speculations

‘I feel like I’ve missed out’: has working from home thrown the gen Zs out with the water cooler?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jun/19/has-working-from-home-thrown-the-gen-zs-out-with-the-water-cooler I remember the day we could all go back into the office. I love my flatmates but I was so glad to close the door and head back to the Tube. We’d done it, managed not to kill each other. One day we’ll tell stories of the fights over… Read the rest

Zero10 Debuts AR Store for Standalone Retail Experiences

https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/zero10-debuts-ar-store-for-standalone-retail-experiences/ They called it the “mall” in all those American teen movies where the mean girls hang out, moving from shop to shop or just sitting. We sometimes hung out in the “shopping centre”,if the private security guards let us. But my mates and I just met on the corner… Read the rest

AI-enabled teddies could tell children bedtime stories, says toymaker

https://www.ft.com/content/acf0307c-ca6d-445d-889a-50cbe64d61e2 It takes time but it’s worth it. My right-on parents only had to check that the toys weren’t uniformly pink or blue and the story didn’t include golliwogs. We’ve got it more difficult. So many more books and toys to check. So many ever-changing issues, and so many things… Read the rest

Black Mirror season six review – prepare to convulse in horror on the sofa

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jun/15/black-mirror-6-review-prepare-to-convulse-in-horror-on-the-sofa-netflix “He didn’t see that one coming!” That was the joke that went around when he left. It had been a good time to be a futurist. Exponential change. New tech. Fast moving cultural movements. He’d never been short of things for his newsletter. There’d always been a conference platform… Read the rest

Fan fiction writers are trolling AIs with Omegaverse stories

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/13/fan-fiction-writers-are-trolling-ais-with-omegaverse-stories/ Are we sure about this? Really sure? Yes, I know we’ve had successes. I couldn’t have predicted how the last launch went down. It’s revolutionised NPD and new launches. No doubt about that. Our new Saudi investors are very happy. The power of picking up on every idea our… Read the rest

Sol Reader is a VR headset exclusively for reading books

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/09/sol-reader/ It was like a scene from Brideshead Revisited or Educating Rita. Students were sitting on the biolawns under the latest tree sculptures. Since the library had been repurposed, this was where the students chose to study. Some students sat alone absorbed in a novel. A few searched through textbooks.… Read the rest

Adobe to Sell Generative AI Subscription with Copyright Assurance

https://adage.com/article/digital-marketing-ad-tech-news/adobe-sell-generative-ai-subscription-copyright-assurance/2498951 Coffee? Check. Playlist? Check. Screens aligned? Check. He was a little obsessive but that’s what made him good. His work was meticulous, precise, as perfect as his desk setup. He finished his mindfulness exercise, noted the streak number and his resting heart rate and started work. The layers were… Read the rest