Leben (Life aka misc)
Amazon, King of Online Retail, Can’t Seem To Make Its Physical Stores Work
Amazon’s brick-and-mortar expansion has faltered, as the e-commerce giant plans to close its Amazon Go store in Woodland Hills, California, shrinking the cashierless convenience store chain to 16 locations across four states, down from roughly twice that number in early 2023. The company is pivoting to license its “Just Walk Read more…
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USPS Halts All Packages From China, Sending the Ecommerce Industry Into Chaos
The United States Postal Service has suspended all package shipments from China and Hong Kong following President Donald Trump’s decision to eliminate the de minimis exemption, which previously allowed small packages under $800 to enter the U.S. without import duties. “The move could potentially create chaos and confusion across the Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Renos Technology
Meta CTO: 2025 Make or Break Year for Metaverse
Meta’s metaverse ambitions face a decisive year in 2025, with Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth warning employees that the project could become either “a legendary misadventure” or prove visionary. Bosworth called for increased sales and user engagement for Meta’s mixed reality products, noting the company plans to launch several AI-powered Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Climate Change Target of 2C Is ‘Dead’
The pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, according to renowned climate scientist Prof James Hansen, who said the international 2C target is “dead.” A new analysis by Hansen and colleagues concludes that both the impact of recent cuts in sun-blocking shipping pollution, which has raised temperatures, and the Read more…
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Physicists Confirm The Existence of a Third Form of Magnetism
Scientists have demonstrated control over a newly theorized type of magnetism, known as altermagnetism, by manipulating nanoscale magnetic whirlpools in an ultra-thin wafer of manganese telluride. “Our experimental work has provided a bridge between theoretical concepts and real-life realization, which hopefully illuminates a path to developing altermagnetic materials for practical Read more…
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Bonobos Can Tell When They Know Something You Don’t
A study found that bonobos can recognize when someone lacks knowledge they possess and take action to help, demonstrating a basic form of theory of mind. This suggests that the ability to understand others’ perspectives is evolutionarily older than previously thought and may have existed in our common ancestors to Read more…