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Meta’s Horizon Worlds is opening to young teens in the US and Canada

Meta’s Horizon Worlds is opening to young teens in the US and Canada   Jon Fingas @jonfingas Months later than rumored, Meta’s Horizon Worlds is opening its doors to younger teens. The company is making its metaverse space accessible to teens aged 13 to 17 in the US and Canada in the weeks ahead. Unsurprisingly, … Continue reading Meta’s Horizon Worlds is opening to young teens in the US and Canada

UK surgeon named world’s first astronaut with a disability

UK surgeon named world’s first astronaut with a disability Decorated doctor and athlete John McFall lost his right leg after a motorcycle accident at age 19.     The European Space Agency Will Shanklin The European Space Agency on Wednesday selected the world’s first astronaut with a disability. John McFall, whose right leg was amputated … Continue reading UK surgeon named world’s first astronaut with a disability

Signal AI Intelligence Graph Makes Sense Of The World’s Unstructured Data

Signal AI Intelligence Graph Makes Sense Of The World’s Unstructured Data by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, July 15, 2022 Signal AI, a global data insights company, this week announced the launch of its External Intelligence Graph, which provides a view into the relationships between a company and other real-world topics such as consumer trust. The nine-year old … Continue reading Signal AI Intelligence Graph Makes Sense Of The World’s Unstructured Data

More than 700 of the world’s largest public companies have net zero goals. Are they greenwashing?

By Adele Peters June 14, 2022 More than 700 large public companies around the world, from Amazon and Apple to oil companies like ExxonMobil, now have targets to reach net zero emissions. That’s a 68% increase from the number that had made pledges just two years ago. But their plans aren’t strong enough yet to … Continue reading More than 700 of the world’s largest public companies have net zero goals. Are they greenwashing?

‘World’s most sustainable’ office chair has 10 pounds of ocean plastic

By Mark Wilson April 19, 2022 Last year, the furniture company MillerKnoll debuted an eco-friendly makeover of its iconic Aeron task chair, incorporating over two pounds of recycled ocean plastic inside. Today, the office furniture brand Humanscale raises the bar in a big way, as it reveals its new Path task chair.       … Continue reading ‘World’s most sustainable’ office chair has 10 pounds of ocean plastic