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Video games are increasingly incorporating blockchains, the decentralised databases that underpin cryptocurrencies, as well as NFTs and other “digital assets”. New games are emerging expressly to support blockchain technology, while traditional games are being updated to incorporate blockchains. As of October 2021, “crypto gaming” accounted for more than half of the blockchain activity over that quarter. At the same time, a treasury inquiry has led to consumer groups calling for regulation in the crypto market. Crypto evangelists say blockchains are the future of gaming, and crypto gaming is ushering in “Web3” – the so-called next iteration of the internet built… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/17TBcAP

Humanity is edging ever-closer to extinction, but don’t worry — the tech lords have deigned to save us. Elon Musk, for instance, wants to take us to a Martian colony. Sure, many will perish on the journey, but the survivors can enjoy a nightmarish existence, which they’ll fund through indentured labor on the hellscape. Yes. There will be a lot of jobs on Mars! — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 17, 2020 Peter Thiel, meanwhile, will extend children’s lives by giving them blood transfusions. Wait, that’s not quite right — he actually plans to inject himself with children’s blood. The kids… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/uFWD827

Turned into a pop-culture icon by the Back to the Future film franchise, the DeLorean is coming back to life after 39 long years! And the best part? It’s being reimagined as a whole new EV by the incarnated DMC, which was acquired by Stephen Wynne in 1995, after the original company declared bankruptcy. After months of anticipation since it was first teased, we finally get the first proper look of this unique vehicle. Meet the now-called Alpha5+: Credit: DMC Paying tribute to the 1981 DeLorean car, the Alpha5+ retains the sports coupé character, the turbine-style wheels, and the iconic… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/yT37HOU

When it comes to issues like climate change, too many let the perfect become the enemy of the good, while the world burns. from Ideas Latest https://ift.tt/vfptVez

Plus: Google patches 36 Android vulnerabilities, Cisco fixes three high-severity issues, and VMWare closes two “serious” flaws. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/4KVHFMq

Omnichannel’s steady march to ubiquity has continued over the past decade. It seems like literally every brand is now omnichannel. Or are they? According to a report by McKinsey&Company: We find that retailers are often swayed by new technologies that sound promising, but too often don’t deliver. In all the buzz, brands are struggling to be present everywhere, all the time. New platforms and tools are cropping up presenting new opportunities in both the digital and physical marketing space. So where can your brand add the most value in 2022? We listed a few of the most promising trends, and… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/Uk3Oz6R

When a company tells me it’s found a way to not only create a new form of public transport, but also make it financially viable without city funding, I’m skeptical. Silicon Valley company Glydways wants to turn conventional mass public transport on its head, by introducing small, electric automated vehicles or “pod cars” that can carry four people and operate on a network of specially built guideways. They run on-demand (instead of on a timetable) and travel point-to-point with no stops in between. In the future, they might even pick you up at your house. Sounds ambitious and a bit… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/IgMS5zQ

AI now guides numerous life-changing decisions, from assessing loan applications to determining prison sentences. Proponents of the approach argue that it can eliminate human prejudices, but critics warn that algorithms can amplify our biases — without even revealing how they reached the decision. This can result in AI systems leading to Black people being wrongfully arrested, or child services unfairly targeting poor families. The victims are frequently from groups that are already marginalized. Alejandro Saucedo, Chief Scientist at The Institute for Ethical AI and Engineering Director at ML startup Seldon, warns organizations to think carefully before deploying algorithms. He told… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/5dt23yv

It was the veritable search for a needle in a haystack. With drug-resistant bacteria on the rise, researchers at MIT were sifting through a database of more than 100 million molecules to identify a few that might have antibacterial properties. Fortunately, the search proved successful. But it wasn’t a human who found the promising molecules. It was a machine learning program. One compound has been patented under the name Halicin in homage to HAL, the artificial intelligence (AI) in Arthur C Clarke’s classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. Halicin works differently from existing antibiotics, disrupting the bacteria’s ability to access energy,… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/nmV0OXC

