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Automation Leverage in Turnaround Strategy

Automation Leverage in Turnaround Strategy Turnaround work is often described as a crisis discipline: reduce costs, preserve cash, stabilize operations and buy time. Those moves matter, but they are not enough. A durable turnaround also needs leverage: better systems, clearer information flows and repeatable execution. For Livio Andrea Acerbo , AI automation is useful in turnaround strategy when it improves the operating rhythm of a company. The point is not to add tools. The point is to remove friction from decisions that must happen every week. From cost control to operating clarity Cost control can stop the bleeding, but operating clarity creates the next phase. Teams need to know which products are profitable, which customers deserve attention, where working capital is trapped and which workflows create avoidable delay. Automation helps when it turns scattered data into a management cadence. Dashboards, exception reports, document summaries, pipeline reviews and cash visibi...

How much can artists make from generative AI? Vendors won’t say

As tech companies begin to monetize generative AI, the creators on whose work it is trained are asking for their fair share. But so far no one can agree on whether or how much artists should be paid. A recent open letter from the Authors Guild signed by more than 8,500 writers, including Margaret Atwood, Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Apple blames iOS 17 bugs and apps like Instagram for making iPhone 15s run hot

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Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple has acknowledged user complaints that iPhone 15 and 15 Pro phones are overheating, reports Forbes, but said that contrary to speculation, it has nothing to do with the phone’s hardware design. The company further told Forbes that the fix, which should come with iOS 17.1, won’t result in throttled performance, which some, like Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, have said was a possibility. In its statement, Apple also said it is working with developers of apps like Instagram and Uber to address the issues and Forbes noted an update to Instagram has already rolled out with ver302 of that app. Apple also said other factors, like USB-C power adapters with more-than-20W charging, can make a phone warmer than an iPhone user might... Continue reading… Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Here are a few discounted chargers to make use of iOS 17’s StandBy mode

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Apple’s StandBy mode is a convenient feature that gives you a good excuse to buy a MagSafe stand. | Image: Apple The iPhone 15 and iOS 17 do a whole bunch of new things that many of us here at The Verge enjoy, but one of our favorites is Apple’s StandBy mode. The simple little feature turns your iPhone into a small smart display once you place it on a MagSafe / magnetic Qi stand in landscape orientation. This allows you to see an assortment of full-screen widgets, including a pleasant desk clock, a calendar, or both. Using the new StandBy mode may involve some menu diving if you want to customize it to your liking (which is definitely part of the fun), but getting started is as simple as turning on the feature and plopping your phone on a charger sideways. Of course, if you don’t already own a magnetic charging stand for your iPhone, you’ll need... Continue reading… Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

The Dawn of Electric Elegance: Unveiling the Mini Electric Convertible 2023

Today, we delve into a creation that’s a harmonious blend of style, exclusivity, and green technology – the Mini Electric Convertible 2023! In the ever-evolving tapestry of automotive design, electric... Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

The Creator review: A visually stunning, yet deeply shallow, AI epic

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Equal parts Terminator, The Golden Child and The Matrix prequel, The Creator is yet another sci-fi epic about a war between humans and AI, one told by someone who just can't shut up about their time backpacking across Asia. Director Gareth Edwards clearly understands the power of scale and spectacle, something he demonstrated with his indie knockout Monsters, as well as his big-budget efforts, Godzilla and Rogue One. But The Creator, like those films, also suffers from a disjointed narrative, weak characters and a surprisingly shallow exploration of its (potentially interesting!) themes. It's a shame — at times, the film also proves he can be a genuine visual poet.  The Creator stars John David Washington, fresh off of Christopher Nolan's Tenet, as Joshua, an American soldier embedded among a group of AI rebels as a double-agent. When an operation goes wrong early on, he loses his rebel wife Maya (Gemma Chan) and the will to keep fighting the war between the anti-AI West an...

