A new study from research firm IDC predicts massive disruption in the next five years for tech.
A new study from one of the world’s most respected research firms says the tech industry is headed for a period of chaos. The International Data Corporation’s new FutureScape 2016 report claims, for starters, that 30% of the tech industry’s suppliers will “not exist as we know them today” in five years because they will either fail or be acquired.
A small tweak in Google Calendar now lets users un-delete events and undo changes made.
Google is making a small but useful change to the web version of Google Calendar. The service is adding a “trash can” button that lets users delete events, and then quickly undelete them if a meeting has been rescheduled or an event needs to be put back on the calendar.
Using artificial intelligence, KEE promises to connect experts, causes, and tools for addressing social and environmental challenges.
When it comes to social or environmental issues, far too many people are content to “like” a Facebook page devoted to it and feel content with that being the extent of their effort. “[People] talk about it, but nothing ever happens, nothing ever gets solved,” says Raymond Ferrero, an attorney who focuses on crisis intervention in mental health and substance abuse in his paid and pro bono work. “They move to the next trend,” adds Rob Hust, a software developer who works in artificial intelligence (AI).
The weather is one of the most searched subjects online. What if you learned about the five-day forecast—and the 50-year forecast at the same time?
If you look up the weather forecast on a hot day, a new weather site will also tell you how hot it’s likely to be in 2050—and show you exactly how much local temperatures have risen over the last 45 years.
Compare your salary, learn new skills, polish up that resume, and more.
You work hard for the money, so they’d better treat you right—am I right? Here are some apps to help you make sure you’re earning what you should be earning, sharpen your skills, and craft an escape plan if you’re not happy with your current employer.
Powerful, carefully controlled sound waves could be used to control objects without having to touch them at all—even inside the human body.
This video shows a real live tractor beam in action. It uses an array of small speakers to levitate objects and to move them precisely through the air. The beam can even pull objects from above, just like the tractor beams that aliens spacecraft use to abduct human subjects for their terrifying experiments.
Kids’ fanciful drawings have been rendered faithfully in plush polyester—wonky lines, uneven eyes, and all.
Have you ever looked at an adorable-yet-incompetent drawing made by a child and thought, “Now wait a minute—that would make an amazing plush toy?” No, neither have I, which is why neither of us has a job at Ikea coming up with awesome new product designs.
One in 4 global corporations are already seeing water issues affect their business. The situation is only getting worse.
Before the world runs short of energy or food, it’s likely to run out of usable water. The U.N. says more than 1 billion people live in water-stressed areas, and every forecast shows the situation getting worse because of climate change and population growth. NASA said this year that 21 of the world’s most important aquifers have already passed replacement point: more water is being taken out than is going back in.
A new consumer study finds that minorities are more interested in VR, and Oculus is not No. 1.
Minorities are more likely than whites to be passionate about virtual reality. And despite the attention paid to Facebook-owned Oculus in the media, Sony’s PlayStation VR is the most recognized brand.
A Google designer shared what he learned working on Cardboard so that you don’t have to suffer so much.
Virtual Reality is a nascent technology, in which all of the studied rules and clever UI elements that have made our phones and laptops so comfortable to use don’t actually exist yet. And so Jean-Marc Denis, a designer for Google (where he helped launched Inbox), took to Medium to share his experience of jumping into the new field for Google Cardboard.
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