- Facebook hits 2.5 B users
- NASA finds real uses for VR and AR in astronomy and engineering
- Self-driving company Waymo teams up with UPS for package delivery
- SpaceX launches 60 new Starlink satellites
- Will you still need a college education in 2040?
- Traditional colleges will be forced to adapt to meet the needs of employers
- We’re going to see more and more alternatives to traditional colleges
- Soft skills will continue to be important, but most jobs will require a high level of technological competence
- Specialists will be more valued than generalists
- Micro credentialing will become more prevalent
- Lifelong learners and companies that encourage a culture of learning will be the ones to thrive
- Atari is opening eight video game hotels across the U.S.
- Google’s tenth messaging service will “unify” Gmail, Drive, Hangouts Chat…The GSuite team already has a Slack clone, but now it’s making a second Slack clone.
- AirPods: The New It Item Among the Playground Set (paywall)
- Arvind Krishna will replace Ginni Rometty as IBM CEO in April
- Amazon now has more than 150 million Prime members across the world
- Corona Virus Map
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