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(PDF) Mckinsey - What US Tech Talent Expects from Remote Work
[Consumer]
2023/01/12 09:08
For today’s tech talent, there’s no one-size-fits-all work environment.The remote work trend has upended the tech talent management game. With companies already navigating an unstable economic outlook as workers leave their jobs in record numbers, both willingly (the Great Attrition) and unwillingly (the recent spate of tech layoffs), the need to understand how remote work fits into their cor...
(Paper) Spray-on Smart Skin Reads Typing and Hand Gestures
[Tech]
2023/01/12 09:07
A new AI learning scheme combined with a spray-on smart skin can decipher the movements of human hands to recognize typing, sign language, and even the shape of simple familiar objects. No cameras, keyboards, sensor gloves, or VR motion trackers required.The technology quickly recognizes and interprets hand motion with limited data and minimal training, and should work for all users, its develo...
(Video) Truly Wireless TV Sticks Itself To Your Wall With Just Two Adhesive Strips
[Product]
2023/01/12 09:06
San Diego in-home entertainment startup Displace steps outside of the packaging box with its latest offering, a fully wireless TV you can easily stick onto your wall. So if it has removed all of its wires, how does it get powered up, you ask? The answer is four battery packs within the device that keep it juiced up. Each battery can last up to a month, after which it will need to be swapped out...
(Infographic) What Event Marketers Need to Succeed in 2023
[Consumer]
2023/01/12 09:05
Shifting from tentpole summits to intimate experiences, finding efficiencies and more. As with many areas of marketing in 2023, there are budgetary concerns with a potential recession looming. The events business came roaring back in 2022, led by developments in hybrid and virtual programs, especially smaller, repeatable events.And the outlook for 2023 remains bright, according to a survey of m...
DeepL, The AI-based Language Translator, Raises Over $100M at a $1B+ Valuation
[Investing]
2023/01/12 09:04
Artificial intelligence startups, and (thanks to GPT and OpenAI) specifically those helping humans communicate with each other, are commanding a lot of interest from investors, and today the latest of these is announcing a big round of funding. DeepL, a startup that provides instant translation-as-a-service both to businesses and to individuals — competing with Google, Bing and other online to...
(CES 2023) Tiny E-Bike With ‘Transformers’ Roots Folds Into Box To Park By A Desk
[Product]
2023/01/12 09:03
Japanese company Icoma, which specializes in portable batteries for motorcycles, is coming up with solutions for the multitasking minimalist on the go with its ‘Tatamel’ bike. The tiny electric bicycle can fold down to the size of a box and can fit nicely under your desk, in your hallway, or in the trunk of your car.The nifty little e-bike was designed by Icoma’s founders, who used to work f...
(PDF) Deloitte - Tech Trends 2023
[Business]
2023/01/11 09:10
A brief history of the future.Several years ago, at a demo day at Silicon Valley’s Computer History Museum, I came face to face with the history of the future. At the time, I was a venture capitalist on the hunt for the next big thing. During a break from startup pitches from the best and brightest entrepreneurs, I wandered among the museum exhibits, where I stumbled upon a modern recreation o...
Microsoft's Investment Into ChatGPT's Creator May be The Smartest $1 Billion Ever Spent
[Investing]
2023/01/11 09:09
ChatGPT, a AI chat bot, has gone viral in the past two weeks.Microsoft's $1 billion investment into OpenAI may be one of the shrewdest bets in tech history.OpenAI released AI bot ChatGPT and is in discussions to raise capital at a $30 billion valuation.If ChatGPT lives up to its potential, Microsoft may have future proofed its cloud and browser business forever.It has looked, over the past few...
Apple Reportedly Set to Announce ‘Reality Pro’ VR Headset This Spring
[Product]
2023/01/11 09:08
Apple will launch a long-awaited mixed reality headset in the spring, and ship the product by fall 2023, Bloomberg reported recently.The report follows analyst Ming-Chi Kuo’s call last week that software and hardware issues had forced Apple to delay shipment of the product to the second half of the year.In this articleApple will unveil its highly anticipated mixed reality headset this spring,...
