The hotel “apologizes for any uneasiness caused.”

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If pinching your phone is something you've always wanted to do, well... you can now. A new high-tech phone case could make that very specific desire possible. Marc Teyssier at Telecom Paris in France and his colleagues have devised an artificial skin for interactive devices that responds to touch. The skin is able to detect a variety of gestures, including sliding, stretching and rotation.

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October means pumpkin spice and everything nice for some people, but for others, it’s all about the thrill of being scared witless. People have been paying for scary experiences for centuries. According to the Smithsonian, early relatives to modern haunted houses began experimenting with morbid themes like dismemberment, for example, at the turn of the 20th century. However, the traditional haunted house didn’t become a cultural icon until the opening of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion in 1969.

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Ants are notoriously much better than humans at organizing their collective traffic flow when foraging for food, but how they manage to do so isn't fully understood. A new study tries to understand the hidden bugs in their code that make them immune to traffic jams.

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IKEA is very much a tech company - using stats and analytics to determine what sells in which market and what doesn’t - so it makes sense that they’d embark on a full-blown “smart home” concept. The interior deco conglomerate is hoping that their “scenes” feature will set them apart from other smart home systems.

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Randstad Malaysia released the latest local results from the Q3 2019 Randstad Workmonitor survey today. The survey revealed that 90% of locally-based respondents are willing to relocate to another country, if that means that they can make career progress and have a healthier work-life balance.

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The biggest ride-hailing tech company in the world is now expanding into the financial scene with something called Uber Money. The concept is means to offer further financial services as well as a payout after each ride or job. The move shows progress for Uber, but is also reflective of a company that’s already future-proofing itself against everything from advancing tech to bigger competitors.

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Imagine if you could follow the journey of Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” from start to finish. You might be surprised to learn that a certain riff or lyric almost didn’t make the cut. The truth is, every song we stream or hear on the radio has gone through several demo versions before release. And this is exactly what music collaboration app Bounce wants you to discover, in hopes of artists collaborating better—and eventually, changing the way people consume music.

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We’ve discussed changing the way in which we work many times on BizBytes, including adjusting the amount of days that are considered a ‘work week’. However, it’s not often that we’ve discussed the amount of hours that are considered a work day, and whether or not you’d give up small-talk to lower those hours in a work day.

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Not everyone gets to see Hamilton live, but is watching Hamilton at home the solution to that? The way we enjoy theater and stage performances is changing thanks to streaming services like Broadway HD. People who aren’t in the vicinity or can’t afford premium tickets to these shows will now get to watch them at home. But is taking theater out of the theater good for the industry?

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