Month: September 2024

The Verge’s favorite home office keepsakes

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Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Back in the Mad Men days, the only thing that might interrupt the corporate blandness of a workspace might be a photo of your family or maybe a coffee cup with a funny saying. But nowadays, especially if we’re working at home, we can have some pretty interesting, … Read more

Amazon says no to remote work

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is calling for a full return to office at the start of 2025. For the last 15 months, employees have been expected to work in the office three days per week. Now employees will be expected to be in the office five days a week, with work from home being OK … Read more

Testing ICP Face Recognition DApp: The Final Result Will Surprise You

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The past few years were special for centralized server-based AI models like ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, Microsoft’s Copilot, etc. There is no doubt such AI models have transformed so many aspects. But on the other hand, they have some downsides. Probably, you have also heard about the several outages of ChatGPT. The centralized server-based models are … Read more

Qualcomm may be trying to buy Intel

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Chipmaker Qualcomm is trying to buy rival Intel, according to multiple reports. The Wall Street Journal broke the news late Friday that Qualcomm had approached Intel about a takeover. The New York Times subsequently corroborated the story, while adding that no official offer has been made. Even if there is an offer, it’s not clear … Read more

The Noonification: How to Excel in Your Career: 5 Important Skills to Have (9/21/2024)

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How are you, hacker? 🪐What’s happening in tech this week: The Noonification by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our top 5 stories of the day, every day at noon your local time! Set email preference here. ## Async vs Sync Benchmark (.NET): The Difference Between Asynchronous and Synchronous Methods By @artemmikulich … Read more

India’s Oyo acquires Motel 6 for $525M

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One of India’s largest startups, budget hotel company Oyo, has reached a deal to acquire G6 Hospitality, which operates Motel 6. Oyo says it will pay Blackstone Real Estate $525 million in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition also includes the Studio 6 extended stay brand and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of … Read more

Moksha, the gamified meditation device, makes breath work exercises more engaging

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Moksha’s meditation tool aims to kick traditional breath work exercises to the curb.  As most breathing tools on the market are designed to do, Moksha aims to help train you to breathe longer and deeper, which studies have shown naturally calm you down, relax your muscles, slow your heart rate, and stabilize your blood pressure. The … Read more