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Mass Tech Layoff Wave Rises Again
[Consumer]
2022/11/08 09:04
Following the start of massive revamps of the teams and business model of Twitter after completing the acquisition on October 28, Elon Musk plans to lay off 50 percent of its 7,500 employees today according to sources familiar with the matter. This would mark the fourth-biggest single layoff in the tech world since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, as data crowdsourced by Layoffs.fyi shows...
(Video) Aduio Technica Revives The 80s Sound Burger Turntable for Modern Audiophiles
[Product]
2022/11/08 09:03
Want to bypass the most advanced turntables but still want to get the funk factor of vinyl players? Then Audio Technica has got just the right audio gadget for you. Celebrating 60 glorious years of audiophile awesomeness, the Japanese audio pro is reviving its iconic AT-727 portable turntable after almost four decades.Popularly known as the Sound Burger and branded as Mister Disc, the vinyl pla...
Interbrand - Best Global Brands 2022
[Business]
2022/11/07 09:10
For the first time ever in 2022, the average brand value of a Best Global Brand has reached over US$3 trillion. The overall value of the Top 100 brands has reached US$3,088,930m, a 16% rise from 2021 (US$2,667,524m). This year sees the fastest rate of brand value growth ever recorded, demonstrating the growing contribution a company’s brand has in driving its economic success. While financial...
Volocopter Raises $182M to Bring Air Taxi Closer to Certification
[Investing]
2022/11/07 09:09
Volocopter, a German startup building electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, has secured $182 million for the second signing of its Series E round. That’s on top of the $170 million Volocopter raised for the same round in March at a $1.87 billion post-money valuation.Volocopter is currently in full swing testing its two-seater VoloCity air taxi based on the requirements set by...
(PDF) Mckinsey - $2 Trillion Market Opportunity for Cybersecurity
[Business]
2022/11/07 09:08
Cyberattacks are proliferating, causing trillions of dollars of damage every year. The cybersecurity industry has a chance to step up and seize the opportunity.As the digital economy grows, digital crime grows with it. Soaring numbers of online and mobile interactions are creating millions of attack opportunities. Many lead to data breaches that threaten both people and businesses. At the cur...
A Best of Best Winner of The Red Dot Design Concept Award 2022 - The DEX
[Design]
2022/11/07 09:07
It’s like Boston Dynamics’ robot dog… but with the actual ability to ‘fetch’ cargo within factories and warehouses!Named DEX for its Dual EXtendable legs (as well as a play on the word dexterity), this purpose-built robot from Schaeffler is a champion of mobility, with jointed legs as well as wheels that allow it to move across flat or uneven surfaces, work up and down ramps, and even clim...
The NYTimes is All-In on Digital Subscriptions
[Business]
2022/11/07 09:06
Despite being 171-years-old, The New York Times isn’t doing a bad job of keeping up with the demands of modern news consumption, as the newspaper revealed this week that it had added another 180,000 digital-only subscribers last quarter.All the news that’s fit to digitize...The Gray Lady’s online arm has been progressing steadily for a while, amid a wider move towards subscription revenue an...
(Paper) New 'Smart Tattoos' Tackle Tech Challenges of On-Skin Computing - SkinKit
[Tech]
2022/11/07 09:05
Personal computing has gotten smaller and more intimate over the years—from the desktop computer to the laptop, to smartphones and tablets, to smart watches and smart glasses.But the next generation of wearable computing technology—for health and wellness, social interaction and myriad other applications—will be even closer to the wearer than a watch or glasses: It will be affixed to the ski...
Where The Metaverse Headed
[Consumer]
2022/11/07 09:04
According to iResearch’s recent report focusing on the metaverse industry’s transition from the pandemic era to the post-pandemic era, about 60 percent of those surveyed prefer to go back to their pre-pandemic lifestyles because of the differences between online and offline experiences, which some respondents find difficult to reconcile.As the pandemic situation eases, the money spent on virt...
