6 surveys that will get you prepped for Disrupt
Just in case you’re wondering what’s happening in the sectors our team’s going to talk about at Disrupt, we’ve put together a handy primer of surveys.
The MacBook Neo is ‘the most repairable MacBook’ in years, according to iFixit
Apple’s new MacBook Neo isn’t just the most affordable MacBook — it’s also the company’s most repairable laptop in “about fourteen years.”
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Google wants to map more of the world’s roads with expansion of ‘Road Mapper’ volunteer community
Google announced today that it is opening access to more contributors to participate in Road Mapper, a tool where you can add missing roads to Google Maps in areas of the world that need it most. The company also noted in today’s blog post that its contributors have mapped over 1.5 million kilometers of roads, […]
News aggregator app SmartNews’ latest feature aims to tackle doomscrolling
News aggregator SmartNews is today launching a new feature that it hopes will help to combat the anxiety associated with regularly consuming negative news — something often referred to as “doomscrolling.” Instead of encouraging impulsive scrolling through its headlines, the app’s new feature called SmartTake claims to offer a selection of uplifting stories, editor’s picks, […]
New SambaNova chip designed to handle 5 trillion parameter model
Ever since OpenAI released ChatGPT at the end of last year, terms like generative AI and large language models have been on everyone’s lips. But when you dig beneath the hype, large language models generally require a lot of expensive GPU chips to run. SambaNova is introducing a chip today that it purports will reduce […]
We Have an Empathy Crisis on Our Hands. Here’s How to Combat the Rising Trend of Poor Customer Service.
Ever wonder why exceptional customer service is becoming an endangered species? Here’s how you can make your business stand out in a sea of mediocrity simply by upping your customer service game.
I Sold My House to Work Remotely on a Cruise Ship for 3 Years — and I May Stay Aboard Even Longer. Here’s What My Life Will Look Like.
I was fantasizing about going on an around-the-world cruise. Then I saw an ad that could make it my reality.
How Would a CBDC Affect Bitcoin and Other Crypto?
Central banks all over the world, including the Federal Reserve in the United States, have been considering the development and circulation of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). If you’re…
Want to Do Better Work? Just Start Saying This One Word More.
It’s not easy, but it’s the key to each new accomplishment.
This Startup Is Reinventing the Yellow School Bus. Here’s Its Playbook for Winning Over the Hardest Customers (Like Public Schools).
Zūm started out selling its “Uber for kids” service to parents. But then its founder realized they could sell to school districts, and have a much bigger impact. Of course, that was easier said than done.
Unite for Mac releases a new version to turn website into web apps
Apple announced macOS Sonoma at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) earlier this year with the ability to turn websites into “web apps” and add them to the dock. In response, Unite, which offers similar functionality, has now released a new version with powerful customization options. Unite 5 comes with an easier flow to create an […]