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PLUS Latvia's nomad visa fail, the end of tech layoffs, & why you should care about undersea cables

Hey Insider, I have some really cool things to share with you, but firstā¦ in the last email, I ran a poll to see what your thought about the new sections layout of the emails and it seems it was a hit! So, this will be the layout going forward š
If you donāt like the new layout and didnāt make it known in the poll on Monday, too bad, itās too lateā¦ decision is made! This is why itās important to always vote in our polls š
(speaking of which, I have an important poll at the end of this email as well)
Anyways, todayās email is a 4min 5sec read:
š» Hologram meetings are around the corner
š It seems tech layoffs are over
š Undersea internet cables are in danger
š±š» Latviaās nomad visa dropped the ball
Letās dive inā¦

š® FUTURE OF WORK
Googleās new āProject Starlineā is developing hologram-like meeting tech

We can all agree that Zoom meetings suck, but would they suck less if they were holograms?
Google is betting thatās the case, and while we canāt yet create holograms their new Project Starline is getting pretty closeā¦
Itās about the size of a flatscreen and uses 3 separate cameras at the top, left, and right sides of the screen to take a 3D image of your face which it then assembles on screen using AI.
The idea is that speaking with a 3D version of someone vs the 2D version weāre used to over Zoom is one step closer to making meetings over the internet suck less and more akin to in-person meetings.
Itās also one step closer to doing meetings like the Jediā¦
While you still need the full flatscreen setup, I wouldnāt be shocked to see this standard on laptops!
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šØ WORD ON THE WEB
Weāve (likely) made it through the peak of tech layoffs

Good news! It seems like weāve made it out of the Tech Layoff Massacre of 2023.
Layoffs this quarter are much lower than Q1 and will likely end up being lower than the same time last year which is good news for the sector.
The layoffs had a strong effect on the remote work movement since they made some tech workers think twice about fighting for remote privileges.
š¾ TECH
World leaders are getting worried about undersea internet cables

A partial map of underwater cables. Source: TeleGeography
The internet that we know and love exists today thanks to 1.5 million kilometers of cables that crisscross the world underwater as a popular hacker tourist once recounted, however, today world leaders are getting a little worriedā¦
As the world splinters into multiple camps, these underwater cables could become prime targets for bad actors who want to destabilize a countryās infrastructure.
This would be nothing new, the first time undersea cables were cut for military purposes was in 1898 during the Spanish-American war, and as recently as earlier this year a Taiwanese island lost connectivity after a cable was mysteriously cut.
So this month various world powers got together and announced pacts to protect undersea infrastructure. The UK and Norway are launching a joint defense program and so are the āQuad leadersā - the US, Japan, India & Australia.
š DIGITAL NOMADS
Latviaās digital nomad visa has been around for 1 year and attracted ONLY 5 digital nomads

This month Latviaās digital nomad visa turns 1 year old and reviewing its performance reveals some questionable performanceā¦
Latviaās nomad visa program has attracted only 5 digital nomads! This is especially shocking when you compare it to Portugal whose nomad visa program attracted over 200 digital nomads in just the first 3 months.
There are several likely reasons why Latviaās program is struggling:
Latviaās climate isnāt favorable to nomads
Relatively high min income requirement of ā¬3,500 per month
Lack of information
The latter is likely one of the bigger problems since Latvia simply hasnāt done a good job of communicating about the programās existence. Many digital nomads have no idea itās an option, and searching for ādigital nomadā on Latviaās government websites produces exactly 0 resultsā¦
Although the 2 weeks of summer per year probably donāt help either!
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June 25-July 2: Bansko Nomad Fest [š Bansko, Bulgaria] - for digital nomads, freelancers, and founders in the mountains of Bulgaria
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Todayās email was written by Mitko KarshovskiPos