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Chilean startup The Live Green Co develops AI engine to make plant-based food market more sustainable

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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to keep global and personal health at the forefront of the conversation, a Chilean startup...

Technology

Emotion, gender prediction tech should be banned from Brazil’s metro: NGO testifies

Sophie Foggin2 years ago

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Access Now, a non-profit that defends the digital rights of citizens around the world, presents an expert opinion in a...

Science Technology Web

The role of data science in predicting political violence

Sophie Foggin3 years ago

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Data collection and analysis has changed drastically over the last decade, but for predicting political violence, data science is also...

Technology

Colombia’s government is digitalizing social inclusion, expanding connectivity

Sophie Foggin3 years ago

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Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTic) is currently rolling out a three-pronged digitalization strategy to encourage the social...

Business Science

Agritech is helping Colombian farmers grow cacao instead of coca

Sophie Foggin3 years ago

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Farmers in Colombia cultivating cacao -- one of the core ingredients used to make chocolate -- can expect to make...

Technology

Who will benefit from Microsoft’s $1.1B tech investment in Mexico

Sophie Foggin3 years ago

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Microsoft’s announcement of a five-year ‘Innovating for Mexico’ investment plan worth $1.1 billion looks to benefit key demographics of the...

Business Technology

What’s driving global tech companies to Latin America

Craig Dempsey3 years ago

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Global tech companies are focusing on expansion in Latin America, a sign that the region is ripe with opportunity for...

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Technology

The New York Times’ Nick Casey on Venezuela’s energy blackout and crypto on The Sociable Podcast

Sam Brake Guia4 years ago

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On this episode of The Sociable Podcast, we will be speaking with The New York Times Andes Bureau Chief Nicholas...

Technology

Viva Air Labs Director Clyde Hutchinson on LatAm’s first airline innovation lab – Interview

Conrad Egusa4 years ago

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With its strong economic performance and strategic position to the US, Europe and Southeast Asia, Latin America is one of...

Business Technology

3 pillars supporting Colombia’s fintech growth

Diego Caicedo4 years ago

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In Latin America, approximately 70% of the population is unbanked. In Colombia, only 38% of adults over the age of...

Business

Seedstars: a platform for startups in emerging markets to learn and connect

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Connecting over 85 countries and ecosystems, Seedstars is gearing up for its annual LatAm Summit in Lima, Peru on December...

Technology

From the mines to your mobile: the questionable lithium battery supply chain

Alex Papadovassilakis4 years ago

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If you are reading this article, you are probably doing so on a device which uses a lithium-ion battery. Laptops,...

Web

LATAM.tech by Espacio launches for startup and tech news on Latin America

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Colombia-based media incubator Espacio announces the launch of LATAM.tech, an up-and-coming English language news source for startups and technology in Latin America. "Above...

Business

A $200M partnership for the invoice financing industry in Latin America

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Invoice-backed finance company Portal Finance signs a $200 million partnership with one of the largest investment banks in Latin America, BTG Pactual....

Web

Brazil Reports launches out of Espacio to bring Brazilian news in English

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Colombia-based media incubator Espacio announces the launch of of Brazil Reports, an up-and-coming English language news source for Brazil that is already syndicated...

Technology

Picking up where it left off: A look into Puerto Rico’s resilient, revitalized tech scene

Conrad Egusa4 years ago

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This article was Co-Authored by Craig Corbett & Peter Andringa Earlier this year I traveled to Puerto Rico for the...

Business Technology

Imagine Lab Chile connects startups with corporate world, teaches kids to innovate: interview

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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In Chile, Microsoft-backed Imagine Lab is an incubator and accelerator that not only provides mentorship and connects startups with corporations,...

Business Technology

How Latin American Governments Turned the Region into a Tech Outsourcing Hub

Nacho De Marco4 years ago

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Latin American governments have realized the competitive advantage of investing in technology and innovation for their home economies. With the region’s...

Business

Espacio incubator launches AppleManía covering Apple news for Latin America

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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Today the Espacio Media Incubator officially announces the launch of its latest news publication in the Spanish language, AppleManía, covering...

Business

Rockstart’s 1st Latin American accelerator program holds demo day in Colombia

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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Dutch accelerator Rockstart held its Latin American accelerator Demo Day in Bogota, Colombia with 10 startups sharing their visions in front...

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Less than 9% of the 300 million tonnes of plastic produced every year is actually recycled. In order to change this, we must first see a change in consumer behavior.

In today’s episode of the Brains Byte Back podcast, we explore how the Everything as a Service (XaaS) economy stands to be a vital tool to create a more sustainable society, alongside how this economy is impacting consumer culture on a wider level.

To do this we are joined by Lincoln Lincoln, Head of Global Sales & Customer Success at CloudBlue.

We kick off the show by discussing the rise of subscription services, and Lincoln shares the example of Stellantis, a global automaker that he claims generates 20% of its revenue from subscription services for its cars.

With this new approach to a subscription-based model, Lincoln argues that the days of buying a car with a one-time purchase and watch it depreciate as you drive it out of the forecourt are over.

He also shares how features in cars are now sold as subscriptions, such as BMW announcing that heated seats can now be used as a pay-as-you-go service, so you can turn it on during winter, and off during the summer. Meaning you only pay for what you want, when you want it.

Additionally Lincoln highlights how the XaaS economy is raising our expectations and demands as consumers.

He draws on the example of the exercise bike company Peloton, and advocates that no longer do we buy a simple exercise bike, but we now expect this bike to challenge our fitness goals and produce content that motivates us.

And finally, we discuss how subscription services stand to increase sustainability by encouraging the production of products that stand the test of time, and discourage models such as planned obsolescence.

Lincoln advocates that this is because in this modern economy, rather than selling a product as a one-time purchase, when it is sold as a subscription, the consumer benefits because they pay as they go, and the manufacturer is encouraged to create an asset or product that works for as long as possible.