There are few things I’d like more than for the company to track my every single movement and access a raft of health data — and what better way of doing that is there than a Facebook smartwatch? But… I have a dilemma. Ideally, I’d like to give Facebook more of my personal data than a simple wrist-bound wearable can deliver. There’s only one solution: ZuckTech. And lots of it....

To an alien astronomer light years away, observing the solar system through a telescope, it would be virtually indistinguishable from our own planet. But to know the surface conditions of Venus – the temperature of a self-cleaning oven, and an atmosphere saturated with carbon dioxide with sulfuric acid clouds – is to know that it’s anything but Earth-like. So how is it that two planets so similar in position, formation and composition can end up so different?...

The issue started last year, the COVID-19 pandemic, shut down of the factories, high demand of work from home gadgets, and a bunch of other factors like the US-China trade war, caused gadget makers and car companies to fumble to get chips needed to produce their marquee offerings. This resulted in delayed shipments and feature slashing from Apple, BMW, Sony, and Nissan. The chip shortage continued in 2021, and it hasn’t ended yet....

This seems surprising. After all, when we reflect on this historic event, it is often said that we now have more computing power in our pocket than the computer aboard Apollo 11 did. But is that true? And, if so, how much more powerful are our phones? On board Apollo 11 was a computer called the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC). It had 2048 words of memory which could be used to store “temporary results” – data that is lost when there is no power....

Agatha Tang, the company’s head of global PR, posted a teaser on Twitter touting the clear screen design without a notch or a hole punch. — Agatha Tang (@aggasaurus) August 5, 2021 Xiaomi had demoed its third-gen under-the-screen selfie camera tech last year and had promised to launch a device feature in 2021 at that time. Reports in June indicated that the firm could include this tech in multiple phones releasing this year, including the Mi Mix 4....

The Chinese tech giant is offering multiple variants of the device; the difference between models is a choice between Intel’s i7 or i5 processor and graphics capabilities. The laptop range starts at ₹41,999 ($554), but the company said it’s an inaugural price, so it might go up later. The Mi Laptop 14 is a compact machine targeted towards users who’re worried about the form factor and portability of a work laptop....

While the company has previously offered laptops in its home base of China, it’s taken its own sweet time to make them available in India. According to Jaipal Singh, an associate research manager at market analysis firm IDC India, the domestic laptop market is shifting towards slimmer and more compact models, and that’s where Xiaomi’s latest devices fit in. Here’s what you get for your money. Design I’ve gotta hand it to Xiaomi – the Horizon Edition is really impressively built for a laptop at this price point....

It’s time we all had an important talk about ear wax. That’s a sentence you probably never thought you would read. But when an audiologist pops a “chicken nugget” of ear wax out of a guy’s ear, it’s time to make sure we’re all on the same page. Your hearing is important. And in case it was unclear, cotton swabs and — gasp — bobby pins(!) are no way to remove earwax on your own....

“While a number of technologists might not think certifications are vital to their job, possessing one (or more) can help them stand out in a crowded market, as well as give them leverage in negotiations for better roles, salaries and benefits.” — Dice Insights Earn a top-flight IT certification and it can be a game-changer for your job prospects. Those are the findings of Dice Insights, who broke it all down in their Dice 2021 Tech Salary Report....

But you and I both know you need the push to act today. Not only to save the planet (this big round thing we live on), but also to make sure your business will survive. That’s why I spoke to Tom Raftery, SAP’s Global Vice President and its Futurist & Innovation Evangelist, who’s made it his mission to inspire organizations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions before it’s too late. Raftery has suggestions for what you can do right this second, next few weeks, and before the end of this year....

Once the meeting is over, the AI will automatically select the most important parts of the meeting. It’s understandable that you can’t rely entirely on the algorithm, so Zoom will allow you to “adjust” these important parts, so people watching it later won’t miss anything. When I asked the company how this feature works, it said that AI selects the best parts of the meeting based on keywords.So, you need to record this meeting with automatic audio transcription enabled, and once the recording is finished the AI will look at the transcript....

“There is a question of whether deepfakes are actually just a completely different category of thing from normal false statements overall,” Zuckerberg told Harvard legal scholar Cass Sunstein at the Aspen Ideas Festival this week. “And I think there is a very good case that they are.” Zuckerberg, of course, is talking about an artificial intelligence made popular on Reddit. In 2017, a Reddit user, u/deepfakes, posted a pornographic video featuring Daisy Ridley to the amazement of a crowd of voyeuristic onlookers....

So, we knew what we had to do: test out CBD-infused protein bars to see if we could both experience the impact of the chemical and, simultaneously, get swole as a motherfucker. First off, what the hell is CBD? Good question. Basically, it’s part of the iconic marijuana plant. Specifically, CBD is an abbreviation of cannabidiol, which is one of the cannabinoids that appear in the aforementioned foliage. Another, and substantially more famous part of the same greenery is THC....

Quantum physics is about as close to a faith-based field of scientific study as there is. It’s not our fault, the universe is infinite and complex and we’ve been here for a relatively short amount of time. It’s excusable that we still don’t understand all the rules and, in lieu of a blueprint, we’re forced to come up with theories to explain the things we don’t know. Up until recently, we didn’t know if the last century’s worth of work in the field of quantum physics would ever truly translate into the classical world....

While there are many things you can do to improve the profitability of your e-commerce brand, such as improving your supply chain or ensuring that your website is accessible for disabled users, few things will prove more important than properly implementing data analytics. With quality data analytics and business intelligence tools, you can pull from a wide range of data sources — such as sales numbers, marketing data and even logistics information — to better understand the trends affecting your store....

Gartner is forecasting global public cloud revenue to grow by 19% from $258 million in 2020 to $307 million by 2021. Despite cloud’s flexibility, scalability, accessibility, and security, there have been challenges with the adoption of a more cloud-based way of working. We spoke with experts who explained that 2021 will be a year when those obstacles — workers unaccustomed with cloud tools, applications that aren’t optimized for the cloud, and remote security — will be addressed....

The challenge is, there’s no handbook for opening an office in a new region. Expanding your team, product, and operations internationally is uncharted territory for tech companies, especially for fast-growing startups. That’s why most businesses end up growing much slower than they had expected, if at all. According to an analysis from Harvard Business Review, it takes 10 years after moving into a new market for most companies selling abroad to reach just a one percent return on investment....

The board room fell silent. How could a rapidly growing company with a $50 million revenue in a hot category not have product market fit? Yet having invested over $100 million, we as the board had just realized that lack of product market fit imperiled the business. Product market fit (PMF) has evolved as a concept over time. Moreover, PMF requirements increase as a business matures. Here is a schematic that my team uses to assess PMF prior to investment and among our portfolio companies: We think of PMF in three stages: Product Validation, Business Validation, and Financial Validation....

There is no fixed path ahead. The truths of each Monday are recalibrated by next Friday. In the current scenario, agility is critical. You must look at the right leading indicators to make decisions quickly or risk getting buried under loads of data. While revenue metrics like LTV, CAC, NRR and Quick Ratio are solid ways to diagnose long-term trends with respect to how the business is performing, it is important to look at the leading indicators of your revenue health, and act on them before they significantly impact growth and cash flows....

The plan is called REV Midwest, or Regional Electric Vehicle Midwest Coalition, and aims to reduce toxic emissions while boosting the regional economy and improving public health. All five governors have now signed the REV Midwest agreement, which lays out the steps the states will follow to coordinate their electrification efforts. First up, the participating states want to increase the number of medium and heavy-duty electric vehicles by expanding the charging network with standardized charging regulations and operations across the region....