The audio problem Learn how new cloud-based API solutions are solving imperfect, frustrating audio in video conferences. Access here Facebook launched an independent oversight board and recommitted to privacy reforms this week, but after years of promises made and broken, nobody seems convinced that real change is afoot. The Federal …
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The Land Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA) has opened its bike-sharing license application cycle yet again. License applications are open every January and July, and this time round it is open from 22 July to 26 August. This means that companies that want to start offering bike-sharing services, and/or existing …
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Here’s what you need to know: The U.S. testing czar admits test results take too long, as some state officials worry about backlogs. Florida now has more reported virus cases than New York. Birx advises several states to close bars as infection rates climb. A Sept. 11 tribute bows to …
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Warehouse robotics startup Locus Robotics today announced it has raised $ 40 million, the bulk of which will be put toward accelerating R&D and the company’s expansion into new markets, including in the EU, where it opened a new headquarters. CEO Rich Faulk says Locus also intends to launch strategic …
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Drivers with ride-hailing app Gojek will now be able to take on food delivery services, in their latest tie-up with food delivery app Deliveroo. With the increased demand for food delivery during the current ‘circuit breaker’ period, this move will strengthen Deliveroo’s supply of delivery riders to meet the demand. …
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What would you normally do on a day off? Go to the movies? Travel? Hit some stores? Just because you can’t do any of that with state-wide closures doesn’t mean you can’t take a vacation day nonetheless. Because you’re stressed, you’re anxious, you’re working your ass off—in fact, if there …
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Many students have spent years planning their post-graduation path. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has upended not only their senior year, but the entire national economy, and high school seniors are graduating into a world no one was prepared for. “The bottom line is, the college experience this fall will be …
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A few nights ago, after their 18-month-old son Nolan went to sleep, Adam Hill and Neena Budhraja sat down on the living room couch in their apartment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Pen and paper in hand, they turned their attention to a pressing need: figuring out who would be Nolan’s legal …
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Two years ago, when Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, the former surgeon general of the United States, started researching his book, “Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World,” he never anticipated how relevant the topic would be now that it is about to be published. The …
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