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Amazon this week developed Amazon Quick with a desktop app for Windows and Mac and Microsoft 365 extensions that put Quick in Outlook, Word and Teams, with PowerPoint and Excel extensions still in preview. The expansion arrives about six months after Quick’s October launch and signals an obvious admission. Quick needs to live where knowledge workers already live, and that place is Microsoft 365.This is the structural problem that Amazon has spent more than a decade refusing to solve. Quick is the latest effort to sell workplace productivity software to knowledge workers, following WorkDocs, Amazon Chime and WorkMail. Three of…
US naval blockade of Iranian ports near the Strait of Hormuz. (Handout photo by US Navy via Getty Images)Getty ImagesThe fastest way ending the war in Iran means resuming hostilities. The mullahs who run Iran still believe they can emerge victorious. For them, survival would be a resounding victory. These fanatics have no interest in the welfare of Iranians. If they are still in power when the war is over, they will go back to their evil ways, regardless of any deals that have been made. By repeatedly calling for an agreement, the US has given our adversaries and allies…
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses: what will the Samsung version look like?AFP via Getty ImagesA new leak has revealed what it claims are the smart glasses Samsung has said it’s working on. The new images show specs that look likely to see the Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta smart models. ForbesSamsung’s leak reveals the major update is almost here, bringing AirDrop to millions of phonesWith David PhelanDesign and high fashion collaborationsLike the Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta HSTN and Oakley Meta Vanguard glasses, the Samsung model appears to have hidden speakers and no screen. Also, like Meta, Samsung has said it will…
07 November 2022, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Stralsund: Solar modules for a so-called balcony power plant hang on a balcony. From Tuesday, citizens in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania can apply for funding for so-called plug-in balcony solar systems. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa (Photo by Stefan Sauer/image alliance via Getty Images)dpa/picture alliance via Getty ImagesIn business, the present is a poor predictor of the future. Entrepreneurs bring the past truth to life. Their healthy disdain for “know your customer” means they see the present as completely inadequate for consumers who don’t have the faintest idea of what they really want. Only for entrepreneurs to proceed to…
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Critical minerals and rare earths in US-China trade. gettyThe US currently leads the European Union in efforts to reduce dependence on imports of critical minerals and will depend on external sources for raw materials in the long term. In a new special report called “Critical raw materials for the energy transition—not a fixed policy,” the European Court of Auditors revealed that the EU is hampered by difficulties with mineral processing and delayed mining projects.The study, which focused on the raw materials necessary for EU states to increase energy independence, provided a broad reality check on the state of vital minerals.”EU…
Current Climate brings you the latest sustainability business news every Monday. Sign up to get it in your inbox.An exploration well at Zanskar’s Big Blind site in Nevada.ZanskarIinterest in geothermal energy recently it has focused on companies using new techniques to artificially cheat this carbon-free source of electricity out of the ground. Fervo Energy, for example, drills horizontal wells to access hot rocks thousands of feet underground, which can heat the water it pumps to generate steam to power a turbine. Zanskar Geothermal, a Utah-based startup, believes that using AI-based analysis to find geothermal wells in the wild is a…
Spotify appANDREW WILLIAMSSpotify has launched a major fitness category, which precedes a partnership with Peloton that gives subscribers access to over 1,400 workout videos. Fitness videos are joining podcasts and audiobooks as another content stream to prevent competition and declining subscribers.The videos are accessed as part of Spotify’s new Fitness hub. You can access the Spotify app either by searching for “fitness” in the search bar or by tapping the Fitness shortcut in the search tab. Many of the sessions are full video workouts and subtitles are also offered. Or if you’re already well-acquainted with the movements involved, you could…
The ubiquity of social media applications makes them fertile ground for researching the dynamics of modern life. Kellogg faculty explored the good and the bad of social media—from misinformation and bias to business models and influencer marketing—and how those characteristics reflect and shape the offline world. 1. Politics is everywhere… except your phone In the weeks leading up to an election, it often feels like we can’t escape the political news. But Kellogg’s Guy Aridor and their colleagues found that most people’s smartphones are immune to politics—even during a US presidential race. The researchers used an app that tracks how…