No one will be entirely safe from automation in the future, but according to a new study out of the Brookings Institute, around 25 percent of U.S. jobs are at “high risk.” It’s a stark bit of foreshadowing in a job market that has yet t...
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Amazon.com Inc. will use robots to deliver packages in the suburbs north of Seattle, its latest experiment to automate the last-mile of delivery that’s a labor-intensive and costly component of buying products online.
The e-commerce giant on Wednesday
One of tech's most recognizable startup accelerator programs is getting in on the rush to try a new model of company creation: the startup studio.
Techstars announced on Wednesday that it's launched Techstars Studio, a program to "co-create" companies through its network of entrepreneur alumni and corporate partners. Based out of Techstar's home base of Boulder,...
If the average U.S. apartment did the Facebook 10-year challenge, it would reveal itself to be 52 SF skinnier.
Renters all over the country are choosing smaller units with bigger rents, all in the name of proximity to bars, restaurants and cafés, according to a recent study by RentCafé using data by Yardi Matrix. The average size of an apartment built in 2018 in the U.S. was 941 SF — 5...
Singapore’s Orchard Road has been synonymous with shopping for decades. But lately shoppers are swapping sales for sweat sessions in gyms that are becoming an increasingly prevalent part of the landscape.
Fitness First, Virgin Active and Anytime Fitness are expanding rapidly across the island and taking up space in malls. Mega-gym PURE Fitness just took 28,000 square feet of ...
Industrious has signed a partnership agreement with Coretrust Capital Partnersto take 22,275 square feet of formerly vacant space—the entire 13th floor—at the 48-story Citigroup Center at 444 South Flower Street, according to a relea...
In a little less than six months, a team of more than 200 people has transformed The We Company’s HQ in New York.
At a party celebrating the completion of the massive undertaking last week, the NYHQ project team officially handed over the keys to the corporate real estate team. But this is just the first step of planning the workplace of the future.
“We talk a lot around here about how t...
Who’s afraid of “Big Brother?” Apparently, not the British public. In the UK, the number of surveillance cameras mounted in the country range from 2 million to 5 million. Londoners are practically under surveillance at every turn, making it one of the most monitored cities in the world. If that seems excessive, for locals, it’s not—it’s welcomed and embraced.
In fact, a recent YouGo...
CHICAGO, Jan. 24, 2019—Moderne Ventures, a venture investment fund, announced today the eight new companies accepted into its 2019 Moderne Passport Program, an intensive 7-month industry immersion program where companies receive strategic guidance, participate in over 100 one-on-one mentor meetings with senior executiv...
The so-called gig economy shows no signs of slowing — in fact, the opposite is likely true. According to a recent Gallup poll, roughly 57 million people in the U.S. — 29 percent of the country’s workers — have an “alternative work arrangement” as their primary jobs. And by 2020, some firms are forecasting that over