With Offices Sitting Empty, Landlords Are ‘Handing Back the Keys’

Office landlords, hit hard by the work-from-home revolution, are resorting to a desperate measure in the real estate world: “handing back the keys.” When this happens, the landlord stops paying the mortgage on the office building or declines to refinance it.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/offices-sitting-empty-landlords-handing-150748386.html?source=Snapzu

Why do companies do holiday layoffs?

For employees laid off when companies downsize in November and December, it’s not the most wonderful time of the year. Enough already!
Read more: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3711444/why-do-companies-do-holiday-layoffs.html?source=Snapzu

OpenAI's loss is Microsoft's gain: How the AI race just changed

With Sam Altman, OpenAI's former CEO, and friends landing at Microsoft, the Redmond crew is positioned to take over generative AI. The stock market agrees.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/openais-loss-is-microsofts-gain-how-the-ai-race-just-changed/?source=Snapzu

Georgia Restaurant Goes Viral After Charging Parents a $50 Fee for Poorly Behaved Children

Is your child known to act up at dinner? You may want to avoid Toccoa Riverside Restaurant, as it charges an extra fee for poorly behaved children.
Read more: https://www.foodandwine.com/toccoa-riverside-restaurant-charges-extra-fee-for-poorly-behaved-kids-8384540?source=Snapzu

Want a handsomely paid job in tech? Here's what you do

At KubeCon, the need to bridge the skills gap was clearer than ever
Read more: https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/10/kubecon_opinion/?source=Snapzu

Farmers or foragers? Pre-colonial Aboriginal food production was hardly that simple

For a decade, debate has raged over Dark Emu’s account of Aboriginal agriculture. But ancient food production in Australia is more complex than labels like farming or hunter-gathering suggest.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/farmers-or-foragers-pre-colonial-aboriginal-food-production-was-hardly-that-simple-216988?source=Snapzu

Spotify's new royalty payment update hurts indie musicians even more than before

Every sub-1,000 stream will still generate revenue for the company — but now, that revenue will not be shared.
Read more: https://boingboing.net/2023/11/11/spotifys-new-royalty-payment-update-hurts-indie-musicians-even-more-than-before.html?source=Snapzu

Five years after it took on Steam, Epic Games Store is yet to make a penny of profit

Epic hoped to scoop up half of all PC gaming revenue back in 2021.
Read more: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/five-years-after-it-took-on-steam-epic-games-store-is-yet-to-make-a-penny-of-profit?source=Snapzu

X unveils new premium subscription plan, including ad-free tier for $16 a month

Is free Twitter/X on the way out? Elon Musk adds new subscription tiers: The more you pay, the fewer ads you'll see.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/x-unveils-new-premium-subscription-plan-including-ad-free-tier-for-16-a-month/?source=Snapzu

Linux Foundation Adopting Terraform Fork Provokes Ire of HashiCorp CEO

Less than a month after a handful of small companies forked HashiCorp's flagship IaC software, the Linux Foundation swooped in to support the project. This did not sit right with HashiCorp CEO David McJannet.
Read more: https://thenewstack.io/linux-foundation-adopting-terraform-fork-provokes-ire-of-hashicorp-ceo/?source=Snapzu

The Pebble falls: A 'friendly' Twitter replacement closes its doors

When Elon Musk took over Twitter, numerous new social networks rose up. Now, one of them, Pebble, has thrown in the towel.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-pebble-falls-a-friendly-twitter-replacement-closes-its-doors/?source=Snapzu

Would you pay a buck to Tweet? X takes a step toward paywall

Elon Musk says his social platform is fighting bots with $1 subscriptions. Will charging a fee really help stop fake accounts?
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/would-you-pay-a-buck-to-tweet-x-takes-a-step-toward-paywall/?source=Snapzu

Elon Musk’s New, Inventive Way to Vandalize the Social Network He Owns

Twitter was really good at one thing. No longer.
Read more: https://slate.com/technology/2023/10/elon-musk-x-twitter-news-links-headlines-why.html?source=Snapzu

You're never too old to start a business

Whether that's a good idea is another matter.
Read more: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3708213/youre-never-too-old-to-start-a-business.html?source=Snapzu

Publishing A Book Means No Longer Having Control Over How Others Feel About It, Or How They’re Inspired By It. And That Includes AI.

