How Grab built GrabMaps by using data from drivers, users, and merchants in 500+ Southeast Asian cities, adding 800,000+ km of missing roads to OpenStreetMap
The super-app uses its own drivers and cameras to create hyperlocal maps in eight countries. — • JAKARTA, INDONESIA Mastodon: @sohkamyung@mstdn.io . X: @pitdesi and @anupkaphle . Forums: Hacker News...
A look at the development of an Amazon warehouse in Windsor, CT, where the discovery of multiple nooses on site raises questions about Amazon's responsibilities
The discovery of multiple nooses has set off heated debates about the responsibility of companies and the ability of workers to speak their mind. Tweets: @daveyalba , @daveyalba , @kwameopam , @daveya...
Experts say apps like Nextdoor and Ring's Neighbors give people a false sense that the US crime rate is worsening even as violent crime reaches record lows
Why people are socializing more about crime even as it becomes rarer. — Violent crime in the US is at its lowest rate in decades. Tweets: @nancyleong , @frankpasquale , @ranimolla , @dangillmor , @m...
Profile of Quanttus, a failed startup borne out of research to measure blood pressure with a watch, whose alumns now populate health teams at big tech companies
- In 2012, a group of MIT researchers came up with an idea to measure blood pressure around the clock with a wristwatch. Tweets: @chrissyfarr and @mdmajmudar Tweets: Christina Farr / @chrissyfarr : I ...