３Dプリンターは、デジタルデータから立体物を作り出す。プリンターと呼ばれるのは、印刷した面を積み重ねるようにして立体にするからだ。印刷のためのいわばインクを金属にすれば、従来の機械加工ではできないような複雑な形の金属部品もできることから、ものづくりに変革をもたらすと期待され、開発競争も過熱している…
Why Sabre is betting against multi-cloud
In January, Sabre, the travel technology company that probably managed at least some aspects of your last flight and hotel bookings, announced a 10-year partnership with Google Cloud that would see it spend about $2 billion on Google’s cloud platform over that time. Sabre, like so many companies of its size, has long operated its […]
エクスポネンシャルな時代：テクノロジーの指数関数的変化が社会を置き去りにしていく（前編）
テクノロジーの指数関数的な変化がますます加速する時代に、人類はこのエクスポネンシャルな変化を正しく認知できないという生物学的限界に直面している。人々の未来予測も社会制度やルールづくりもリニアな変化にしか対応できていない現実において、企業や経済、そして社会の基盤までもが引き裂かれていく「指数関数的時代」に突入したのだ。
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Someone Right-Clicked Every NFT In The Heist Of The Century
Hours ago, a website appeared online with the express purpose of hosting a nearly 20TB torrent (that’s terabytes, folks, the big boys of digital data measurement) containing every NFT available through the Ethereum and Solana blockchains.Read more…
Baidu’s robotaxi service aims to be in 100 cities by 2030
Baidu keeps ramping up its autonomous driving ambitions. The Chinese tech company made its name in search engines and still relies greatly on search ads for revenues. But it’s hoping that its heavy bet on autonomous driving will pay off down the road. Apollo Go, Baidu’s robotaxi service, aims to be in 65 cities by […]
Dear Sophie: Any advice on visa issues for new hires?
I run operations at an early-stage startup, and I’ve been tasked with hiring and HR. I’m feeling out of my depth and trying to figure out visa issues for prospective hires. Do you have any advice?
Watchdog investigates tube adverts for Floki Inu cryptocurrency
Advertising Standards Authority receives complaints about ads for meme coin named after Elon Musk’s dogThe UK advertising watchdog has launched an investigation into a London bus and underground ad campaign for Floki Inu, a meme coin named after a dog …
DevOps transformation: Taking edge computing and continuous updates to space
With the “final frontier” now open to private companies, how do we transform the way we continually update the software that runs in space?
Sequoia backs blockchain scaling startup StarkWare at $2 billion valuation
As the crypto world continues to heat up, developers are clinging to the Ethereum network despite its general struggle to meet the stresses of a global network’s transaction load. To speed and cheapen transactions on Ethereum, developers are looking toward so-called Layer-2 (L2) blockchains, which build on the Ethereum network, offloading the computational stresses while […]
AnyDesk, a maker of remote desktop software, raises $70M at a $660M+ valuation
Remote and hybrid working are the order of the day, and now a startup called AnyDesk that helps enable that to be pulled off smoothly — regardless of the architecture of a company’s network, or where a person happens to be working — is announcing a round of $70 million to fuel its growth. The […]