“Remote Work Is Reshaping San Francisco, as Tech Workers Flee and Rents Fall…The social-media giant, which has 52,000 employees, expects to shift to a substantially remote workforce over the coming decade, and is now recruiting a director of remote work…”
Apple sued by Fortnite maker after kicking the game out of App Store for payment policy violations
Scribd acquires presentation-sharing service SlideShare from LinkedIn
Apple Readies Subscription Bundles to Boost Digital Services
Peloton shares slip premarket on news Apple is planning exercise video subscription service
SpaceX Starlink speeds revealed as beta users get downloads of 11 to 60Mbps
A 107-page safety manual details everything from infrared temperature scanners to vacuum-sealed meals that awaits the cast and crew of “Jurassic World: Dominion,” one of the first major Hollywood films to restart production since the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/JGYqdj1BDg
Machine learning has been used to automatically translate long-lost languages
Grubhub Generates Sales, Not Profit, During Pandemic (Paywall: WSJ)
For Videogame Giants, Pandemic Lockdowns Fuel Gamers’ Spending…Electronic Arts posts strongest June quarter sales in its 38-year history (Paywall: WSJ)
“…In 1950, each woman gave birth on average to 4.7 children. By 2017 the figure had dropped to 2.37. Populations start to shrink when the average birth rate falls below 2.1. By 2100 the average number of births per woman will have fallen to1.7…”
Trained dogs were able to sniff out Covid-19 infections with 94% accuracy: study
China launches space rocket in ambitious Mars landing mission
Who still needs the office? U.S. companies start cutting space.“..A Reuters analysis of quarterly earnings calls over the past week revealed more than 25 large companies plan to reduce their office space in the year ahead, a move designed to reduce the second-largest expense after payrolls at corporations…”
30% of all office space will be consumed flexibly by 2030
The Next Phase of the Retail Apocalypse: Stores Reborn as E-Commerce Warehouses (WSJ, paywall)
Researchers develop laser-based underwater WiFi system for sub-sea data networks
Zoom introduces all-in-one home communications appliance for $599
Jack Ma’s fintech giant tops 1.3 billion users globally
Fertility rate: ‘Jaw-dropping’ global crash in children being born… Researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation showed the global fertility rate nearly halved to 2.4 in 2017 – and their study, published in the Lancet, projects it will fall below 1.7 by 2100.
SpaceX’s Starlink asks potential service testers for addresses, says private beta starts this summer
Twitter introduces a new, fully rebuilt developer API, launching next week
Uber acquires Routematch as it drives deeper into public transit in hunt for SaaS revenue
Searching for Video? Google Pushes YouTube Over Rivals
Waldo is a ‘no code’ automated mobile testing service that anyone can use
Monzo launches new Monzo Plus with software features it hopes users will want to pay for…Costing £5 per month, rather than bundle a host of perks that might otherwise be up-sold individually, such as travel or gadget insurance or additional cash-back and merchant discounts, as many other banks and fintechs do, this third Monzo Plus attempt is more akin to a paid-for software upgrade.
It costs the U.S. government about 2 cents to produce every penny
CERN: Physicists Report the Discovery of Unique New Particle
Digital Transformation: Powering the Great Reset (World Economic Forum)
1. Transform into a digital business across seven dimensions: new value creation; digital-at-the-core business models; intelligent and agile operating models; localized and resilient supply chains; real-time decisions at the edge; data-driven investment decisions; and augmented talent
2. Empower all stakeholders: employees, consumers, suppliers, partners, government and society
3. Effect systems change through digitally-enabled collaboration models that correct market failures
WhatsApp’s Business-User Base Grew Tenfold From 2019…The messaging platform said it has more than 50 million users of its business app worldwide each month (WSJ)
Uber agrees to buy food-delivery service Postmates for $2.65 billion in stock
Salesforce has eclipsed Larry Ellison’s Oracle in market cap
Sony invests $250 million in ‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games
Buy now pay later is having a moment as pandemic changes shopping habits. Australian instalment-payment company Afterpay has signed up more than 1.6 million US users since March (WSJ)
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