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Football Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Soccer Fans, You’re Being Watched
Stadiums around the world, including at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, are subjecting spectators to invasive biometric surveillance tech. This fall, more than 15,000 cameras will monitor soccer fans across eight stadiums and on the streets of Doha during the 2022 World Cup, an event expected to attract more Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Apple Pauses Hiring for Roles Outside Research and Development in Cost-Cutting Move
Apple has paused hiring for many jobs outside of research and development, an escalation of an existing plan to reduce budgets heading into next year, Bloomberg News reported this week, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The company took the step last month, ahead of a quarterly earnings report Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
A Host of Tech Companies, Including Coinbase, Robinhood, Lyft, and Stripe, Announce Hiring Freezes and Job Cuts
The macro story unfolding today is all the layoffs taking place in the tech industry. “Tech giants including Meta and Amazon have been slowing down their hiring for months, while smaller tech companies such as Robinhood and Coinbase have announced layoffs,” reports the New York Times. “But rarely have so Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Scientists Discover Huge ‘Extragalactic Structure’ in Hidden Region of Space
Scientists have discovered a huge “extragalactic structure” hidden behind the Milky Way in a mysterious area of the sky known as the “zone of avoidance” because it is obscured by our own galaxy’s opaque bulge, according to a new preprint study. The discovery of the structure, which appears to be Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Europe Warming Twice As Fast As Rest of the World, New Report Reveals
The European continent is bearing the brunt of climate change, warming at a rate that is twice as fast as the global average, a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) found. The report analyzed 30 years’ worth of data from 1991 onwards, revealing a disconcerting trend of speedy Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
PlayStation VR2 Release Date and Price Revealed
PlayStation VR2 will officially be released on February 22, 2023, for $549.99, and pre-orders will begin on November 15. As revealed by the PlayStation.Blog, PlayStation VR2 will include the PS VR2 headset, PS VR2 Sense controllers, and stereo headphones. There will also be a PlayStation VR2 Horizon Call of the Read more…