Drones: “Amazon’s Drone Delivery Dream Is Crashing”
Amazon announced its drone delivery system was in development, back in 2013, saying it had been in development for some time. Ten years later, they have been unable, so far,…
Automation: “Walmart aims for 65% of stores to be automation serviced by 2026”
(Reuters) -Walmart Inc on Tuesday said it expects about 65% of its stores to be serviced by automation by the end of its fiscal year 2026, just days after revealing…
Business: Meta/Facebook pretty much ends remote work
After Meta mass layoffs, an official pause on remote work hiring (sfgate.com)
Automation: Most fast food restaurants rolling out automated order takers
Drive through systems are switching to automated voice processing systems – no need for order takers: That’s not a human talking to you in the fast food drive-thru | Fox…
Business: Disney lays off entire virtual reality “metaverse” team
Disney has cut its metaverse division as part of the layoffs that will begin this week. Source: Disney cuts metaverse division under Iger’s restructuring It kinda, sorta looks like FB’s…
Health care: Cigna insurance denies claims without even looking at the patient’s medical record
https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1639586525825441792
Advertising oops: “Levi’s to Use AI-Generated Models to ‘Increase Diversity'”
I doubt this is what most expected when they pushed for more diversity in advertising: Fashion brand Levi Strauss & Co has announced a partnership with digital fashion studio Lalaland.ai…
Business: Remote work is so last year
https://twitter.com/ZoeSchiffer/status/1638677318104408064
Yes: “Is there a drop in software engineer job openings, globally?”
Peak hiring was back in 2021 and early 2022, but since then there has been a steady and fairly shop reduction in software engineer/software developer job openings
Business, Demographics: TechCos might drop 4-year degree requirement
She believes the mismatch is two-fold: the time it takes to hire is too long, and hiring overlooks underrepresented groups. For example, Colangelo said only half of GenZ workers plan…