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Amazon plans to open large retail locations akin to department stores. Amazon.com Inc. plans to open several large physical retail locations in the U.S. that will operate akin to department stores, a step to help the tech company extend its reach in sales of clothing, household items, electronics and other areas, people familiar with the matter said. (Sebastian Herrera via Wall Street Journal)
Inside Facebook's metaverse for work. It wasn't long into a recent press briefing I attended in virtual reality when Mark Zuckerberg showed up to talk about the metaverse. I was sitting at a long, U-shaped conference table with a handful of other reporters, our floating torsos bobbing over our chairs, as the Facebook CEO beamed in. (Alex Heath via The Verge)
The next big challenge for lunar astronauts? Moon Dust. As NASA and private space companies prepare to send equipment—and eventually astronauts—back to the moon, they are facing a nearly invisible threat to any future lunar outpost: tiny particles of dust. Ground-up lunar rock, known as… (Eric Niiler via WIRED)
Twitter adds support for Twitter Spaces to its rebuilt API. Twitter is rolling out changes its newly rebuilt API that will allow third-party developers to build tools and other solutions specifically for its audio chatroom product, Twitter Spaces. (Sarah Perez via TechCrunch)
Delta Has Changed the Pandemic Risk Calculus. For the past year and a half, humans around the world have been asked to do something we're pretty bad at, even in the best of circumstances: figure out what constitutes safety, and act accordingly. (Amanda Mull via The Atlantic)
Ethereum Founder Is Skeptical of Dorsey's and Zuckerberg's Plans. Vitalik Buterin predicts blockchain will beat Big Tech Bitcoin not designed for what Dorsey wants to do, Buterin says Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg may be making big plans in the cryptocurrency space, but Vitalik Buterin doesn't see them as… (Emily Chang via Bloomberg)
The best employee benefits at the top US financial firms. From working from home to vacation days to paid parental leave, company policies vary widely, and the pandemic has proven just how crucial those benefits can be. (Mary Childs via Quartz)
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