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  e what others are saying about this topic:  Open on Linkedin Huge breakthrough for non-invasive glucose monitoring on Apple Watch Apple just made a huge breakthrough for non-invasive glucose monitoring on Apple Watch, and this will be their Next BIG Thing 🤯 The tech powerhouse reportedly has a moonshot-style project underway that dates back to the Steve Jobs era: noninvasive and continuous blood glucose monitoring🩸 Dubbed E5, this secret endeavor’s ultimate goal is to measure how much glucose is in someone’s body without needing to prick the skin for blood. After hitting major milestones recently, the company now believes it could eventually bring glucose monitoring to market as part of the Apple Watch ⌚️ The technology is still years away...

High Volatility is normally bad  This is perhaps the most important stock market chart in the world right now. It's ticker symbol VIX. It tracks stock market volatility. And as you can see in the chart above, volatility hasn't been this consistently high since the years following the 2008 crash. It's bad news for investors.

 Tipping getting out of hand In the 18th century, a tip was a gratuity given to a servant. The OED's earliest usage of tip involving waiters comes from 1825: "Sir Harry was liberal in his ‘tips’, and consequently a great favorite of Phillips (the waiter)." In this period, however, the word could also denote a bribe, as in this usage from 1819: "To take the tip is to receive a bribe in any shape."  People complaining about needless ‘back & forth credit card game’ at restaurants. Or pretend ignorance by coffee shop staff when the iPad spins around. Or the prevalence of POS software in new types of shops that  never requested tips before . “Okay, the screen is just gonna ask you a few questions.” ​ Uh-huh, right,, like we both don’t know what this is all about. That last point is the most salient. See, it used to be just a few types of businesses that expected tips. Restaurants, cab drivers, valet parking, housekeeping, etc. But now Americans are seeing prompts...

  The origins of the pink knickers tax The tariff gap originates from industry lobbying in the 1930s and ’40s,  according  to Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell. At the time, domestic producers were concerned about foreign competition for goods that required more labor-intensive production (women’s undies tend to have more intricate designs) and those targeting price-sensitive consumers. Zoom out:  The problem is bigger than just underwear. According to Gresser, apparel tariffs account for 75% of the total cost imposed on US consumers by import taxes, and two-thirds of that comes from women’s clothes. —SK

Help should stop at fighter jets  Good evening. Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Britain to provide Ukraine with fighter jets, as he made an impassioned speech to MPs and met the King at Buckingham Palace during a historic visit to London. Fighter jets would be a mistake and will cause issue with Russia and every other country.

  A Deere in satellites Illustration: Dianna “Mick” McDougall, Photo: John Deere From soil to sky, the agricultural industry has largely embraced the digital revolution. Ag companies have integrated drones, machine learning, AI, and automation into their everyday operations, all with the aim of helping farmers save time, money, and labor. Look up:  Soon, you may be able to add satellites to the list. John Deere, which has previously debuted tech like self-driving tractors, crop-spraying drones, and weed-identifying sprayers, said in January that it was “finalizing a satellite partner” in an effort to create geospatial maps to help analyze crop growth and bring connectivity to remote and rural farmers. The push to connect farmers comes as Deere looks to digitize its revenue sources—last year, it set a  goal to get 10% of its revenue  from software subscription fees by 2030. The company currently offers its customers free connectivity services through its  JDLink ...

 Pee Power Toilets By installing 'pee power' toilets - urinal installations that convert urine into electricity for lighting - at one of the world's most famous music festivals of course. image from https://www.powerful-thinking.org.uk/pee-power-uwe-project-glastonbury-festival/ For 5 years, between 2015 and 2019, University of the West of England partnered with the Glastonbury Festival to provide the toilets that powered the internal lighting, nearby phone charging station and illuminated information panels. As well the engagement with thousands of festival visitors, the initiative made major news channels and generated significant awareness about the challenges of global sanitisation and UWE's innovative research.