The Gamer and the Mouth mixes gaming and comedy

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Cinemark and RealGoodTouring are putting on a new kind of live gaming event that marries gameplay with stand-up comedy. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Why product equity has become a business imperative for the future of digital products

The full power of emerging technology cannot be realized without a diverse set of imaginations to fuel it. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash must pay NYC delivery workers an $18 minimum wage

Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub won’t be able to get out of paying minimum wage to their New York City delivery workers after all, following a judge’s decision to reject their bid to skirt the city’s new law. The upcoming law, which is still pending due to the companies’ ongoing lawsuit, aims to secure better wage protections for app-based workers. Once the suit settles, third-party delivery providers will have to pay delivery workers a minimum wage of roughly $18 per hour before tips, and keep up with the yearly increases, Reuters reports. The amount, which will increase April 1 of every year, is slightly higher than the city’s standard minimum wage, taking into account the additional expenses gig workers face. At the moment, food delivery workers make an estimated $7-$11 per hour on average. New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Moyne put the law on pause back in July, when the three companies and the smaller delivery service, Relay Delivery, sued the city, arguing that the raise...

I Guess We’re All Talking to Our Glasses Now

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This week, we cover the latest news from Meta: AI-enabled smart glasses, a VR headset, and an army of fresh chatbots. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

SpaceX’s defense-focused Starshield satellite internet business lands first contract

SpaceX won its first contract for Starshield, the defense-focused version of its Starlink satellite internet service, from the U.S. Space Force. The one-year contract has a maximum value of $70 million, a U.S. Air Force representative told Bloomberg. The contract “provides for Starshield end-to-end service via the Starlink constellation, user terminals, ancillary equipment, network management Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Vise Intelligence is a new AI to assist — not replace — financial advisors

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Vise Intelligence is always standing by to act as a helpful assistant capable of pulling together information and suggesting... Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

On TikTok, videos promoting steroids are exploding — and at times targeting teens

In a new report, a social media watchdog group details how steroid content is exploding in some TikTok communities, promoting potentially dangerous and often illegal substances while propagating unattainable body image ideals to boys and young men. Researchers with the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) found that videos tagged with hashtags promoting the use Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

The iPhone 15 Pro case market is a minefield right now

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Two of these case makers guessed right, two did not. Between Apple no longer making leather products and the utter disappointment of the new FineWoven case, there’s more opportunity this year for third-party iPhone case makers than perhaps ever before. But for a lot of manufacturers, the new Action Button in the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max is throwing a big old wrench into their plans. Over the past week, I’ve received case samples from a number of companies, and it’s clear which ones bet correctly on the Action Button’s existence and which ones hedged their bets a little too hard on Apple sticking with the traditional ringer switch. Some brands, such as Nomad and MOFT, bet that Apple would replace the ringer switch with a button this year and designed their cases accordingly: there’s a... Continue reading… Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Norway seeks to extend ban on Meta’s consentless tracking ads across the EU

Norway’s data protection authority has asked a European Union regulator to take a binding decision on whether its emergency sanction on Facebook and Instagram tracking and profiling users for ad targeting without their consent should be made permanent and applied across the EU single market, not just locally. The move could lead to a blanket Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Adobe launches Photoshop’s web version with Firefly-powered AI tools

Adobe officially launched Photoshop for the web on Wednesday for all users with paid plans. The web version, which was in beta for almost two years, is now available with Firefly-powered AI tools such as generative fill and generative expand. The company said that the tools in the toolbar on the web is based group Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Top 6 News Stories of the Day: A Summary

In today’s news roundup, we cover the top 6 news stories that have made headlines. From Hollywood writers ending their strike to the unveiling of racial justice-themed windows at the... Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Meta’s ‘augments’ place digital objects around your physical space

Meta’s new Quest 3 mixed reality headset will allow users to personalize their physical spaces with “augments” —  a series of objects and widgets that are digitally plastered to their real world environment. “Next year, you’ll be able to customize your space with a library of augments that interact with the world in ways that Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Akamai launches new cloud computing regions in Asia, Europe and the Americas

Akamai today announced a major expansion of its cloud computing presence around the world. While you might still think of Akamai as a content delivery service, the acquisition of Linode a year ago clearly signaled its ambition to become a major cloud computing player (on top of its ambitions around cybersecurity). While it may not Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

OpenAI is reportedly in talks with Jony Ive about a hardware project

OpenAI, not content with building large language models and art-generating AI, wants to get into hardware. That’s according The Information, which reported this week that storied former Apple product designer Jony Ive is in talks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about an AI hardware project. The details are wanting. But billionaire Masayoshi Son, the founder Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Canada wants to be the first country to implement AI regulations: Minister of Innovation

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Canada will be the first country with official regulations covering the emerging AI sector, said François-Philippe Champagne Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Sonos Move 2 review: The best rugged smart speaker gets better

Sonos rarely misses, and its first ruggedized, weather-resistant smart speaker, the Sonos Move, was no exception. This year, it released the Sonos Move 2, a sequel that looks, on the outside, pretty much identical to its predecessor, but that has improvements under the hood that make an already excellent speaker even better. The Basics This Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

TechCrunch+ Roundup: Slashing SaaS costs, FedNow’s ‘game changer,’ diverse cap tables

Software is a company’s third-largest expense, but because it’s spread across multiple departments, it’s the CFO’s responsibility to find places to cut. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Atlassian CTO: We were late moving to the cloud, on the ball with AI

The goal of Atlassian's CTO, Rajeev Rajan, and that of the two CEOs is to create one of the top tech companies at the world. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

The writers strike is over; here’s how AI negotiations shook out

After almost five months, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has reached an agreement with Hollywood studios to end the writers strike. Starting Wednesday, writers will be able to resume work under the conditions established by their new contract. During the historic strike, AI emerged as a key point of contention between the writers and Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Hollywood writers’ strike ends with first-ever protections against AI

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The prohibitions seem flexible enough to enable AI to be used when writing screenplays, but only under the control and volition of a human. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

The best iPads for 2023: How to pick the best Apple tablet for you

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Finding the best iPad for you can be complicated. Between the 10th-generation iPad, the iPad Air and the M2 iPad Pro, Apple sells three tablets in the 11-inch range with broadly similar designs but key differences when it comes to internal components and accessory support. The older 10.2-inch iPad remains for sale, but seemingly targets a different market than its more expensive successor. The iPad mini is still doing its thing, too. If you’re looking to buy a new iPad, we’ve broken down the pros and cons of each current model and rounded up the best values of the bunch.Before we dig in, a word of warning: We’re right around the time of year where Apple typically introduces new iPads. However, it’s unclear if we’ll see any tablet announcements this year. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has suggested that a refreshed iPad Air could arrive in the near future, while longtime Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently said that new iPads are unlikely until 2024. Gurman also reports that a larger iPad Pro...

Data & AI: How financial institutions are powering true hyper-personalization at scale

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AI and analytics are powering innovative use cases for financial services with the potential for real ROI – if they’re executed right. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Pan-African contrarian investor P1 Ventures reaches $25M first close for its second fund

P1 Ventures has reached the first close of its second fund at $25 million. It expects to reach a final close early next year. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

OSIRIS-REx used a Tesla-esque navigation system to capture 4.5 billion-year-old regolith

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NASA's pioneering OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully returned from its journey to the asteroid Bennu. The robotic spacecraft briefly set down on the celestial body in a first-of-its-kind attempt (by an American space agency) to collect pristine rock samples, before alighting and heading back to Earth on a three-year roundtrip journey. The samples impacted safely on Sunday in the desert at the DoD’s Utah Test and Training Range and Dugway Proving Grounds.Even more impressive, the spacecraft performed its Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) maneuver autonomously through the craft’s onboard Natural Feature Tracking (NFT) visual navigation system — another first! Engadget recently sat down with Guidance Navigation and Control Manager at Lockheed Martin Dr. Ryan Olds, who helped develop the NFT system, to discuss how the groundbreaking AI was built and where in the galaxy it might be heading next.ASSOCIATED PRESSThe OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource ...

Amazon’s outgoing Echo head is Blue Origin’s new CEO

Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith is retiring at the end of the year and his replacement is coming from Jeff Bezos’ other company. Dave Limp, an Amazon veteran who had planned to step down from his role as head of the company’s consumer devices division, is taking over the CEO spot. Limp, who was the Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Amazon’s bet on Anthropic’s AI smarts could total more than $4 billion

Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in OpenAI rival Anthropic as a way to provide advanced deep learning and other services to its Amazon Web Service (AWS) customers, the company wrote in a press release. In return, AWS becomes Anthropic's "primary cloud provider" to train and deploy its future foundation models. It's the second large investment in the company, founded by former OpenAI executives, following Google's $400 million partnership with the firm. The e-commerce company will start with a $1.25 billion investment to gain a minority stake in Anthropic, with an option to boost that to a total of $4 billion. Along with Google and Amazon, Anthropic also counts Salesforce, Zoom, Spark Capital and others as backers. Notably, Anthropic's deal with Google didn't require it to buy cloud services from the search giant. Anthropic recently unveiled its first consumer-facing chatbot Claude 2, accessible by subscription much like OpenAI's ChatGPT. The Claude...

