Cryptographers Are Getting Closer to Enabling Fully Private Internet Searches | WIRED wired.com/story/cryptogr…

SAP to restructure 8,000 jobs in push towards AI, shares hit record reuters.com/technology/sap…

Elon Musk Says Neuralink Has Implanted Brain Chip in Human wsj.com/tech/elon-musk…

7 reasons why everyone’s confused about shrink and theft retaildive.com/news/retail-sh… via Retail Dive

BREAKING: #Earthquake Magnitude 4.5 Located - 12 km NW of Malibu, CA 2024-02-09 21:47:27 (UTC) 34.071°N 118.907°W 13.9 km depth String shaking in #Ventura,CA lasted 12 seconds in two waves

#Ventura, California Flash Flood Warning until 1030 PST.

Very Cool! Latigo Biotherapeutics Debuts with $135 Million Series A Financing to Develop Non-Opioid Pain Medicines latigobio.com/latigo-biother…

Boeing shakes up leadership: Head of Boeing’s 737 program will leave the company washingtonpost.com/transportation…

How Fat Leonard compromised admirals in charge of Navy intelligence washingtonpost.com/investigations…

#MountainFire UPDATE: The fire has crossed Highway 118 and is now impacting the Camarillo Heights area. Evacuation orders are in effect, and we urge residents to follow these orders for their safety. Several individuals have been injured and transported to local hospitals.

Amazing work by VCscanner on progression of the #MountainFire

After the storm. Snow capped mountains north of Ventura CA.

TikTok Shop isn’t revolutionary but integrative. They’ve collapsed the marketing funnel into a seamless experience connecting discovery to instant purchase. Winning brands master cross-channel experiences, not just social media commerce optimization. retailwire.com/discussion/is-…

The biggest threat to Goodwill Industries International is disintermediation. Why donate to Goodwill when you can sell directly on Facebook Marketplace, Poshmark, or OfferUp? Younger generations are increasingly considering the resale value over the donation value.  retailwire.com/discussion/goo…

Smart CPG companies can stay ahead of the complex regulatory landscape now, rather than playing catch-up in a fragmented regulatory landscape. retailwire.com/discussion/gen…

Amazon has built Prime Day into a cultural event—something it created—and now ironically has to work harder to maintain mindshare in the very category it pioneered. It’s like a hit TV show needing longer episodes to maintain ratings. retailwire.com/discussion/ama…

Mechanisms that merely increase dwell times without respect for the desired in-store engagement model will not be sufficient and counterproductive at worst. retailwire.com/discussion/inc…

RFID’s evolved beyond simple inventory counts to understanding retail physics—fundamental forces governing how products, people, and profits interact in physical space, moving from a better inventory paradigm to behavioral insights and predictive commerce. retailwire.com/discussion/is-…

Fatigue can set in anytime when hype and reality collide. Still, the heart of the matter is whether retail organizations will mature their strategies and adoption processes to match AI’s advancing capability. retailwire.com/discussion/ai-…