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Improbable is attacking the metaverse’s networking problem
Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream. Herman Narula, CEO of Improbable, is trying to solve the networking problem of the metaverse, the universe of virtual worlds that are all interconnected, like in novels such... Read more
Neil Young won’t change Spotify’s mind about Joe Rogan
Sometimes it’s hard to predict the future. Other times it’s really easy: Back in the spring of 2020, it was incredibly obvious that by paying Joe Rogan a ton of money for the exclusive rights to his podcast, Spotify would inevitably find itself under fire. Because a big part... Read more
macOS 12.3 will break cloud-storage features used by Dropbox and OneDrive
If you’re using either Dropbox or Microsoft OneDrive to sync files on a Mac, you’ll want to pay attention to the release notes for today’s macOS 12.3 beta: the update is deprecating a kernel extension used by both apps to download files on demand. The extension means that files... Read more
You’ll Love the OKAI NEON Scooter
Everyone who knows me knows I love scooters. Enter my newest baby, the OKAI NEON Scooter. You want to be seen, right? You can be seen on this lighted scooter, so you can safely ride it at night. The NEON has a beautiful strip of light on the front... Read more
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire
Justice Stephen Breyer is in the final months of his career on the Supreme Court. Getty Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire after more than 27 years on the bench. On Thursday, Breyer sent a letter to President Joe Biden informing him of the decision, which was reported... Read more
Now Physical Jobs Are Going Remote, Too
“There’s just no way this isn’t going to explode as a category,” says Matt Beane, an assistant professor at UC Santa Barbara who studies human-robot workplace collaboration. As industrial machines become more capable and connected, Beane says, the number and variety of these jobs will grow. Beane says new... Read more
Conversational AI provider NLX raises $5M to enhance voice-driven customer support
Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream. Today, self-service automation provider NLX announced it had raised $5 million in seed funding to build an automated, personalized customer self-service solution for managing customer interactions in the... Read more
Microsoft avoided the latest round of Big Tech antitrust scrutiny. Then it bought Activision for $69 billion.
This story is part of a Recode series about Big Tech and antitrust. Over the next few weeks, we’ll cover what’s happening with Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, and Google. If Microsoft is worried that the anti-Big Tech, pro-antitrust movement will finally come for it, you wouldn’t know it. The... Read more
How does Technology Manage it?
Technology revolutionization is changing the ways of business leads management. From communicating with customers to engaging them and selling products and services- everything has taken a shift. In between all, generating leads has also gone under modifications.  Now, almost every industry is leveraging Business’s Lead Management Software for quality... Read more
Pfizer and Moderna are testing COVID vaccines specifically for omicron
Sarah Tew/CNET Pfizer and partner BioNTech have started testing a COVID-19 vaccine that specifically targets the omicron variant, the companies said Tuesday. One day later, Moderna also announced the start of a clinical trial to study its omicron-specific booster.  The moves are part of a larger conversation about whether... Read more