There’s no way to write this article without some people yelling angrily at me, so I’m just going to highlight that point up front: many, many people are going to disagree with this article, and I’…
Read more: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/10/05/publishing-a-book-means-no-longer-having-control-over-how-others-feel-about-it-or-how-theyre-inspired-by-it-and-that-includes-ai/?source=Snapzu

Navigating the Buzzwords Behind an ‘Ethical’ Bag of Coffee

A complex production chain can turn choosing which coffee to buy into a complicated decision for consumers.
Read more: https://modernfarmer.com/2023/09/buzzwords-ethical-coffee/?source=Snapzu

It's 2030, and digital wallets have replaced every card in our purses and pockets

OpenWallet, now joined by Microsoft, looks to the near future when digital wallets replace traditional wallets in the same way debit cards replaced checkbooks.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/finance/its-2030-and-digital-wallets-have-replaced-every-card-in-our-purses-and-pockets/?source=Snapzu

Realtor Questions To Ask When Selling

When getting your home ready to sell, it’s important to have a reliable real estate agent by your side. We will examine the important questions to ask a realtor when you sell your house.
Read more: https://snapzu.com/lukeskar/realtor-questions-to-ask-when-selling?source=Snapzu

‘De-dollarisation’ gains traction among emerging economies ahead of BRICS summit

Expansion rate of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa economic bloc seen determining speed at which it stops using US dollar systems.
Read more: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3231585/china-led-de-dollarisation-gains-traction-among-emerging-economies-ahead-brics-summit?source=Snapzu

Where have my X (aka Twitter) images gone?

X isn't rendering pictures and links on posts made before December 2014. I lost years' worth of links and images. Did you?
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/where-have-my-x-aka-twitter-images-gone/?source=Snapzu

China is too big for a Soviet Union-style collapse, but it’s on shaky ground

With its growth slowing, China’s future is uncertain. We should be grateful if the change is not sudden
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/20/china-too-big-soviet-union-collapse-growth?source=Snapzu

Can you trust 'open source' companies?

Sometimes nothing fails like success
Read more: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/18/opinion_column/?td=rt-3a?source=Snapzu

AI-generated art cannot be copyrighted, rules a US Federal Judge

“Human authorship is a bedrock requirement of copyright.”
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/19/23838458/ai-generated-art-no-copyright-district-court?source=Snapzu

Inflation spiral: food prices could yet rise higher and may never come down

Concerns are growing over the effects of a warming climate on production and the danger of high grocery prices getting embedded into Australia’s economy
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/19/inflation-spiral-food-prices-could-yet-rise-higher-and-may-never-come-down?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other?source=Snapzu

X (aka Twitter) was caught throttling competitors and news services

Elon Musk had been targeting rival social networks and news sites he dislikes with a five-second delay.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/x-aka-twitter-was-caught-throttling-competitors-and-news-services/?source=Snapzu

Five Ways to Strengthen Your Brand Online

People buy from brands they know, like, and trust. Building a positive brand image is never simple, but it is critical to the success of any business.
Read more: https://newhorizons123.com/strengthen-your-brand-online/?source=Snapzu

The Great Resignation is 'over'. What does that mean?

A years-long period of record-high quits rocked the workforce in ways we couldn't have imagined. But the mass exodus is done, say experts.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230731-the-great-resignation-is-over-what-does-that-mean?source=Snapzu

Oracle, SUSE, and CIQ go after Red Hat with the Open Enterprise Linux Association

Three of Red Hat's rivals are taking on Red Hat Enterprise Linux with their new Open Enterprise Linux source code repository. Here's why this is a big deal.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/oracle-suse-and-ciq-go-after-red-hat-with-the-open-enterprise-linux-association/?source=Snapzu

ESPN, Penn Entertainment partner on sportsbook

Penn will rebrand its current sportsbook to ESPN Bet this fall in the 16 states where it is licensed after a licensing deal was reached Tuesday.
Read more: https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/38158198/penn-entertainment-rebrand-sportsbook-espn-bet?platform=amp?source=Snapzu

The working-from-home debate gets old

If your people are happy and productive doing their job from home, let them!
Read more: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3704129/the-working-from-home-debate-gets-old.html?source=Snapzu

‘Never seen that much rain’: Quebec farmers say climate change killing crops | Globalnews.ca

Quebec farmers are demanding more help from the provincial government in order to face the rise in extreme weather events, which they say are killing crops on a massive scale.
Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/9878440/quebec-farmers-climate-change-killing-crops/?source=Snapzu

The best Twitter alternatives of 2023: Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, and more

Twitter, or as it's now known, X, isn't the same as it used to be. Here are the best Twitter alternatives if you're looking to leave the social media site.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-twitter-alternative/?source=Snapzu

Meta Begins The Process Of Ending News Links In Canada

This is not a surprise, because the company made it clear it planned to do exactly this, but Meta has now begun the process of stopping links to news sources from appearing in Canada, something tha…
Read more: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/02/meta-begins-the-process-of-ending-news-links-in-canada/?source=Snapzu

Ex-Google employee reveals one major mistake candidates make in writing a resume

The former recruiter from Google believes you should enlist the help of five to ten people in your network to review and edit your resume.
Read more: https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/ex-google-employee-reveals-one-major-mistake-candidates-make-in-writing-a-resume-390950-2023-07-24?source=Snapzu

Many Vital Drugs Are Now Impossible to Find. Here's Why.

