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But there is another option that is poised to become the standard for business operations in the 21st century: the hybrid workplace. In this type of setting, some workers are based in a physical office, while others work from spaces outside of the physical office and can be located anywhere in the world. Our company has managed a partly-remote team since long before the pandemic began. Since our team members are spread out and not sitting in the office, each department within our company has to consider how decisions and general day-to-day operations impact the management and support of our workforces....

Although marketing departments would like you to think that each yearly product launch brings massive upgrades, the truth is that obvious performance jumps only arrive a few times a decade, and it’s even rarer for these performance gains to coincide among several manufacturers. But if product announcements at CES 2022 and other recent events are anything to go by, this year is shaping up to have some of the most interesting lineup of new laptop hardware in recent memory....

Since founding the now-iconic video-conferencing company in 2011, Eric Yuan has elevated Zoom to one of the most successful SaaS businesses in recent history. With 400,000 paying customers, $600+ million in quarterly revenue, and a market cap north of $100 billion, Zoom is ubiquitous in post-pandemic 2020. But when Yuan was raising his Series A round back in 2012, dozens of institutional venture capital firms — including those focused on early-stage, cloud, and mobile deals — passed on Zoom....

Every startup is going to have its detractors. Every new idea, every revolutionary product, every unique strategy, and every best-made plan will find its natural enemy out in the wilds of the market. When you’re an entrepreneur, you’re going to face armies of people who doubt you. At best, they’ll throw a cutting remark out on social media. At worst, they’ll do everything in their power — and they have a lot of power — to stop you from threatening their status quo....

Create your own virtual internships While a poll of 283 employers recruiting on college campuses found that 16% have revoked internship offers, the poll also found that nearly 40% of employers have moved to a virtual internship program. Although employers moving online means there is no office to go to anymore, this can open up opportunities for you to work virtually. Creating a virtual internship on your own is possible if you were already interviewing, or if you are still networking and making connections....

Unfortunately, 5G will not be equally distributed, at least at first. The transition to widespread 5G availability will involve building new infrastructure to support these networks, as well as manufacturing new devices capable of processing higher speeds. One of the biggest concerns around this transition is that some people, areas of the world, or even specific types of applications will get access, while others will be left behind. A quick look back through history shows that previous wireless transitions unlocked new inventions that shaped much of our society today....

From hiring freezes to spending cuts, founders are making preparations to get through the recession unscathed. There are many ways to cut spending during this time that don’t involve layoffs, it’s just about being a little savvy and thrifty, and looking out for programs that are designed to give startups a boost. Here’s your go-to checklist for smart ways startups can cut spending and save during the recession: 1. Scrap the office and go fully remote Thanks to the pandemic, most people are now accustomed to working remotely and interacting with their teams virtually....

They are/were all successful businessmen They didn’t particularly care for the product they sold* There’s a persistent myth that in order to be a great salesperson, you have to be passionate about the product you sell. Not true. As long as you believe your product or service provides value to other people, you can be just as great. Take Harko Konink, who runs a used mannequin business in the Netherlands. Harko didn’t grow up dreaming of dolls — but he has always loved the hustle, buying cheap and selling high....

20 years ago, if you had a database table containing your sales information and you wanted to pull up the ten most sold items in the past year, you would have to run a command that looked like this: Today, performing the same task can be as easy as writing the following query in a platform such as IBM Watson: Which 10 items sold the most in the past year?...

The term was first coined in 1993 by the cognitive psychologist and designer Don Norman when he worked at Apple Computer — but the UX field is older than the term. So, I’m challenging you to explore with me the history of UX since it’s crucial to understanding this field. If you’re new to UX, this serves as a great introduction to the field and if you’re an experienced professional, it might just get you thinking differently....

However, a wander around the bustling tech hub of Shoreditch in East London reveals business as usual. There are no boarded-up accelerators, tumbleweeds rolling past WeWork, or abandoned cold brew coffee stands. On the contrary, it seems that the local tech scene is booming and as diverse as ever. Despite the current administration’s hard line on immigration, it is important to note that foreign nationals have played a huge role in the development of the London startup ecosystem....

Adobe’s Creative Cloud is a go-to creative platform for a reason. Whether you need to retouch some images or mockup an entire website, there’s a tool in Adobe’s suite that has you covered—if you’re willing to foot the enormous subscription fee, that is. And once you’re there, deciphering the interface to control that vast array of creative power is an unquestionably steep learning curve as well. Of course, there are plenty of times you just want to do a quick resizing....

A congressional committee is pressing the Department of Justice to explore the federal use of AI to analyze inmate’s phone calls. The panel has called for further research into the tech’s potential to prevent suicide and violent crime, Reuters reports. The system transcribes phone conversations, analyzes the tone of voice, and detects certain words or phrases that are pre-programmed by officials. Bill Partridge, a police chief in Alabama, where the system is already used, said officers have solved cold case homicides after the AI flagged prisoners discussing the crimes....

A new technique developed at Duke University aims to measure which ones provide the most protection by counting the respiratory droplets they emit during speech. The system is compromised of a black box, a laser, and a cell phone camera. It works by measuring the droplets produced when someone speaks through the mask. The wearer first places their mouth at a hole in the front of the box, and repeats the sentence “Stay healthy, people....

Researchers in the Netherlands used AI and pattern recognition to analyze the handwriting of the mysterious scribes. They found evidence that the manuscripts were penned by two different writers. Mladen Popović, professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at the University of Groningen, said the discovery has opened a new window on the ancient world: [Read: 3 new technologies ecommerce brands can use to connect better with customers] The Dead Sea Scrolls contain the oldest manuscripts of the Old Testament, but their authors have remained unknown since the documents were found in 1946....

Last week, Jason Torchinsky, senior editor over at Jalopnik, did an unboxing of the Changli, a low-cost tiny yet deceivingly spacious all-electric car that cost around $1,200. You can read more about that here, but it got me thinking: what other zero-emission delights are sitting on Alibaba, just waiting for me to buy and love? Turns out, there’s a ton. Here are some of my favorites, and yes, I want them all....

Internet giant Alibaba provided “Uighur-detection-as-a-service” that could send customers an alert when a Uighur person was identified, according to a report by video surveillance researchers IPVM. IPVM is the same organization that revealed Huawei had validated software that recognized Uighurs, after discovering an internal report on the company’s own European website. Alibaba had also made little apparent effort to hide its system. IPVM said the firm had published details about the tech on the website of its cloud computing division....

Amsterdam is piloting electric waste collection boats to cut the number of rubbish trucks in the congested city center and limit the damage from heavy vehicles to weakened bridges and canal walls. The six-month trial will run in parts of the Red Light District (de Wallen) and the Nieuwmarkt area. Residents in these neighborhoods will put their household waste bags out on the street as normal on Mondays and Thursdays....

DARPA has spent the last year trying to answer that question, through an aerial warfare contest called the AlphaDogfight Trials. The Pentagon’s “mad science” unit created the competition to assess how AI could assist pilots, and attract developers to its Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program. But before the algorithms could enter the cockpit, they had to earn the trust of their human comrades. “Warfighters trust things that work, and this contest is the first step along the road to trusting this new kind of autonomy,” said ACE Program Manager Colonel Dan “Animal” Javorsek....

Many states in the US use toll roads to encourage carpooling. Cars with over three people (technically known as high occupancy vehicles or HOVs) can then receive a discount of up to 50% off their toll during peak hours. The problem is that people cheat. But a company called Carma has stopped HOV cheating in Texas, a state with over 50 toll roads. I spoke to Carma’s Chief Business Officer, Paul Steinberg, to find out more....