, near Madrid, Spain, May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo

A source familiar with the matter said Inditex has also formed development partnerships with technology companies like Jetlore, which uses artificial intelligence to predict consumer behavior, and Spanish big data start-up El Arte de Medir.

Executives at Inditex, who are famously tight-lipped and rarely grant interviews, confirmed the tie-ups but said the projects were at the testing stage. The company would not give details, saying it was commercially sensitive information.

‘NO SECRET SAUCE’

Zara pioneered the fast-fashion concept in the 1980s. It was the first to develop a method of quickly reacting to changing trends, using agile supply chains based on sourcing production close to headquarters to speed its “lead times” – from the beginning of the design process to a product reaching stores – to about three weeks.

But fast-growing new entrants to the market, unburdened by large store estates, are bringing production much closer to distribution and continuously refreshing merchandise.

Boohoo.com, founded in the British city of Manchester in 2006, operates on a “test and repeat” model whereby it produces small batches and scales up production on those that sell best. Over half of its products are made in Britain.

The company, whose sales doubled last year, said it had lead times as short as two weeks. Missguided, which is also based in Manchester, has said its lead times can be as little as a week.

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past the window of a store of Inditex’s main brand Zara in Pontevedra, Spain March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal/File Photo

Inditex’s model is based on sourcing production close to its headquarters in Galicia, northern Spain so orders can quickly be sent to its network of over 7,000 stores worldwide. Its suppliers are mostly in Spain, Portugal, Turkey and Morocco, rather than the traditional Asian manufacturing hubs.

But some new online players are changing the game by bringing manufacturing even closer, with Boohoo.com sourcing over half its products from Britain.

ASOS, a British e-tailer which has many factories in continental Europe, is looking to increase production at home to improve lead times which stand at four to six weeks.

“When it comes to apparel, there’s no secret sauce,” said Felipe Caro, a business professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management who wrote a case study on Zara. “To shorten lead times, there’s no other way than doing local production.”

Inditex is seeking to integrate online sales with its bricks-and-mortar network by focusing on large, attractive stores where customers might try on items to buy later on computers or smartphones.

In February, the firm hired Sergio Alvarez who co-founded CARTO, a start-up focusing on location intelligence, to work in its online business.

Inditex has worked with its alarm provider, Tyco, to incorporate a tiny micro-chip into security tags carrying style and size information about the garment and allowing the company to locate its whereabouts at any point in the supply chain.

When the company released quarterly results this week, Inditex CEO Pablo Isla told analysts that tight control of stock through tagging means more clothing items can be sold at full price as items in stock at a store can be also offered online.

“This is full integration between store and online stock rooms,” he said.

($1 = 0.8598 euros)

Reporting By Sonya Dowsett; Editing by Pravin Char

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