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Amongst the big tech companies in India, Twitter is currently the odd one out. Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp have already complied with India’s new intermediary rules. However, the microblogging platform is yet to do that. Yesterday, the Delhi high court directed Twitter to comply with these rules within three weeks. Notably, Twitter had asked the government of India for at least a three-month extension to implement the necessary steps. [Read: This dude drove an EV from the Netherlands to New Zealand — here are his 3 top road trip tips] Lawyer Amit Acharya had filed the petition against the social network last week… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Twitter from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2S2K9pn

This article was written by Natalie Sauber, Market Intelligence Lead at Arcadis UK on The Urban Mobility Daily, the content site of the Urban Mobility Company, a Paris-based company which is moving the business of mobility forward through physical and virtual events and services. Join their community of 10K+ global mobility professionals by signing up for the Urban Mobility Weekly newsletter. Read the original article here and follow them on Linkedin and Twitter. Why is everyone talking about hydrogen? If hydrogen fuel is the future, it has been for quite some time. In 1874, science fiction author Jules Verne set out… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3i1W6X8

Hybrid vehicle sales skyrocketed in Europe during the first quarter of 2021, reaching roughly 256,000 (up 264% year-over-year), EV-volumes.com reports. Hybrids remain a much more popular choice than battery electric vehicles, but the question is whether they are actually sustainable and good for the environment. A collaborative study by the European Federation for Transport and Environment and Greenpeace has found that CO2 emissions from plug-in hybrid vehicles are up to 2,5 times greater than official tests and manufacturer marketing suggests. Based on data gathered from over 20,000 plug-in hybrid drivers around Europe, the average plug-in hybrid car produces around 28 tonnes of… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3c5F0Ut

TLDR: The Global Drone 4K Platinum Version is a compact, durable, stable flying drone with a fantastic 4K camera onboard, all for less than $100 with this extra Memorial Day Sale deal. The way drones have become an everyday part of life is fascinating enough, but as the proliferation continues, their creep is spreading into places you likely never expected.  Sony is working on a patent for technology that would use a network of drones to throw a noise cancellation net over a space, particularly in a busy open area like a public park or outdoor shopping area. Meanwhile, the… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3fDsaic

TLDR: The Toybox 3D Printer Deluxe Bundle is a kid-friendly 3D printing kit that allows youngsters to bring all their toy ideas to life easily and safely, even without adult supervision. Since the days of wide-eyed, open-mouthed awe while the first wave of 3D printers showed off the marvels they could create, most viewers had the same thought: Kids would go nuts with this.  But while 3D printing technology has improved and advanced over the past few years, printers themselves have largely remained prohibitively expensive and just way too difficult for a child to master easily to bring all their… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3c2JzP9

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Google Photos is ending its free unlimited storage tier starting June 1, 2021. The images and videos uploaded to your account prior to that date won’t count against your allotted storage space. So, if you want to hoard more photos in your Google Photos account, you need to be mindful about what are you storing. Google’s new tool will help you out with clearing unnecessary and large photos and videos from the cloud. Here’s how you… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Google from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3fzFO5X

Digital video surveillance systems can’t just identify who someone is. They can also work out how someone is feeling and what kind of personality they have. They can even tell how they might behave in the future. And the key to unlocking this information about a person is the movement of their head. That is the claim made by the company behind the VibraImage artificial intelligence (AI) system. (The term “AI” is used here in a broad sense to refer to digital systems that use algorithms and tools such as automated biometrics and computer vision). You may never have heard… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3uAFGHT

Google plans to ditch third-party cookies on Chrome next year — just like Apple’s Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox browser has done. To replace the cookies system, the company introduced a new product called Privacy Sandbox that will let advertisers gather some amount of data without compromising users’ data integrity. Last week, the company has assured that it won’t build any backdoors to this sandbox for its own apps. Jerry Dischler, the company’s VP for Ads, said at a virtual marketing event that the company’s own app won’t take any shortcuts: We’ll be using these APIs for our own ads and measurement… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Google from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3iiI0kr

From NotPetya to SolarWinds, it’s a problem that’s not going away any time soon. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/2R5m4he

Last Thursday, Britain‘s first autonomous shuttle was launched in Cambridge, where it drove around the university campus as part of its first testing, METRO reports. Although you’d expect that its autonomous function would be in the spotlight, there’s another feature which undoubtedly steals the show: its extremely ugly appearance. Credit: Greater Cambridge Partnership Doesn’t it remind you of one of those insects with exoskeletons that are so terrifying to look at? Or maybe of a destructive and angry Transformer that could easily be named “Shuttle-tron”? And the British flag paint job doesn’t really help, does it? Credit: Greater Cambridge Partnership The shuttle’s… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2R63ju6

