What do the tech layoffs really tell us?

<p>Naturally, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/21/23564873/google-microsoft-amazon-layoffs-prime-air-google-brain">tech layoffs</a> are top-of-mind for many of us. Despite comparisons to the dot-com bubble, what we’re seeing right now is different. Here’s <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/01/what-the-tech-and-media-layoffs-are-really-telling-us-about-the-economy/672791/">what the tech and media layoffs really tell us about the economy</a>.</p><p>In praise of analog technology: why Millennials and Gen Z are springing for <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-paper-map-sales-are-booming-11674164824">paper maps</a>.</p><p><a href="https://maketime.blog/">Make Time</a>, a way of “rethinking the defaults of constant busyness and distraction so you can focus on what matters every day,” was developed in response to always-on Silicon Valley culture.</p><p>Wifi routers can now be used to <a href="https://vpnoverview.com/news/wifi-routers-used-to-produce-3d-images-of-humans/">detect the physical positions of humans and map their bodies in 3D</a>. Terrifyingly dystopian or interestingly practical? Why not both?</p><p>In recent accessibility news, a <a href="https://twitter.com/WillettNeuro/status/1617245600898248704">brain-computer interface (BCI) that converts speech-related neural activity into text</a> allows a person with paralysis due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to communicate at 62 words per minute, nearly 3.5 times faster than before. From the <a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.21.524489v1">abstract</a>: “These results show a feasible path forward for using intracortical speech BCIs to restore rapid communication to people with paralysis who can no longer speak.” </p><p>Shoutout to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/help/badges/8842/lifeboat">Lifeboat badge</a> winner <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/6139796/holger">Holger</a> for their answer to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38331143/sort-an-array-containing-numbers-using