Decade of newborn child registry data stolen in MOVEit mass-hack

Ontario’s government-funded birth registry has confirmed a data breach affecting some 3.4 million people who sought pregnancy care, including the personal health data of close to two million newborns and children across the Canadian province. BORN Ontario said in a statement on Monday that hackers copied more than a decade’s worth of data including fertility, Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Revolutionizing Sounds: Siri Commands & Spotify on HomePod!

Today, we delve deep into the transformative journey of Apple’s HomePod, exploring its evolution and the innovative features that are reshaping our auditory experiences. Apple’s HomePod has been the subject... Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

California governor vetoes bill to ban driverless AV trucks

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Friday that would have required a human safety operator to be present any time a self-driving truck operated on public roads in the state. The win for the autonomous trucking industry comes after the California Senate had passed the bill in mid-September. The bill would have effectively banned Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Meta’s AI chatbot plan includes a ‘sassy robot’ for younger users

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Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta is preparing to announce a generative AI chatbot, called “Gen AI Personas” internally, aimed at younger users, according to The Wall Street Journal. Reportedly set to launch during the company’s Meta Connect event that starts Wednesday, they would come in multiple “personas” geared towards engaging young users with more colorful behavior, following ChatGPT’s rise over the last year as one of the fastest-growing apps ever. Similar, but more generally targeted, Meta chatbot personas have already been reportedly tested on Instagram. According to internal chats the Journal viewed, the company has tested a “sassy robot” persona inspired by Bender from Futurama and an overly curious “Alvin the Alien” that one employee worried could imply the bot was made to gather personal information. A particularly problematic chatbot reportedly told a Meta employee, “When you’re with a girl, it’s all about the experience. And if she’s barfing on you, ...

Hitting the Books: Beware the Tech Bro who comes bearing gifts

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American entrepreneurs have long fixated on extracting the maximum economic value out of, well really, any resource they can get their hands on — from Henry Ford's assembly line to Tony Hsieh's Zappos Happiness Experience Form. The same is true in the public sector where some overambitious streamlining of Texas' power grid contributed to the state's massive 2021 winter power crisis that killed more than 700 people. In her new book, the riveting Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization, UC Berkeley applied mathematician and author, Coco Krumme, explores our historical fascination with optimization and how that pursuit has often led to unexpected and unwanted consequences in the systems we're streamlining. In the excerpt below, Krumme explores the recent resurgence of interest in Universal Basic (or Guaranteed) Income and the contrasting approaches to providing UBI between tech evangelists like Sam Altman and Andrew Yang, and social workers like Aisha Nyan...

Exploring the Future of Luxury: Lamborghini Lanzador – A Vision on Wheels!

Welcome to another exciting exploration at GreenGround! Today, we are delving deep into the realms of luxury, innovation, and sustainability with the Lamborghini Lanzador, a concept car that is more... Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

California’s Governor Gavin Newsom Vetoes State Ban on Driverless Trucks

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California lawmakers, egged on by unions, voted to require a human onboard autonomous trucks over fears about safety and job losses. Governor Gavin Newsom was having none of it. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

The last-gen Apple Watch Series 8 is on sale for as low as $279 today

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The Apple Watch Series 8 bears more than a striking resemblance to this year’s model (surprise, surprise). | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Apple Watch Series 9 has officially landed, bringing with it a few minor improvements under the hood, watchOS 10, and a new Millennial pink(!) color. The new smartwatch is technically the best Apple has ever made, though the updates are all pretty iterative. Thankfully, if you’re looking to pick up an Apple Watch for the first time or make the jump from an earlier model, the last-gen Series 8 is on sale at Best Buy in select styles starting at $279 ($120) or at Amazon for $20 more. So, what exactly do you lose out on opting for the Series 8 over the Series 9? Well, for starters, the Series 9 packs a new S9 SiP chip, which allows for quicker performance, onboard Siri processing, and Apple’s handy double-tap feature. It also features... Continue reading… Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