Today, one of the largest chipmakers in the world, Intel, said that it might take a couple of years for the worldwide chip shortage to settle down. Pat Gelsinger, the CEO of the company, emphasized severity of the problem yet again during a virtual session of the Computex conference after highlighting it first in April.  Intel’s not the first or only company to raise the alarm about this global crisis. In April, South Korean tech giant Samsung noted that this problem is hitting its smartphone and appliances business. The company said that it has to “rebalance” its production plans to manage its sales… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: iPad from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3fG7mXL

Emerging technologies are transforming our lives in ways we’ve never seen before. From algorithms anticipating financial opportunities to fridges compiling your grocery list, there’s no doubt tremendous technological leaps are being made. However, too often, the economic and social benefits of these technologies remain concentrated in developed countries.  That’s why a growing population of innovative entrepreneurs from emerging markets are taking hold of the opportunities emerging tech can bring to build products, find solutions, and provide services that meet the needs of the other 85% of the global population.  This movement has the potential to help close the gap between… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3fAhNvV

Love your competitors? You might think I’ve got a screw loose, as this doesn’t sound like the mantra ambitious startups need to become market leaders.  But hear me out, it’s not as absurd as it sounds. Instead of spending your time obsessing over competing businesses doing better than your company, take the time to analyze what exactly they’re doing right. Once you’ve identified that, you’ll find the space and the methods for your own business to grow and prosper.  And how do I know? Because that’s exactly what happened to me. Flashback to the early days First, let’s take a… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3p6RsIT

The fast-charging race is on, and it’s fun to watch manufacturers one-up each other with new battery tech. Today, Xiaomi claimed that it has achieved new speeds in both wired and wireless charging. It said that it has custom-built 200W wired and 120W wireless chargers. The Chinese manufacturer said that the 200W charger can fully juice up a device with a 4,000 mAh battery in 8 minutes and the 120W wireless charger can do the same task in 15 minutes. That’s pretty fast. For reference, a OnePlus 9 Pro with a 4,500mAh battery and 65W wired charger juices up fully in… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Xiaomi from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3fBX22Y

TLDR: Scrivener 3 for Mac is a long-form writing tool that offers writers all the tools for researching, organizing, writing, and editing work in a workflow tailored to each user. Microsoft Word is a heritage program for a reason. For 95 percent of all types of writing projects, its streamlined functionality, ease of use, and complete availability make it an absolute no-brainer of a writing tool for almost everyone. But oh, that last 5 percent. The irony of Word is that if you’re a serious professional writer, a scribe of books, manuscripts, scholarly works, and more, then Word becomes…well, a… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3p5fPqn

TLDR: This offer for a Degoo Premium Mega Backup Plan includes 15TB of cloud storage for life at the rock bottom Memorial Day Sale price of only $129.99. With so many companies now vying for your cloud storage dollar, it helps to just break down the numbers and see who’s really offering you the best deal for your money. And if you’re like most of us in this video-heavy, data-intensive age of rapidly growing file sizes, you should probably lean in the direction of having too much cloud space rather than not enough. If you go with Google Drive, you… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3uzNMR0

The covert channel bug demonstrates a fundamental fact of CPUs: even new ones have vulnerabilities. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/3vEmSca

Last week, Google Research held an online workshop on the conceptual understanding of deep learning. The workshop, which featured presentations by award-winning computer scientists and neuroscientists, discussed how new findings in deep learning and neuroscience can help create better artificial intelligence systems. While all the presentations and discussions were worth watching (and I might revisit them again in the coming weeks), one, in particular, stood out for me: A talk on word representations in the brain by Christos Papadimitriou, professor of computer science at the University of Columbia. In his presentation, Papadimitriou, a recipient of the Gödel Prize and Knuth Prize, discussed… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/34s0TZY

This article was written by Max Gruenig, Senior Policy Advisor at E3G and Co-founder, POCACITO on The Urban Mobility Daily, the content site of the Urban Mobility Company, a Paris-based company which is moving the business of mobility forward through physical and virtual events and services. Join their community of 10K+ global mobility professionals by signing up for the Urban Mobility Weekly newsletter. Read the original article here and follow them on Linkedin and Twitter. If we mean business with our pledge to keep global temperature increase below dangerous levels, then we have no time to lose to take action.… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3fWY2xf

