Monthly Archives: August 2022

The grocery industry’s shopping list: Inventory management, frictionless checkout, computer vision

Grocery store technology hasn’t changed much in decades, so when the pandemic hit, it served as a wake-up call to the industry, highlighting its shortcomings, especially concerning e-commerce. Grocery stores that don’t adapt will most likely lose out on market share. The good news for the grocery industry is that technology advancements in recent years,…

Exclusive: World’s first Microsoft Excel spreadsheet NFTs go on sale, with a twist

The world’s first Microsoft Excel-based NFT art collection has gone on sale as part of an effort to raise funds for the victims of the war in Ukraine. Commissioned by Datarails, a financial planning platform that integrates closely with Excel, the five pieces of pixel art include portraits of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other…

A passenger said a stranger drove her family from Seattle to Vancouver so they could make their cruise after Air Canada cancelled their flight, a report says

Chelsea Smith says she and her family had been due to fly from Seattle-Tacoma Airport to Vancouver. Google Maps; Cole Burston/Getty Images A woman says a stranger drove her family from Seattle to Vancouver after their flight was canceled. According to Chelsea Smith, another flight was offered but it wouldn’t arrive when they needed it…

Europe is turning to floating LNG terminals as it scrambles to solve its natural gas crisis

Finland and Italy will both receive natural gas terminals as Europe scrambles to solve its energy crisis. Gleb Garanich/Reuters Europe is racing to set up floating units to handle imports of liquefied natural gas, as it tries to resolve an energy crisis. In response to sanctions, Russia has choked off its gas to Europe, which…

Merrick Garland called Trump’s bluff by weighing in on the Mar-a-Lago raid and moving to unseal the warrant

Attorney General Merrick Garland (left) and former President Donald Trump (right). Sean Rayford/Alex Wong/Getty Images Attorney General Merrick Garland said he’d unseal the Mar-a-Lago FBI warrant.  He added that Trump’s legal team were already in possession of it.  Trump has sought to portray the raid as conducted on scant evidence.  Attorney General Merrick Garland at…

300 employees at TikTok and parent company ByteDance worked in Chinese state media, LinkedIn profile analysis finds

Former President Donald Trump tried to ban TikTok in the US. Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images 300 TikTok and ByteDance employees worked in Chinese state media, per an analysis of LinkedIn profiles by Forbes. Forbes said its analysis indicated 50 of the 300 employees currently work on or for TikTok. TikTok has long faced…

These are the Marvel stories to check out to prepare for the MCU’s next big saga

Chris Hemsworth as Thor in “Thor: Love and Thunder.” Marvel Studios Marvel Studios recently laid out plans for its next big saga, including two new “Avengers” movies. The next few years of the MCU will draw on popular comics source material. Here’s what to read if you want to prepare. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige…