Leo’s Twitter Updates for 2008-01-01

Turkish coffee and a flight to Aswan where we meet the Sun Boat IV. Sarkozy and Blair are in town, snarling the traffic. #
Happy 2008 to my friends in the US. It’s been a great year so far here in GMT +2! #

Microsoft stays silent on potential Huawei Windows ban - The Verge 22 May 2019

Self-driving trucks begin mail delivery test for U.S. Postal Service - Reuters 22 May 2019

(Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday started a two-week test transporting mail across three Southwestern states using self-driving trucks, a step forward in the effort to commercialize autonomous vehicle technology for hauling freight.

Why Workers Without College Degrees Are Fleeing Big Cities - The New York Times 22 May 2019

The clerical jobs that cities used to offer are largely gone, replaced by computer software or outsourced to other parts of the world. Moreover, the wage bump that big cities used to offer janitors and cashiers has mostly disappeared. Those who used to hold middle-income positions have dropped down the wage scale, competing for jobs […]

Facebook releases a trio of maps to aid with fighting disease outbreaks | TechCrunch 20 May 2019

The new high-resolution population density maps will estimate the number of people living within 30-meter grid tiles, and provide insights on demographics, including the number of children under five, the number of women of reproductive age, as well as young and elderly populations. These maps aren’t built using Facebook data, but are instead built by […]

Tesla: Insane or Clever – Monday Note 20 May 2019

“The average Tesla car is currently parked for 22 hours per day. Starting next year, owners will be able to flip a switch inside the Tesla app, and send out their car to pick up and drop off passengers autonomously, earning an estimated 65 cents per mile in fares. […] owners might be able to […]

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