People preparing for a post-vax summer are likening themselves to the emerging insects. WIRED commissioned one cicada for its take. from Ideas Latest https://ift.tt/3i9AZlT

Are we alone in the universe? The famous Seti (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) programme has been trying to answer this question since 1959. American astronomer Carl Sagan, and many others, believed that other human-like civilisations must exist, and that we could communicate with them. But sceptics are not convinced, arguing the lack of evidence for such civilisations suggests they are exceedingly rare. But if other human-like civilisations are unlikely to exist, could there exist other forms of life – perhaps better suited than us to spread in the cosmos? And would it be possible for such lifeforms to communicate with… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3vAf0Iy

On May 7, a pipeline system carrying almost half the fuel used on the east coast of the United States was crippled by a major cyber attack. The five-day shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline resulted in widespread fuel shortages and panic-buying as Virginia, North Carolina and Florida declared a state of emergency. The attack highlights how vulnerable critical infrastructure such as fuel pipelines are in an era of growing cyber security threats. In Australia, we believe the time has come to make it compulsory for critical infrastructure companies to implement serious cybersecurity measures. Collateral damage The risk of cyber attacks… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3fxeSnF

TLDR: The Nordic Hygge AirChill Evaporative Cooler is a personal desktop-sized air conditioner that saves money with both lower energy costs and its special Memorial Day Sale price. With summer temperatures already starting to ratchet up across the U.S., residents everywhere are bracing for those sky-high summer utility bills and already trying to take steps to keep those costs in check this year. With homeowners and renters in states like Arizona facing energy bills of over $470 to cool their homes this summer, everyone needs to consider ways of staying cool that don’t involve firing up that central cooling system.… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2R3B5QF

TLDR: From premium sound, top flight noise cancelling, and solid ergonomics, the Treblab Z2s are a quality headphone option for those not looking to break the bank on their audio needs. You’ll never hear us say anything derogatory about elite headphone brands like Sennheiser or Bose or HiFiMan. For the most part, their headphones belong on the Mount Olympus of quality audio equipment. But seriously…are you really going to spend $3,000 or more on a pair of headphones? Unless you’re Elon Musk or Bill Gates, probably not. But the truth is, for every high end brand crafting headphones selling for… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3i3XF6S

Plus: A major hack in Japan, Citizen app run amuck, and more of the week's top security news. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/3i22MVh

This article was written by Olivier Bonfils, Senior Business Advisor at Helsinki Business Hub on The Urban Mobility Daily, the content site of the Urban Mobility Company, a Paris-based company which is moving the business of mobility forward through physical and virtual events and services. Join their community of 10K+ global mobility professionals by signing up for the Urban Mobility Weekly newsletter. Read the original article here and follow them on Linkedin and Twitter. The Business of Mobility is an Urban Mobility Company series highlighting some of the most successful new businesses in the mobility sector. Featuring a closer look… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/34tHV58

BravoMovies isn't real. But it puts in a remarkable amount of effort trying to trick you into believing that it is. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/2R1DRG6

If you’re an iPhone user, check your storage now by selecting Settings, then General, and then iPhone Storage. You’ll probably see a lot of recognizable categories eating up your storage — apps, photos, and so on. But there is one, often rather large category, that may raise concerns: “Other”. It’s shaded light grey and often represents a significant proportion of the overall storage available. There is one, often rather large category, that often raises concerns: ‘other’. Author provided What is ‘Other’? For more detail, scroll down and tap the “Other” category (right at the end). It doesn’t say much —… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3p3ltZT

A new phishing campaign from Russian spies targeted USAID among others. But it's less an escalation than a regression to the mean. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/3fO3nae

Digital researchers and aid groups say free mapping tools like Google Earth are too imprecise. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/3wE63Ou

Black Lab Games and Slitherine are gearing up for the June 15 launch of Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector. I got my hands on a preview copy so I could give you fair warning: you’re going to want to take the day off. Maybe the week. Battlesector is a much-anticipated strategy game that puts you in control of an evolving army of Space Marines as they embark on a crusade against invading… aliens or something. I’m going to be honest: I don’t know a lot about the Warhammer universe. It’s among gaming’s most popular franchises (both tabletop and video screen), but I’m what… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/34q7C6q

Kia seems to be putting serious work in marketing it’s First Edition EV6, which will be launched in the US in the beginning of 2022. As CNET reports, the company announced on Thursday that the first 1,500 people to preorder a First Edition EV6 models will get an extra bonus: a free Apple Watch. According to Kia, the Apple Watch isn’t a random choice. It will allow customers to use the Kia Connect suite of services that come as part of the car.  And if you happen to already have an Apple Watch, Kia has other gifts for you. You could get… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3yIER2R

TLDR: The Spade Smart Ear Wax Remover is a smart and safe way to see and remove wax buildup in your ear canals, now at with an extra Memorial Day Sale savings. This is going to be…well, a little bit gross — but we’ve gotta talk about earwax. Specifically, your earwax. And even more specifically, how all that earwax you’re currently carrying around might actually be impacting your hearing. For those who instantly think that’s an impossibility, it’s not. A medical study found accumulated earwax is actively affecting how about 10 percent of people are hearing right now. And earwax… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/34qCOTf

TLDR: 12min Micro Book Library offers almost 2,000 micro book text and audio summaries of nonfiction bestsellers so your learning never ends. It’s also now at one of its lowest prices ever. It’s always great when a bunch of discounts all come together and stack up with each other nicely, slashing the price on an already cool product down to what becomes a ridiculously low final total. That’s happening right now for book lovers, who can now enjoy a lifetime subscription to the entire archive of works in the 12min Micro Book Library at one of its lowest prices ever… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3upZKMR

Standards is a series explaining various tech protocols, looking at their practical implementation, and where we could find them in devices around us. Fitness bands and watches have thrown around numbers at our faces and motivate us to be more healthy. All these smart wearables have two primary measures: the number of steps taken and the number of active calories burnt in a day. Apple pioneered the system to display three rings for calories, steps, and standing. It edges you to complete them out for the day to feel we’ve been active enough. Other smart band makers have also followed rings or a… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/34rBRKk

New observations of the Mars reveal evidence of volcanic eruptions on that world during the last 50,000 years. This remarkably short period of time (on geological or astronomical scales) could alter our views of the geology — and potential biology — of the Red Planet. Three to four billion years before our time, volcanoes erupted across the surface of the Red Planet. Smaller, more localized, eruptions continued until three million years ago. But, little evidence was found suggesting that volcanoes on Mars remain geologically active today. “Volcanic activity on Mars peaked during the Noachian and Hesperian periods but has continued since then… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: NASA from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2SDiVFH

This article was written by Augustin Friedel, Smart Mobility Expert onThe Urban Mobility Daily, the content site of the Urban Mobility Company, a Paris-based company which is moving the business of mobility forward through physical and virtual events and services. Join their community of 10K+ global mobility professionals by signing up for the Urban Mobility Weekly newsletter. Read the original article here and follow them on Linkedin and Twitter. Moving closer to operational setups across the world, here is the latest update of the global Autonomous Driving Network, showcasing most of the disclosed partnerships, collaborations and investments on the path to… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3fQgfNd

Tesla is starting to use its cabin cameras to make sure that drivers are paying attention when the Autopilot and the Full Self-Driving features are engaged. This information comes from Kevin Smith who tweetted the respective software update of his Tesla Model Y. Delivery was super smooth. Summon and lane departure avoidance disabled for now, increased follow distance, hard cap at 75, requires auto brights or kicks out of AP, cabin camera for driver monitoring.. nothing unexpected yet. pic.twitter.com/gKIkHSGNI7 — Kevin Smith (@spleck) May 27, 2021 Here’s the automaker’s statement, as can be seen from the photos of the tweet.… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Tesla from The Next Web https://ift.tt/34o6YXl

In September 1977, Voyager 1 was launched to space on a journey to visit Jupiter and Saturn, before heading out to the stars. NASA’s robotic explorer reached the heliopause — leaving the solar system (by one major standard) — in 2012. Now, a new study focused on a hum heard by the intrepid space shows this overlooked signal could tell us a great deal about the distant void lying outside our solar system. Voyager 1 is now over 22.5 billion kilometers (14 billion miles) from Earth, soaring through a diffuse mixture of particles and gas called the interstellar medium. This hum,… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3fRGumf

OneLab, an experimental software division of OnePlus, has released its second app this month in the form of well-being-focused wallpapers. The app, called WellPaper, puts informative backgrounds on your home screen to tell you how much time you’re spending on your mobile apps. The app currently has three wallpapers to show you the time you spent on six different categories of apps such as tools, lifestyle & communication, games, and entertainment — each represented by a different color. Once you set the wallpaper, you can double-tap on any empty space to see how much time you’ve spent with that category of apps. One… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3yJ2yIh

It’s hard to notice oddities in your culture — they just feel “normal.” But there’s nothing universal about what you consider common sense. It’s all shaped by the world you grew up in. The book American Ways by Gary Althen taught me this clearly. The intended audience is non-Americans who need to interact with Americans, so the book is full of tidbits that make me feel like an alien specimen undergoing examination. Like this: When they first encounter another person, Americans engage in a kind of conversation they call small talk. The most common topic of small talk is the… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3fuBOUE

Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), a website built and maintained by security researcher Troy Hunt, is one of the top destinations to find out if your email ID or password has been part of a data breach. Hunt, also Microsoft Regional Director for security, announced last night that he’s making the website open-sourced so others can contribute to the project and make it easier to find your compromised credentials. He had first announced his intention of making this project available to other services last August.  As a first step, Hunt and .NET foundation are making the pwned password module open-sourced. This… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3oW7jK6

The country's “traceability” requirement would undermine the privacy of the encrypted messaging app's users far beyond its borders. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/3fueG8J

All signs are pointing to the 4K Nintendo Switch, which some have dubbed the Switch Pro, being announced soon. Like, really soon. According to a report by Bloomberg, the device will be released in September or October, will begin to be shipped by assemblers in July, and could be announced before E3. Considering E3 begins June 12, that means the announcement is likely just days away. Reportedly, the announcement may come before the event so that the games can get some time to shine during E3. The new Switch is reported to have Nvidia’s latest graphics technology and a 7-inch OLED… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Nintendo from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3yLOMEM

Sony‘s upcoming WF-1000XM4 earbuds, a replacement for the already quite good WF-1000XM3, have been leaking extensively over the past couple of months. But thanks to a report by WinFuture, we are now getting our clearest look yet at the devices — including some notable specs. Behold: You can find more images in WinFuture’s report. The seemingly official renders, show a very different design from the XM3s, one that’s apparently smaller — or at least more bulbous. The case definitely looks smaller, which I appreciate as the XM3’s case was absolutely ginormous compared to most options on the market. Here’s what… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Sony from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3wGYdU6

A recent survey conducted by researchers at the IE Center for the Governance of Change indicates that a majority of people would support replacing members of their respective parliaments with AI systems. Yikes. The majority might have this one wrong. But we’ll get into why in a moment. The survey Researchers interviewed 2,769 Europeans representing varying demographics. Questions ranged from whether they’d prefer to vote via smartphone all the way to whether they’d replace existing politicians with algorithms given the chance. Per the survey: 51% of Europeans support reducing the number of national parliamentarians and giving those seats to an… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3c0HbIP

This article was written by Julien Chamussy, CEO of fluctuo on The Urban Mobility Daily, the content site of the Urban Mobility Company, a Paris-based company which is moving the business of mobility forward through physical and virtual events and services. Join their community of 10K+ global mobility professionals by signing up for the Urban Mobility Weekly newsletter. Read the original article here and follow them on Linkedin and Twitter. With a year of pandemic restrictions now elapsed, mobility providers in Europe are taking stock of how rolling curfews, travel restrictions and lockdowns have impacted their businesses. Shared mobility operators are… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3bVPtBI

Last week, the Swedish micromobility operator Voi announced the launch of its redesigned parking racks in the UK, created to “help reduce street clutter and improve e-scooter parking habits.” At the heart of this project lies also the aim to address the needs of blind and partially sighted pedestrians. For that reason, Voi has been collaborating with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) since January.  The new parking racks have extended and raised side panels to enclose the whole length of the e-scooter. They have also increased color contrast on all sides, so that they can be more visually distinctive.… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2RQUlBd

TLDR: Skoove Premium Piano Lessons use artificial intelligence and a good old-fashioned focus on basics to teach any student how to play the piano fast. It’s very roughly estimated that about 25 percent of the population can play the piano. While that accounts for a whole lot of kids who had to sit for mandatory weekly lessons during their youth over the years, the number of real piano players from that group is probably a whole lot smaller. This might surprise you…but learning to play the piano is not easy. Sure, anyone can hunt and peck their way through Chopsticks… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3hXNGjy

The malicious code, which masquerades as ransomware, appears to come from a hacking group with ties to Iran. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/34oA2hs

Queenie Tan is full of financial advice. Whether it is cheap date ideas, buying furniture, saving your first $100,000, doing your tax return, or investing in Dogecoin, there is seemingly no topic the 24-year-old Sydney woman can’t confidently tackle. Her posts and videos have gained her 15,000 followers on Instagram and 42,000 followers on TikTok. Her explainer on Australian tax rules for cryptocurrency capital gains has been viewed more than 360,000 times. Her tips for first home buyers more than 400,000 times. Both videos last less than a minute. Queenie’s qualifications as a financial expert are slim. She has worked… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2SyGb7O

German lawmakers have voted for a bill that will allow highly automated vehicles (Level 4 of autonomous driving) to be used in regular operation by 2022. The bill was passed last Thursday by the lower chamber of parliament, the Bundestag, as a draft law, named “Road Traffic Act and the Compulsory Insurance Act – Act on Autonomous Driving.” The vehicles that qualify as Level 4 autonomous will operate in defined areas and will include: Shuttle transports “People movers” – automatic passenger transport systems for short distances Driverless connections between logistic centers (Hub2Hub transport) Demand-oriented transport services at off-peak times in… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3fnddRw

What do you need to start a successful business? Common sense would say business smarts and of course the know-how to succeed in your industry. But what if you only have the former? The rise of serial entrepreneurship has brought about the era of the non-specialist entrepreneur. These entrepreneurs are generalists who specialize in starting, operating, and scaling businesses and not in the ins and outs of the industry they’re looking to disrupt.  You’ll find them across all industries, with the most lucrative being those still on the cusp of their technological revolution. If your aim is to build and… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3vvl9pe

Earlier this week, Delhi police visited Twitter India’s offices in New Delhi and Gurugram to hand over a notice, but returned disappointed as these workspaces were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The cops wanted to hand over the notice related to an investigation after Twitter had labeled tweets of the ruling party BJP leaders with a “manipulated media” tag. Days later, The government of India sent a letter to significant social media intermediaries — platforms with more than 5 million users — regarding the compliance of new rules that came into effect on May 26. These rules demand faster… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Twitter from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3yJIpSs

When Apple announced in a 2019 blog post that it had patched a security vulnerability in its iOS operating system, the company sought to reassure its customers. The attack that had exploited the vulnerability, Apple said, was “narrowly focused” on websites featuring content related to the Uyghur community. It has since emerged that the vulnerability in question was discovered at China’s principal hacking competition, the Tianfu Cup, where a professional hacker won a prize for his work in uncovering it. The normal protocol would be to inform Apple of the vulnerability. But it’s alleged that, instead, the breach was kept… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: iOS from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3vsyQWa

Twitter announced today that it’s bringing Spaces — its live audio product — to the web. This could mean that I can finally put my phone aside to listen to some interesting conversations or live music. Real-time audio apps have birthed a plethora of new content formats to consume. One of those is “listening to this while working.” This could be a room where someone is playing music, your friends are talking, or people are just silent to enjoy each others’ “company.” I’ve been in plenty of such Clubhouse rooms, but after moments, I eventually pick up my phone to… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Twitter from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3vlDbdD

The University of Kent, Toulouse Business School, ESSCA School of Management, and ESADE Business School conducted research to detect how consumers feel towards the gradual emergence of autonomous vehicles. Through qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys, they uncovered three key concerns and three key benefits, respectively.  Concerns: Performance and safety risks regarding the AI and sensor systems of the vehicles. Loss of driving competency due to the reliance on automated systems. Cybersecurity risks as a result of hacking. Benefits: Freeing of time that would be otherwise spent on driving. Reducing the possibility of human error regarding accidents. Outperforming human capability in activities such… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3fR6PRh

As you might have heard, Tesla is going to remove radar sensors from its North American market Model 3 and Model Y EVs. And it’s already causing problems for the carmaker. Yesterday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) removed certain safety designations for vehicles produced after April 27. The safety body does not give its “check mark” for forward collision warning, lane departure warning, crash imminent braking and dynamic brake support, Reuters reports. In other words, the NHTSA no longer recognizes these Tesla vehicles as being up to its safety standards, now that radar has been removed. It’s worth… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Tesla from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3vsHT9p

Facebook is ready to call out pages that share misinformation repeatedly. The company is debuting a new label that says “This page shares misinformation repeatedly” when you like the page. The firm will link to posts that have been debunked by authorized fact-checkers in the pop-up with more information. That’s a pretty good idea for steering people away from pages that mislead people. But what if someone’s already liked the page? No warning sign for them? Facebook didn’t detail its criterion to determine what constitutes ‘repeatedly’ sharing misinformation. We’ve asked the firm for more details, and we’ll update the story if we hear… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Facebook from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3wzCqxM