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Read the (Virtual) Room! How to Improve Your Digital Nunchi
We all can learn to be better, more empathetic communicators—especially now that we’re all behind screens instead of in-person. Source
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Walmart is reportedly giving up on shelf-scanning robots in favor of humans
Retail robots that can scan shelves and update inventory have been one of the most visible faces of automation in recent years, but the success of such machines is far from guaranteed. According to The Wall Street Journal, Walmart — one of the biggest adopters of this technology — is…
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Walmart abandons plan to have robots check store inventories
Much as Elon Musk did with his Tesla Model 3 factory, Walmart has discovered that robots can’t necessarily displace humans. The retail giant has decided scrap plans to use them to automate inventory tracking after finding that people could do as good… Source
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PhonePe pips Google Pay in monthly transactions Paytm, Phonepe logos
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the flagship payments platform of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has recorded over two billion transactions in October. And along with this, digital payments platforms PhonePe and Paytm have also crossed new milestones. Walmart-backed PhonePe said it has crossed the 250 million registered…
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Here’s why you should never sell used USB drives or SSDs USB drives
A new report from Abertay University has exposed how widespread the security risks are when selling used storage devices. The research, led by student James Conacher, found 75,000 ‘deleted’ files were easily recovered from second-hand USB drives and SSDs purchased online. Although 98 out of the 100 purchased storage devices…
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The PS5’s new controller is amazing, here’s how it works
When I first picked up the PlayStation 5’s new DualSense controller I was totally blown away by the haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. The PS5 ships with Astro’s Playroom, which is the perfect showcase for this controller and everything it’s capable of. Sony has added haptic feedback to its new…
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