wavebreakmedia / Shutterstock.com Retirement is supposed to be a time when people move to Florida to sip drinks on the beach or settle down in Arizona to play endless rounds of golf. But in reality, a huge percentage of Americans are happy to remain right where they are. A 2018 …
Read More »Move Over, Amazon Prime: Walmart+ Debuts Today
Photo by Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com If you love Amazon Prime, Walmart just unveiled a similar program. Today the retailer launched Walmart+. The membership program — which costs $ 98 a year or $ 12.95 a month after a free 15-day trial — promises an array of perks. Unlimited free …
Read More »Why Apple’s anti-tracking move hurts everyone … but Apple
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Apple recently announced a new privacy feature that will ask iPhone and iPad users to opt in or opt out of tracking for in-app advertising. While most applaud Apple for its pro-privacy stance, there’s much more to the story. As …
Read More »Why the Xbox Series S is such a smart move by Microsoft
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now The Xbox Series S is inevitable at this point. Over the weekend, people began discovering retail versions of the updated Xbox controller for Xbox Series X. When they started tearing into that packaging, they found references to …
Read More »Work-at-home AI surveillance is a move in the wrong direction
VB Transform Watch every session from the AI event of the year On-Demand Watch Now While we have all been focused on facial recognition as the poster child for AI ethics, another concerning form of AI has quietly emerged and rapidly advanced during COVID-19: AI-enabled employee surveillance at home. Though …
Read More »COVID-19: S’pore Will Move To Phase 2 Of Circuit Breaker Reopening On June 19
Singapore will be moving into the second phase of the circuit breaker reopening from this Friday (June 19). This announcement comes about two weeks after phase one started on June 2. “Phase 2 is a significant step in moving towards a new ‘Covid-19-safe’ normal,” said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong …
Read More »Getting Kids to Move More
When we asked readers recently what they wanted to know about the coronavirus and exercise, many parents responded with variations of the question — or in some instances, the cri de coeur — of how do I get my kids to move more and stop sitting all day in front …
Read More »Here’s why an affordable 5G iPhone is the only right move for Apple
It’s an understatement to call Apple broadly misunderstood. Yesterday, despite a 4.8% U.S. GDP decline, Apple somehow beat analysts’ consensus expectations by roughly 8%, miraculously growing its quarterly revenues year-over-year despite a global pandemic and near-complete shutdown of its physical stores. None of the analysts — paid professional Apple-watchers — had …
Read More »Nvidia attempts to move past GeForce Now squabbles
Warner Bros. Interactive, Xbox Game Studios, and Klei are pulling their games from GeForce Now starting April 24. But while it’s nothing new for games to leave Nvidia’s cloud-streaming service, this time the company is ready for it. In a blog post today, Nvidia is honest that more games will …
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