EY plans hybrid working future in the UK

Warehouses Look to Robots to Fill Labor Gaps, Speed Deliveries

Growing numbers of self-driving machines are shuttling clothing and sports equipment down warehouse aisles, pulling bins of groceries, cosmetics and industrial parts from high stacks and handing off goods to human workers to help deliver orders faster. Some logistics operators are testing forklifts that can be operated from remote locations, allowing employers in tight labor markets to draw from a geographically broader pool of workers.

1 big thing: SPACs go to Congress

Andrew Park of Americans for Financial Reform also testified that because SPACs are not subject to the same liabilities for making false and misleading forward-looking statements, the method has “emboldened” pre-revenue companies (electric vehicles, cryptocurrency, space exploration) to make “what might generously be called very rosy projections.”…

If You Don’t Want To Return To The Office Or Stay At Home Everyday, There’s Now A Third Attractive Way To Work

Landlords were terrified. The remote-work trend during the dark days of the pandemic looked like office buildings were a relic of a past antiquated age. In a time of social distancing, corralling thousands of human beings into close contact in steel enclosures for eight to 10 hours under fluorescent lights and forced air seemed barbaric.

NOW LIVE! The Future of Retail: Turning Data into Profit Trailer

Sandy Sigal, President and CEO of Newmark Merrill Companies, takes viewers through the most disruptive and valuable technology solutions in retail real estate.

Latch Announces Expansion into Commercial Office Space with Launch of LatchOS for Offices

In addition to bringing its full-building operating system to commercial offices for the first time, Latch also launches Latch Visitor Express, set to streamline visitor access with pilots at the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center and Brookfield Place May 24, 2021 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Latch, Inc. today announced the expansion of its full-building enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, LatchOS, into commercial offices, bringing Latch’s …

This $68 billion Australian city wants to become the next Silicon Valley

Travel up the sunny shores of Australia’s Gold Coast, 25 kilometers outside of Brisbane, and you’ll find Greater Springfield, a city that’s different by design. You may never have heard of it. Unsurprising; the city is not yet 30 years old. But that isn’t holding it back. In a few years, it could be the next Silicon Valley, says developer Springfield City Group (SCG).

What cities will be most affected by climate change?

At this point, pretty much everyone is aware of climate change and the fact that, well, it sucks. The reality is that climate change is already changing your life — and your location plays a huge role in what its continued impact will be. It’s hard to decisively say which cities are at the most risk due to climate change because there are so many factors at play: It’s not only about warming temperatures, but also about rising sea levels, increased risks for crop hazards, natural disasters, and m…

For Startup Leaders, SPACs Have Lost Their Allure

Skeptical CEOs say they are turning down offers from special-purpose acquisition companies, deleting their solicitous emails and tapping the brakes on merger deals amid nosediving shares and disappointed investors.

Buildings IOT Raises $10 Million to Help Make Buildings Smarter, Healthier, and Cost Efficient

CONCORD, Calif., May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — As retail and office buildings focus on optimizing equipment performance and providing healthy indoor environments, Buildings IOT announced that the company secured a $10 million growth investment with Keyframe Capital. As a provider of software, services, and solutions for every aspect of building systems management, Buildings IOT streamlines building data and makes it easier and more cost effective for owners and operators to maintain assets th…