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Titanic shipwreck scanned in 3D is a “digital twin” of the real thing
Deep-sea mapping company Magellan and British television company Atlantic Productions have worked together on a new, full-size scan of the RMS Titanic, the British passenger liner which sank in 1912. The herculean effort, which Atlantic is making a documentary about, took place in 2022 in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.
Vice, Decayed Digital Colossus, Files for Bankruptcy
Investments from media titans like Disney and shrewd financial investors like TPG, which spent hundreds of millions of dollars, will be rendered worthless by the bankruptcy, cementing Vice’s status among the most notable bad bets in the media industry. Like some of its peers in the digital-media industry, including BuzzFeed and Vox Media, Vice and its investors bet big on the rising power of social media networks like Facebook and Instagram, anticipating they would deliver a tide of young, upwardly mobile readers that advertisers craved. Though readers came by the millions, new media companies had trouble wringing profits from them, and the bulk of digital ad dollars went to the major tech platforms.
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Survey: Most workers would welcome digital monitoring to boost productivity
Workers will accept digital tools that monitor them as long as the oversight helpd them be more productive, according to a new survey by research firm Gartner.
A whopping 96% of “digital workers” indicated they would be willing to accept electronic monitoring of their online work in exchange for training opportunities or career development (34%); learning more about their job (33%); or gaining proactive help from IT (30%).
Figma wants to make digital whiteboards fun with new FigJam updates
Figma, maker of the web-based, collaborative interface design platform of the same name, has announced a raft of new updates to its FigJam whiteboarding platform, including new templates and integrations designed to improve productivity and make collaborating more fun.
Launched in April 2021 as a spinoff tool to facilitate the conversations and collaboration efforts users were having on the Figma platform, FigJam aims to support ideation and brainstorming through user flows and basic diagrams.
Dating Apps Need a Corporate Digital Responsibility Revamp
New Research Shows Concerning Lack of Transparency by Online Dating Platforms Luke Patterson, analyst at EthicsGrade, explores… The level…
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Meet Andy Zollo, Regional Vice President, EMEA at Digital Security Company: Imperva
Imperva is the comprehensive digital security leader on a mission to help organisations protect their data and all paths to…
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Nintendo Switch moves 22% fewer units but digital games sales are up
Digital Property Recognition Will Guide The Market On Its Innovation Journey
The Kettari Foundation founder Endre Birich on how blockchain has fundamentally changed property relations The explosive growth of digital technology…
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Western Digital Corp. (WDC) Earnings: 3Q23 Key Numbers
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) reported revenue of $2.8 billion for the third quarter of 2023, which was down 36% year-over-year. Net loss was $572 million, or $1.82 per share, […]
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