Ford Grabs Chance to Rethink Offices
The Wall Street Journal
The No. 2 U.S. auto maker asks 30,000 employees to clear out their desks to make way for workplace revamp.
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Amazon opens its first Amazon Fresh physical grocery store, in LA
TechCrunch
The shift to online shopping has accelerated in the COVID-19 pandemic, but today Amazon made a bold move that underscores its belief that physical stores will remain a key component of how consumers shop. In the Los Angeles neighborhood of Woodland Hills, the e-commerce giant today opened its first Amazon Fresh supermarket….
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Google launches Nest Hub for hotels to close the gap with Amazon
Venture Beat
Google today announced a new hospitality solution with Google Assistant on a Nest Hub tailored for hotel guests to make service requests, check out, play music, make calls, and more. It’s the company’s answer to Alexa for Hospitality, Amazon’s program aimed at bringing its assistant technology into hotels and rentals. Nest Hub for hotels is designed to be a touch-free experience in line with health expert recommendations around COVID-19….
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ABC Launches Tech Alliance to Help Contractors Transform the Construction Process
ABC
The need for technological solutions—both big and small—in the construction industry is clear, especially given changing work conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Matt Abeles, ABC’s vice president of construction technology and innovation. “I look forward to the exceptional products, education and dialogue the Tech Alliance companies will bring to ABC members and our evolving industry, especially as we continue to implement technology to revolutionize the design, build and delivery pro…
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Envisioning the New Normal: Real Estate + Technology: Part 7
Goodwin Law
As the COVID-19 pandemic has sent shockwaves through market operations of most real estate asset classes, the industrial sector has remained largely unscathed – and has even seen growth accelerated by the impacts of the pandemic. While hotel, retail and office property owners and managers are grappling with the financial challenges associated with the virus outbreak and its effects, , participants in the industrial market are in the midst of a robust continuation of pre-pandemic activity.
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6-foot-distancing rule is outdated, Oxford and MIT created new system
Business Insider
In the late 1800s, the German scientist Carl Flügge had a hunch: Maybe if you maintain enough physical distance between people who are sick and those who are well, you can prevent the spread of pathogens from person to person.
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AXIOS
Nine venture capital firms today will announce that they’re now including “diversity riders” in term sheets submitted to startups, requiring that best efforts are made to bring underrepresented investors into the deals.
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XYZ Robotics raises $17M for its pick-and-place logistics robots
TechCrunch
COVID-19 is proving to be a massive driver for robotics investments — and for good reason. Robots don’t call in sick, and they’re far less likely to be disease vectors than their human counterparts. Companies attempting to keep the lights on during this and potential future pandemics are no doubt taking a serious looking at ways to automate their work forces.
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Realtor.com to Include Flood Risk Data on All Listings
The Real Deal
Realtor.com has become the first site to disclose public and private data about flood risk for every home listing, but its competitors are resistant to follow, arguing that the disclosures will devalue homes, NPR reports. …
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Construction take-up of wearable tech on the rise
PlaceTech.
Wearable technology, such as smart helmets and smart watches, is increasingly being adopted by the usually traditional construction industry, as it looks to improve the safety of workers and quickly identify site risks, a report states. The study by Global Data, updated and re-issued, notes that wearable tech such as the smart helmets developed by companies including Australia’s SmartCap Technologies, is helping to increase safety on construction sites.
