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Facebook is bombarding cancer patients with ads for unproven treatments
One from Verita Life, in Bangkok, Thailand, targeted Australians like Autar, falsely claiming that a hypothermia treatment offered there would “destroy cancer cells.” When Autar took a screenshot of the ad in his news feed in August of…
Before Starbucks Baristas Had Unions, They Had Coworker Petitions
The tattoo petition would go on to inspire similar successful efforts at Skechers, Publix, and Jimmy John’s. Since then, more Starbucks workers have launched almost a hundred campaigns. Nearly 80,000 baristas have taken some kind of…
Metaverse: Open for business? | MIT Technology Review
Already the metaverse is increasingly part of companies’ merger and acquisitions (M&A) strategies. In December 2021, Nike announced its acquisition of digital design studio RTFKT, which the sportswear company says it hopes will help…
This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech
Hundreds of charging stations for electric vehicles dot Utrecht’s urban landscape in the Netherlands like little electric mushrooms. Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric…
Data centers, typically located in suburbs and rural zones, are increasingly being built in urban…
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Data centers, typically located in suburbs and rural zones, are increasingly being built in urban areas to further reduce internet lag for locals — Companies are pushing more…
Icons of Italian Automotive Style Struggle to Go Electric
SANT’AGATA BOLOGNESE, Italy — The boys spilling out of a grade school in an Italian village went silent as the Lamborghini approached, its throaty 12-cylinder engine trumpeting its presence. Then, as the wedge-shaped beast rumbled by the…
We need smarter cities, not “smart cities”
The term “smart cities” originated as a marketing strategy for large IT vendors. It has now become synonymous with urban uses of technology, particularly advanced and emerging technologies. But cities are more than 5G, big data,…
How to make sure your emails get opened?
Do you want to know the secret to getting customers to open the emails you send them? It's simpler than you think.
Inboxes are where customers spend the majority of their time, so email marketing is a great way to connect with them. But…
Will electric motorbike sales take-off across Asia?
Horace Luke, Gogoro's chief executive, says the company is trying to become the "Android" of the electric motorbike world, providing the invisible scaffolding for other brands He likens it to the mobile phone system which encourages…
Why inflation – not the crypto crash – will define Bitcoin
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Crypto is down. Badly. Bitcoin is…