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Parkinson’s meds are hard to grab, so TikTok users crowdsourced a solution

The Verge

He started sketching designs for a 3D-printable bottle that would remove the need to dig for an individual pill. Alldridge has graphic design experience, but he had never tried making a 3D-printable object before. But the 3D printmakers of TikTok had already latched on to the idea. Illustration by Brian Alldridge. And it didn’t.

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Tech Moves: SoundCommerce vet launches startup; Microsoft Federal leader departs; and more

GeekWire

. — After selling her startup OwnTrail, Seattle tech vet Rebekah Bastian joined Seattle 3D printer maker Glowforge as senior vice president of product. SeaCiti, a nonprofit of the Washington Technology Industry Association that aims to help tech workers create local impact, hired Terrence Stevenson as director.

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‘Most unusual and difficult year of my life’: Personal and pandemic struggles aside, Bill Gates is hopeful

GeekWire

“Like many people, there were entire days this year when the only human interaction I had was through a screen,” Gates wrote about his own social isolation and life online. ” He added that he believes that governments need to regulate what you can and can’t use social media for. GeekWire Photo).

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Tech Moves: Hiya adds startup vets; Bellevue College taps former governor as interim president; and more

GeekWire

3D content platform Unity Technologies appointed Scott Pitasky as chief people officer. He recently joined the board of nonprofit research organization The Allen Institute. Roberts was previously CTO of cybersecurity company DomainTools, Rouxbe Online Cooking School and SixthEye, a social network for wine enthusiasts.

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Why you should care about Facebook’s big push into the metaverse

Vox

It’s the metaverse — defined most simply as a virtual world where people can socialize, work, and play — and Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes it is the future of the internet and of his trillion-dollar company. Many critics and skeptics have mocked Zuckerberg’s plan to change Facebook from a social media company to a metaverse company.

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If it doesn’t take our jobs, AI could make work better

Vox

It’s very natural to feel threatened by new technology, especially technology that’s really good at what you do,” said Stephanie Yamkovenko, a group manager for the digital marketing team at Khan Academy, an education nonprofit that has partnered with GPT-4 maker OpenAI since September. I wanted to create form In 3D space, sculpt, create.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

She led a research project on the Future of Data and investigated topics such as 3D printing, social enterprise, and the evolving role of the state. Chung has been a Co-Curator of TEDxSingapore, and she continues to advise teams of undergraduate students about their management consulting projects for clients in the social sector.

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