Demographics, Media: BBC acknowledges fertility rate decline, kind of
Lots of scary information about overpopulation – until you reach page 10 of this 22-page BBC report when, oh, by the way, the fertility rate is in sharp decline. This…
Demographics: China’s population challenges
But China also faces long-term challenges that won’t go away, beginning with an onrushing demographic decline. The United Nations projects that China’s population will shrink roughly 40% by the end…
Automation: Walmart offering delivery via drone in select markets
Today we’re announcing we’ll be expanding our DroneUp delivery network to 34 sites by the end the year, providing the potential to reach 4 million U.S. households across six states…
Automation: Warehouses shifting from labor to automation
Traditionally, warehouses and distribution centers have been labor-intensive operation centers with a large number of employees moving inventory to the right place. Typically located in rural areas …. These organizations…
Automation: Zipline offers compelling delivery solution in hard to reach areas
Zipline offers a compelling, high value density delivery service in remote areas, so far demonstrated and operational in some countries in Africa. Former Tesla CFO Deepak Ahuja will join Zipline’s…
Demographics 56: Canada blames retirees for labor shortage
More than a year after the Great Resignation took hold in the United States, Canada is grappling with its own greyer version: The Great Retirement. Source: Canada’s real problem is…
Demographics 55: Some propose eliminating “investor visas”
Many countries have investor visas that enable individuals to make an investment in a country, and in exchange, receive residency, or a path to citizenship or even citizenship. For some…
Automation: Fast food outlets dropping sit down service, becoming take out only
Name a fast-food restaurant and the odds are the company has recently developed a branch without any restaurant at all. Chipotle’s first “Digital Kitchen,” which opened in upstate New York…
Education: Will higher education providers compete?
In about 2 years, the big population decline now in effect at about age 17 and below will become the cohort entering college. Will colleges seek to offer better values…
Automation: Restaurants turn to AI voice bots to take phone orders
More casual-dining restaurants and takeout joints are dispensing with direct phone lines, opting instead to divert customer calls to voice bots. Pushing customers who call in orders and reservations to…