Today is November 3, World Smart Home day and that means its the perfect time to discuss the Internet of Things (IoT). We recently saw the launch (finally!) of Matter, an industry-unifying open standard for smart homes. If youre building IoT devices, this (excuse the pun) matters. Lets dive into what its all about and especially what it means for European businesses. What is Matter? Matter-certified smart lightbulbs Traditionally, smart home devices exist across several ecosystems with limited interoperability. They dont play nicely together and are plagued by the requirement for multiple apps, complex set-ups, and configurations. On…

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Mark Zuckerbergs metaverse dream is giving investors nightmares. His $10 billion annual bet on an embodied internet preceded a plunge in Metas value, a first-ever quarterly revenue decline, and grim forecasts for growth. Horizon Worlds, his initial foray in the space, has only added to concerns. The social platform is regularly derided for slow uptake, persistent bugs, and risible avatars.Despite the mounting criticisms, Zuckerberg remains bullish about making Facebook a metaverse company. But for Herman Narula, the CEO of UK unicorn Improbable, Metas vision overlooks a fundamental issue. The problem is VR, Narula said last week at Stanford University. The…

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Once again, Gen Z leads from behind when it comes to the issues that affect the workplace. All through the pandemic, it has been this cohort that has self-assuredly shown the rest of the working populace how theyd really like things to be done. Studies show that this is the generation that is most values-driven, wants to know that the company they work for is strongly supporting diversity goals, and has an innate need for work-life balance. Gen Z is also the TikTok generation. As much else in their lives is played out on social platforms, so are snippets of…

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Around once a year, a magical thing happens: Apple releases a new version of macOS. When this hallowed day rolls around, you have one option and one option only: to make things as hard for your computer as possible. Look, lifes hard. Actually, lifes more than hard, its brutal. Every day is a challenge thats more pressing than the last. So I ask you this why should your computer have it so easy? If I want to update my life, it takes months, if not years, of hard work for some incremental change but Apple thinks my computer should…

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You might wish you were more passionate about your job. Or that you had the kind of job you could at least imagine being passionate about. Something that made you jump out of bed in the morning, excited about a new day filled with fist pumps and joy. But psychologists differentiate between two types of work-related passion and they may not both appeal, even if youre more than a little fed up with your current role. Harmonious work passion refers to situations in which a person not only enjoys their job, but also has control over their relationship with…

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