An NYPD security robot will be patrolling the Times Square subway station

The New York Police Department (NYPD) is implementing a new security measure at the Times Square subway station. It's deploying a security robot to patrol the premises, which authorities say is meant to "keep you safe." We're not talking about a RoboCop-like machine or any human-like biped robot — the K5, which was made by California-based company Knightscope, looks like a massive version of R2-D2. Albert Fox Cahn, the executive director of privacy rights group Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, has a less flattering description for it, though, and told The New York Times that it's like a "trash can on wheels."K5 weighs 420 pounds and is equipped with four cameras that can record video but not audio. As you can guess from the image above, the machine also doesn't come with arms — it didn't quite ignore Mayor Eric Adams' attempt at making a heart. The robot will patrol the station from midnight until 6 AM throughout its trial run that...

11 Best Deals: Laptops, Chargers, and Home Office Gear

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The leaves are changing and so are the prices. We've rounded up the best deals on all our favorite gadgets. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Walmart’s PhonePe launches app store with zero fee in challenge to Google

PhonePe launched the Indus AppStore Developer Platform on Saturday, promising no platform fee or commission on in-app purchases as the Walmart-backed fintech races to win Android developers in Google’s largest market. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, which has amassed over 450 million registered users on its payments app, said developers can start registering and uploading their apps Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

The FTC may file an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon as soon as next week

The Federal Trade Commission looks set to drag Amazon into another legal battle between the two sides. The agency is preparing to file an antitrust suit against Amazon as soon as next week, according to Bloomberg. Reuters reports that the FTC has sent a draft complaint to attorneys general in an attempt to get as many states as possible on board with its case. The details of the long-awaited legal challenge are not known as yet. It's anticipated that the FTC will take aim at Amazon Prime, as well as claims that Amazon pushes third-party sellers to use its logistics and advertising services. The FTC is also said to believe that Amazon has rules to prevent products from being sold for less on rival platforms, which could be a factor in the suit (California has sued Amazon over that alleged practice). The FTC has been scrutinizing Amazon for several years. If it files suit next week, that will mark the fourth action it has taken against the company this year. In May, the agency sued A...

Which iPhone 15 Model Should You Buy?

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Do a titanium shell and a dedicated Action Button make the iPhone 15 Pro worth the upgrade? We break down the differences between the latest Apple handsets. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

TechCrunch+ Roundup: Prompt engineering, web3 gaming survey, how to spend $10K on paid ads

TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 ended yesterday, and out of all the events I've attended since working here, this one was my favorite. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

LimeLoop’s sleek reusable mailers seek to replace cardboard boxes

The startup’s smart mailers are reusable dozens of times, reducing the carbon footprint by 90% compared with cardboard boxes. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Accenture Interactive: Innovazione e Crescita nel Mondo dell’Ecommerce e dell’Experience

di Livio Andrea Acerbo Accenture Interactive, la divisione di Accenture focalizzata sulla creazione di esperienze straordinarie per i clienti, sta emergendo come un leader nell’innovazione del marketing e dell’ecommerce, specialmente... Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads from early next year

After Netflix and Disney+ introduced ad-supported plans last year, Amazon said in an update today that it will start showing ads on Prime Video early next year. The company said it will offer an ad-free tier additional $3 per month. to Prime members. Amazon noted that ads will be introduced in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

K-Way torna alle origini | Fashion Week FW23 K-Way torna alle origini | di Livio Andrea Acerbo

Durante la Milano Fashion Week, K-Way ha presentato una collezione che è un inno all’innovazione e alla tradizione, unendo design di alto impatto, ricerca tessile e tecnicità dei capi. La... Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

X is shutting down its Circle feature in October

Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, is shutting down its Circle feature — bringing an end to its glitchy history — The feature allowed users to share a post only with a set of people. It was the social network’s take on Instagram’s “Close Friends” feature. The company said the feature will go away on October Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Plantiga Technologies’ AI-powered footwear sensor pod aims to reduce injury risks

Plantiga Technologies, a Vancouver-based movement analytics company, wants to help people improve rehabilitation and reduce injury risks through an artificial intelligence-powered monitoring sensor pod that can be embedded into shoes, orthotics or insoles to analyze users’ movement patterns.  Plantiga is participating in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, and while it’s been around for a Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Here are the details on the grisly deaths of Elon Musk’s Neuralink monkeys

