Amazon may be working on a smartphone with hologram-like 3D Amazon is reportedly developing a smartphone that sports a 3D screen that relies on retina-tracking technology to make images seem to float above the screen like a hologram. With the smartphone, users would be able to navigate through content by using their eyes alone, according to two unnamed people who discussed the phone with the Wall Street Journal. More
Microsoft may buy Barnes & Noble's Nook unit for $1 billion According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. More
HTC Expects Brighter Second Quarter Taiwan's HTC expects its second-quarter revenue and operating margin to rise from the first quarter, as sales of the new HTC One smartphone pick up. More
What the f***?! Google Glass censors foul language In order to write emails or text messages with Google Glass, you dictate words. The device is pleasantly reliable at transcribing things you say ... unless you happen to have a foul mouth. More
Ancestry Website to Catalogue Names of Japanese Americans Incarcerated During World War II The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II will be digitized and made available for free on Ancestry ... 04/24/2024 - 3:00 am | View Link
How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me) This privacy reporter and her husband bought a Chevrolet Bolt in December. Two risk-profiling companies had been getting detailed data about their driving ever since. 04/23/2024 - 6:57 am | View Link
inDrive names Pratip Mazumder as Country Manager for India inDrive has appointed Pratip Mazumder as Country Manager for inDrive India. Pratip Mazumder will be responsible for looking after all business verticals, as well as overseeing local government and ... 04/23/2024 - 4:53 am | View Link
Stock Market Today: Markets Rebound Ahead of Big Week for Earnings "Much of the pressure across stocks last week, and really since the start of the month, has come from investors repricing the number of Federal Reserve rate cuts for this year," writes Anthony ... 04/22/2024 - 9:08 am | View Link
PENN Entertainment Names Aaron LaBerge Chief Technology Officer PENN Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: PENN) ("PENN" or the "Company") announced today that Aaron LaBerge has been named Chief Technology Officer ("CTO") effective July 1, 2024, subject to customary ... 04/22/2024 - 7:23 am | View Link
Interest in Apple’s spatial computer has apparently fallen off a cliff too. Here’s why, and why Apple’s loss isn’t Meta’s gain
Earlier this month I started looking into whether anyone was buying the Apple Vision Pro after I noticed that social media discourse about Apple’s spatial computer seemed to have all but disappeared within weeks of its launch.
The three most common forms of toxic leadership create self-defeating cultures that stifle innovation, undermine trust, and destroy engagement.
Leadership is key to any successful organization. Leadership is not only responsible for the most critical organizational decisions, but also shaping the culture of the organization. As Peter Drucker famously noted, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Drucker’s observation is difficult to dispute.
The 100% affordable apartment building is the first in the city to be permitted under a state law designed to streamline new construction.
Until recently, a strip of land near a transit station in San Francisco was an underused parking lot. Now it’s home to more than 100 affordable apartments.
Lead battery recycling is a crucial but dirty business. As a plant outside Los Angeles seeks to renew its operating permit, the community pushes back.
This story was originally published by Grist and Public Health Watch.
Seymourpowell’s Caroline Jacob on the power of biotech and how it can transform materials.
Biofabrication has been selling the promise of a harmless, resilient, and versatile alternative to traditional materials for nearly a decade, and yet the industry has never truly scaled. Efforts are often stymied by complex, labor-intensive, and expensive processes.
Enlarge / The flight hardware core stage for Europe’s new rocket, Ariane 6, is moved onto the launch pad for the first time this week. A launch is possible some time this summer. (credit: ESA-M. Pédoussaut)
Welcome to Edition 6.41 of the Rocket Report! As I finish up this edition I'm listening to the post-Flight Readiness Review news conference for Boeing's Crew Flight Test.