by alex | Nov 16, 2022 | newsletter
Meta has announced that it is laying off a masive 13 per cent of its workforce globally in re-structuring market uncertainty about the Metaverse vision. Losses Lead To Layoffs Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced the 11,000-employee layoff from Meta, the parent...
by alex | Nov 16, 2022 | newsletter
Amazon is reported to be testing the machine learning ‘Sparrow’ robot arm that could handle 65 percent of its 100+ million diverse parcels. Challenge Although Amazon already uses robot arms called ‘Robin’ and ‘Cardinal’ to re-direct boxed-up pre-delivery items around...
by alex | Nov 16, 2022 | newsletter
Zoom has announced that its new (beta) productivity tools, Zoom Mail and Calendar (clients and Services), combined with its existing features will mean that workers will have everything they need in one app. Give Workers A ‘Toggle Tax’ Break Zoom says that the new...
by alex | Nov 16, 2022 | newsletter, Sustainability
With lab-grown, cultivated meat looking as though it could tackle environmental and animal welfare issues, we look at the Dutch origins of this new produce, its benefits, and how tech has played an important role in creating the product. What Is ‘Cultivated Meat’? ...
by alex | Nov 16, 2022 | newsletter
Microsoft Excel is still one of the world’s most widely used data tools and a new feature (for desktop), ‘Data from Picture’, means that you can now import a picture of a data table and convert it into a usable one within Excel. Here’s how: –...
by alex | Nov 9, 2022 | newsletter
Privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch has filed a complaint to the ICO that the face recognition search engine PimEyes may be unlawful, plus it could be enabling surveillance and stalking. What Is PimEyes? PimEyes is a search engine that uses facial recognition...
