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Data breaches and ransomware attacks are worsening, but most people aren’t taking simple steps to protect themselves, according to a report released today that polled 2,000 individuals across the U.S. and U.K. on cybersecurity attitudes and behaviors. The report was conducted by National...

Big hotel companies are adding more all-inclusive resorts, betting that the pandemic will boost a business model that encourages guests to stay in one place. These resorts, where customers pay a flat fee that covers their room, food, drinks and other services, have recovered from the shock of the pandemic faster than other types of hotels, analysts say. They typically cater to tourists, who hav...

Rentigo, a rent processing platform for real estate operators, and HelloRented, the rental finance platform with cutting-edge AI-based underwriting capabilities and a unique, cash-based, alternative security deposit solution, announced today that the two companies have merged to form Qira. The new end-to-end financial services platform supports residential owners, property managers and renters thr...

Nobody really knows what the future of urban transportation looks like, but chances are it will involve an electric skateboard. Why it matters: Automakers like Citroën are imagining a future based on the same basic foundation: A "skateboard" chassis consisting of a flat battery pack and four wheels. What goes on top of the skateboard is open to interpretatio...

Living The Noom, designed by Mexican architects Sanzpont Arquitectura and Pedrajo Mas Pedrajo Arquitectos, is a concept of living designed around wellness and, in particular, the benefits of coexisting with nature—exemplified in the community’s exceptional green cover.

Newmark Group has acquired a majority stake of Space Management, which does business in France as the coworking brand Deskeo, for an unspecified price.

Geoffrey Kasselman of CRG examines the duality of AI and the need for specific and accurate data to leverage it’s full capabilities.  He also discusses the technology that is going up against climate change.

U.S. tech giants Apple, Facebook and Google currently employ tens of thousands of workers across London and, despite the challenges of the last 18 months, all have plans to expand U.K. operations in the months ahead. It’s not just Silicon Valley, however, that sees the U.K. as an attractive expansion market; the fast-growing U.S. proptech community feels much the same way.

In recent months you may have heard about something called the metaverse. Maybe you’ve read that the metaverse is going to replace the internet. Maybe we’re all supposed to live there. Maybe Facebook (or Epic, or Roblox, or dozens of smaller companies) is trying to take it over. And maybe it’s got