Business, Tech: Microsoft said to layoff workers in “key VR” teams
Source: Microsoft Layoffs Reportedly Hit Key VR and Metaverse Teams – Metaverse Bitcoin News
Caffeine culture: Caffeine withdrawal
Recently, I had daily migraines and extraordinarily high blood pressure spikes. The cause appears to have been coffee.
Public health: “Study of airplane wastewater shows COVID-19 travel restrictions failed”
Did any NPI public health did work sustainably? Anywhere? This was when you had to be vaccinated and test negative before boarding a flight. None of it worked. “Despite all…
Business: “Microsoft announces new investment in ChatGPT” – this is the 21st century Gold Rush
OpenAI works closely with Microsoft’s cloud service Azure. In July 2019, Microsoft backed OpenAI with $1 billion, and the investment made Microsoft the “exclusive” provider of cloud computing services to…
Tech: Consumers lack interest in VR
A total of 61% non-users say they are not interested in trying VR. Why is VR growth so slow despite its possibilities? Source: CES 2023 revealed multiple VR headsets, but…
Public health hilarity: “Has California avoided another devastating winter COVID wave?”
The holiday superspreader meme was wrong (as all expert projections have been). This was due to “the power of the tools” available to California public health – like wearing masks…
Demographics: “Japan PM says country on the brink over falling birth rate – BBC News”
Fumio Kishida says Japan is on the verge of not being able to function. Source: Japan PM says country on the brink over falling birth rate – BBC News The…
2nd Follow Up: RSV, Flu and Covid all trending downwards
A rough respiratory virus season in the US appears to be easing, as three major respiratory viruses that have battered the country for the past few months are finally all…
Tech: Media confusion on H-1B visas among widespread tech job layoffs
Between Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), about 100,000 workers were just laid off. I’m so old, l remember last week (Jan 12) when they needed to hire more temporary imported…
Public health: “25% of the US National Debt Incurred During Trump Administration”
This financial disaster was due to public health “Experts” who thought they could shut down the world with ineffective NPIs and stop the spread of a highly contagious virus –…