Walmart is using VR to help decide who should get promotions

Walmart is using VR to help decide who should get promotions

Fast Company     •     July 1, 2019, 4:15 pm

Walmart has used VR to test how well 10,000 workers perform in challenging situations—data that informs whether those employees will be promoted to management positions. Walmart, the largest private…

Even Samsung’s CEO is embarrassed by the Galaxy Fold

Fast Company     •     July 1, 2019, 6:00 pm

In a stunning admission, Samsung CEO DJ Koh calls the Galaxy Fold debacle “embarrassing.” He says he rushed the company’s foldable phone to market—and it backfired. Samsung is giving contrition a try…

I'm a born and bred New Yorker and went to Times Square to learn why 50 million people visit every year. I still don't get it.

Feedburner     •     July 1, 2019, 8:34 pm

Frank Olito/ INSIDER As a New Yorker, I avoid Times Square at all costs and never understood why so many tourists flock to the area.  One afternoon, I decided to spend a few hours in Times Square to…

US stocks surge to a record close after Trump and Xi's trade-war truce

Feedburner     •     July 1, 2019, 8:37 pm

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque US stocks soared Monday following US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping's weekend meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan. The S&P 500 notched…

Everything we know about uBiome, the startup that convinced Silicon Valley that testing poop was worth $600 million, and then saw its top leaders depart amid an FBI investigation

Feedburner     •     July 1, 2019, 8:37 pm

Erin Brodwin uBiome was founded in 2012 on the promise of helping ordinary people understand the bacteria living in and on them, known as their microbiome. The company eventually raised $105 million…