Every day hundreds of men climb the 9,000 feet to the summit of Mount Ijen located in Java, Indonesia and then trek 3,000 feet down into the crater to break slabs of sulfur. Each load of sulfur is around 100-135 pounds, which is the approximate total body weight of the miners.
Many of these men do not wear gas masks and carry their loads of sulfur up a steep volcano wearing sandals versus shoes.
Hungryroot delivers AI-powered grocery experience
July 17, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now.
There’s Netflix for movies. Stitch Fix for clothes. Hungryroot, an AI-powered delivery service, hopes to occupy a similar niche for online groceries in the United States.
The recommender system…
After several reports of criminals unlocking people’s iPhones and managing to access users’ bank accounts in Brazil, the São Paulo state police were able to arrest one of these gangs.
According to Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, four men were arrested yesterday…
Apple @ Work: Prevent employees from upgrading to the iOS 15 and macOS Monterey public betas through your MDM
July 17, 2021
Apple’s public betas for iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey have been available for the past few weeks. While there is a lot of excitement around them for business and personal reasons alike, there is also a lot to consider for IT departments when employees want to upgrade before they’ve had time to verify and rectify any compatibility issues. So let’s look at how IT departments can limit…
Back in high school, prom night saw several of the senior elite roll up to the dance in fancy limos. Something tells me that if I had pulled the same move in this funny stretch limousine electric tricycle, I might not have gotten a quick invite to the cool kids’ table. But…
CIRP: US buyers bought more expensive iPhones, traded in their old ones earlier in Q2 2021
July 17, 2021
CIRP surveyed 500 US customers who bought an iPhone, iPad, Mac or an Apple Watch in the April-June quarter of this year. And what the researchers found is that Apple customers are spending more money than in previous quarters.
While the general trend in the industry (and for…
All of the other Chinese smartphone brands have benefited from Huawei’s international demise (except Honor), but none more than Xiaomi, and today’s news comes to confirm this fact yet again.
According to Canalys, in the second quarter of 2021, Xiaomi was the second biggest smartphone maker globally in terms of sales.
As you can see, Samsung is still No.1 with 19% market share…
Yesterday a rumor started doing the rounds claiming Honor is holding a global launch event on August 12, and today the company itself has confirmed this to us through an invite.
As you can see, the invite specifically mentions the Honor Magic3 series, and it also gives us a…
Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 11 were top sellers in Q2 2021, iPhone 12 mini got the cold shoulder
July 17, 2021
We recently reported on a research by which analyzed for how long Apple users were holding on to their older iPhones.
Another interesting angle of the research however was which were the most popular new iPhone models in this period.
The research looked at iPhones were…
Samsung announced the Galaxy M21 last March and it will introduce the 2021 edition called the Galaxy M21 2021 Edition on July 21.
This revelation comes from Amazon.in, which tells us that the Galaxy M21 2021 Edition – previously rumored to be called the Galaxy M21 Prime Edition – will be announced in India next Wednesday as a part of Amazon’s Prime Day launches.
The e-commerce…