Past public ire over high drug prices has recently taken a back seat to a more insidious problem – no drugs at any price.
Read more: https://www.sciencealert.com/many-vital-drugs-are-now-impossible-to-find-heres-why?source=Snapzu

Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They're not the only crop thriving in the shade.

A farm in Bavaria is covering its hops with solar panels, providing electricity to 250 households and shading the plants from the increasingly scorching summer heat in the process.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/climate-beer-solar-panels-hops-germany-ee3d00a1877837eb85053335e3b68a00?source=Snapzu

How to write for users and search engines

Learn how to write compelling content to rank well in search engines, attract visitors and convert them into customers.
Read more: https://www.mccabemarketing.ca/blog/Write-for-users-or-write-for-search-engines-Write-for-both?source=Snapzu

At a shuttered Texas coal mine, a 1-acre garden is helping feed 2,000 people per month

The garden in the middle of a 35,000-acre former mine is supplying thousands of pounds of fresh produce to families in three counties that have few grocery stores.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/14/texas-coal-mine-garden-nrg-restoration/?source=Snapzu

Inflation cooled significantly in June, bringing price hikes close to normal levels

The inflation data arrives as the Federal Reserve weighs another rate hike.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/inflation-data-expected-show-significant-slowdown-price-increases/story?id=101005809?source=Snapzu

Oracle takes on Red Hat in Linux code fight

Now, it's Oracle's turn to jump into the Red Hat open-source Linux code kerfuffle.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/oracle-takes-on-red-hat-in-linux-code-fight/?source=Snapzu

I've used social networks since the 80s. Threads is the most annoying one I've tried

Here's why Meta's Threads is my least favorite of all the new Twitter alternatives.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/ive-used-social-networks-since-the-80s-threads-is-the-most-annoying-one-ive-tried/?source=Snapzu

Chinese automaker BYD will create an EV hub in Brazil at an old Ford plant

BYD, the popular Chinese EV automaker, plans to invest 3 billion reais ($620 million) in a new Brazilian manufacturing hub, as it looks to build a larger presence in South America The industrial complex will be built in the northeastern state of Bahia, in the town of Camaçari, where BYD bought a Ford plant that closed in 2021.
Read more: https://qz.com/chinese-automaker-byd-will-create-an-ev-hub-in-brazil-a-1850607536?source=Snapzu

Netflix Likely To Benefit As Rivals Sell Content To Raise Cash: Analyst

The media companies that helped Netflix grow by selling the streamer their best content on the cheap may be making the same strategic blunder again. While Netflix’s original programming gets a lot of attention, acquired content represents a large and stable share of viewing by Netflix subscribers. The supply of acquired content dried up as media companies raced to build their own streaming services and add subscribers. That’s changing.
Read more: https://www.nexttv.com/news/netflix-likely-to-benefit-as-rivals-sell-content-to-raise-cash-analyst?source=Snapzu

What Are The Secrets to Social Media Writing?

The average person doesn’t think much before writing on social media. But the average person is not a business with a reputation to build and defend.
Read more: https://newhorizons123.com/social-media-writing/?source=Snapzu

Red Hat's open source rot began when IBM walked in

Big Blue's top brass either don't get it or don't care
Read more: https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/07/red_hat_open_source/?source=Snapzu

Recyclers reject most plastic. This company turns it into furniture.

Packaging for lotion, toothpaste, and makeup is a recycling disaster. But ReFactory, a UK-based family business, has a complex process to give it a new life. It makes plywood-like plastic boards and turns them into furniture, planters, and more.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/recyclers-reject-most-plastic-this-company-turns-it-into-furniture-2023-7?source=Snapzu

Laser death ray kills weeds 80x faster than humans

This farming robot kills 200,000 weeds per hour with lasers.
Read more: https://www.freethink.com/series/hard-reset/laser-weeding?source=Snapzu

Red Hat's new rule: Open source betrayal?

Red Hat rivals and many open-source developers are mad as hell about the company's new source code policy. Will this dispute end up in the courts?
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hats-new-rule-open-source-betrayal/?source=Snapzu

These Billionaires Sold The Most Stock So Far In 2023

Twenty-one of the world’s richest people, including Larry Ellison and Rob Walton, have unloaded shares worth more than $9 billion combined in the first half of this year.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2023/07/02/these-billionaires-sold-the-most-stock-so-far-in-2023/?sh=4d8186d84c34?source=Snapzu

Tesla reported 466140 deliveries for the second quarter and production of 479700 vehicles

Tesla just posted its second-quarter vehicle production and deliveries report for 2023.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/02/tesla-tsla-q2-2023-vehicle-delivery-and-production-numbers.html?source=Snapzu