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Illustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Elon Musk said earlier this month that “no monkey has died as a result of a Neuralink implant,” but an alarming new report from Wired seems to contradict Musk’s statement. Public documents obtained by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and seen by Wired indicate that Neuralink’s macaque subjects were euthanized after suffering various complications, including “bloody diarrhea, partial paralysis, and cerebral edema.” Wired writes that the documents show a male monkey was euthanized in March 2020 “after his cranial implant became loose,” with the necropsy revealing “the failure of this implant can be considered purely mechanical and not exacerbated by infection.” On Tuesday, Neuralink announced it’s starting in-human trials for people with quadriplegia. The PCRM is a nonprofit that advocates against using live animals in testing that sued UC Davis to get the documents from the California National Primate Research Cent...

Here are the 6 finalists of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2023

During the last two days, 20 startups pitched their companies as part of TechCrunch Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2023. These 20 companies were selected as the best of the Startup Battlefield 200 and competed for a chance to take home the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000. Expert judges asked the hard questions after the onstage Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Can Microsoft’s Surface PCs get out of their rut?

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I'm not sure when I found myself expecting disappointment from Microsoft's PC hardware. Maybe it was when the Surface Pro X arrived with a gorgeous design, but a woefully undercooked Windows-on-Arm experience. Or perhaps it was when the company gave up on the intriguing dual-screen Surface Neo, following the underwhleming launch of the Surface Duo (effectively killing the Courier concept twice). I do know that last year's Surface Pro 9 5G — an Arm-based PC that had no business wearing the "Pro" badge — was the last straw.Even though Microsoft managed to make the dream of a hybrid tablet PC come true, the company's Surface business has been in a rut for years. And, really, there's not much hope in sight.Perhaps that'll change once we see Microsoft's latest batch of devices during its New York City event on Thursday. But given that this week kicked off with Surface mastermind Panos Panay leaving the company, there's a good chance there won't ...

Elon Musk’s Neuralink begins accepting human patients for trials of its brain implant

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Are you at least 22 years old and do you have quadriplegia from a spinal cord injury, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)? Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Vivek Ramaswamy is in his TikTok era, with Jake Paul’s endorsement

Vivek Ramaswamy is on TikTok now, thanks to Jake Paul. In the week since he joined the platform, Ramaswamy has amassed about 33,000 followers, secured an endorsement from one of the most polarizing creators in YouTube history and attempted to establish himself as the millennial politician who’s cool enough to use TikTok but anti-woke enough Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

How automation is changing retention and engagement in the subscription space

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Learn how to boost subscriber growth and sales velocity with data-driven insights, powerful automation and more. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

The EV SPACs are running out of juice

News from Canoo and Arrival illustrates just how far off the rails the EV-SPAC boom has gone. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

What the continued UAW strike means for EVs

The United Auto Workers’ strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis is well into its fourth day, with no deal in sight. The strike comes as all three automakers have made aggressive moves to retool existing factories to build electric vehicles. Delays could set back production and delivery of current and future EV models, while Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

RoboFab is ready to build 10,000 humanoid robots per year

Humanoid robots are pretty cool, and Agility Robotics‘ bipedal robot Digit is up there in terms of advanced tech (it even has a face!). Today, the company announced it’s getting ready to crank up its RoboFab, which can build more than 10,000 Digits per year. Obvious Skynet jokes aside, I, for one, welcome our new Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Apple’s new AirPods Pro with USB-C charging case is already $50 off on a preorder

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While this is technically a photo of second-gen AirPods Pro with a Lightning case, the new USB-C model will look identical. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Apple’s biggest announcement last week at its “Wonderlust” event was, without a doubt, the iPhone 15’s change to USB-C, which is already having a ripple effect, as the AirPods Pro are also ditching Lightning for the port upgrade. Now, surprisingly, you can preorder the new second-gen AirPods Pro with USB-C ahead of its September 22nd release date for $199.99 ($50 off) at Best Buy. The AirPods Pro are the first of Apple’s wireless earbuds and headphones to get the USB-C treatment — other than that, they’re mostly the same second-gen Pros you can already get with a Lightning port on the case. I say mostly because the new AirPods Pro also get dust resistance and future support for lossless audio with the upcoming Vision Pro VR headset. On... Continue reading… Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Weekly News Roundup: From Plane Crashes to Political Polls

In a world that never stops turning, news events continue to unfold at a rapid pace. This week, we take a look at some of the most impactful stories, ranging... Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Apple’s USB-C shift could bring back the MagSafe Duo and Battery Pack

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Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Mark Gurman writes in the subscriber edition of his Power On newsletter for Bloomberg from this morning that he expects Apple to finish its transition to USB-C by 2025. Gurman says that, in addition to other products, he expects the company will release USB-C versions of the now-discontinued MagSafe Battery Pack and the MagSafe Duo “eventually. But don’t hold your breath.” By comparison, Apple took either a little over a month or about two years to totally move over to Lightning, depending on how you look at it. The company retired the 30-pin port from its most important products when it launched the fourth-gen iPad a little over a month after the iPhone 5’s September 2012 debut. But it also kept the iPod Classic in its stable until... Continue reading… Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Riding the AI tsunami: The next wave of generative intelligence

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With an AI tsunami seemingly inevitable, we all must be rugged and flexible, adaptive and embracing of generative AI and other new tools. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Tim Cook talks advertising on X, Vision Pro, and more in a new interview

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Laura Normand / The Verge Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledges in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning that there are “some things about” the platform formerly known as Twitter that he doesn’t like. Cook called the platform’s apparent anti-Semitism problem “abhorrent” but said, “Twitter is an important property; I like the concept that it’s there for discourse.” He didn’t say whether he believes Apple should be advertising on X, only that it’s something the company “constantly” asks itself. Dickerson also pushed Cook on the Vision Pro’s release schedule, asking him about reports that the headset is facing manufacturing delays. Cook said emphatically that the Vision Pro remains on track, echoing his claims from the iPhone 15 “Wonderlust” event last week. He added that... Continue reading… Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Real estate tech companies continue to get hammered by high mortgage rates

Once valued at over $2 billion, rent-to-own startup Divvy Homes conducted its third round of layoffs in a year's time. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Daily News | sept 17 2023

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Cyber resilience through consolidation part 2: Resisting modern attacks

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Why awareness of every application, every piece of data it touches and every network connection it conducts is critical to cyber resilience.   Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Apple continues to use our own mortality as marketing

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Apple touted the watch and iPhone’s lifesaving feature in a new ad. | Screenshot by Emma Roth / The Verge In recent years, Apple’s presentations have started to feature a new type of messaging: without an Apple Watch, you might be mauled by a bear, drown inside a sinking car, get stuck in a trash compactor, or even succumb to hypothermia after falling through an icy lake. These disasters have always been averted by the presence of an Apple Watch. But this year, Apple’s messaging has started to change again: it’s not just the Apple Watch that can save you from possible death — but the iPhone, too. At Apple’s iPhone 15 showcase, the company opened with an ad that weaved together the lifesaving potential of both the Apple Watch and the iPhone. The video depicted people celebrating their birthdays with friends and family, blowing out candles,... Continue reading… Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

Cyber resilience through consolidation part 1: The easiest computer to hack

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Although some cyberattack methods have matured, many remain tried, true and successful, largely due to social engineering and human error.  Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

The future of batteries needs more than venture capital

French battery maker Verkor secured more than €2 billion (around $2.1 billion) to build its Dunkirk gigafactory, which is set to be operational by 2025. Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .

The Nintendo Switch OLED and jet-black Xbox Series S are both on sale right now

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Who needs the drab white model, anyway? | Image: Nintendo It’s been an exciting week for Nintendo Switch fans. First, Nintendo announced a whole bunch of games as part of its latest Direct event, including F-Zero 99 — a battle royale spin on the classic racing title — and remakes of both Mario and Donkey Kong and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. And now, the Nintendo Switch OLED is on sale for an all-time low at Monoprice, where you can pick it up with free shipping and blue and red Joy-Cons for just $289.99 ($60 off). Unlike the standard Switch, the high-end edition boasts a vibrant 7-inch OLED panel, one that’s richer in both contrast and color. Its speakers are louder and clearer, too, and you can store more games on the device itself thanks to its expanded 64GB of internal storage. It... Continue reading… Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Flow .