The USB-C standard has been long touted as a “one port to rule ‘em all” solution. Sure, it’s universal in the sense of the shape of the port. But the capabilities of a USB-C port and cable can vary widely. Last month, I wrote about why it’s so hard to differentiate one USB-C cable from another. Experts I talked to also noted that there are very few visual markers that tell you what a USB-C cable can do — charging, data transfer, audio, video, or all of them? We can certainly do better. And software can play a part too.… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/gQcHJwx

DPRK hackers are tricking their way into jobs with western firms. A US government alert reminds employers they're on the front lines—and potentially on the hook. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/PkOJ4fH

The first serious accident involving a self-driving car in Australia occurred in March this year. A pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries when hit by a Tesla Model 3, which the driver claims was in “autopilot” mode. In the US, the highway safety regulator is investigating a series of accidents where Teslas on autopilot crashed into first-responder vehicles with flashing lights during traffic stops. A Tesla model 3 collides with a stationary emergency responder vehicle in the US. NBC / YouTube The decision-making processes of “self-driving” cars are often opaque and unpredictable (even to their manufacturers), so it can be hard to… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/eWC7sZ3

It's time to build the Poop Ark, a centralized collection of the entire animal kingdom's feces, for research, de-extinction, and more. from Ideas Latest https://ift.tt/uP0r2ej

This article was originally published on .cult by Neil Green. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. It’s a waste of time to try to learn every new technology. Instead, focus on learning how to learn. The tech industry thrives on the insecurity of software developers. The less a software developer thinks they know, the easier it is to sell them new tech. Top companies like Facebook and Google thrive on this insecurity economy, as it maintains their… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/qU386uy

Let’s suppose you were an astronaut who just landed on the planet Mars. What would you need to survive? For starters, here’s a short list: Water, food, shelter – and oxygen. Oxygen is in the air we breathe here on Earth. Plants and some kinds of bacteria provide it for us. But oxygen is not the only gas in the Earth’s atmosphere. It’s not even the most abundant. In fact, only 21% of our air is made up of oxygen. Almost all the rest is nitrogen – about 78%. Now you might be wondering: If there’s more nitrogen in the… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/CwKL5l6

Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. After sweeping by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, it is now almost 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) from Earth in interstellar space. Both Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, carry little pieces of humanity in the form of their Golden Records. These messages in a bottle include spoken greetings in 55 languages, sounds and images from nature, an album of recordings and images from numerous cultures, and a written message of welcome from Jimmy Carter, who was U.S. president when the spacecraft left Earth in 1977. The Golden Records were… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/zoYqdAX

Plus: A $150 million Twitter fine, a massive leak from a Chinese prison in Xinjiang, and an ISIS plot to assassinate George W. Bush. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/EsThf94

On Sunday, popular American singer songwriter Halsey shared a video on TikTok with tinny music in the background, the on-screen text reading: Basically I have a song that I love that I wanna release ASAP but my record label won’t let me. I’ve been in this industry for 8 years and I’ve sold over 165 million records. And my record company is saying that I can’t release it unless they can fake a viral moment on TikTok. Everything is marketing. And they are doing this to basically every artist these days. I just wanna release music, man. And I deserve… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/fHv670Y

This article is part of our coverage of the latest in AI research. If an adversary gives you a machine learning model and secretly plants a malicious backdoor in it, what are the chances that you can discover it? Very little, according to a new paper by researchers at UC Berkeley, MIT, and the Institute of Advanced Study. The security of machine learning is becoming increasingly critical as ML models find their way into a growing number of applications. The new study focuses on the security threats of delegating the training and development of machine learning models to third parties and service providers. With… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3QWXt7p

If you want to find your dream job, you need to stand out from the crowd. It’s not enough to meet the job requirements, have a decent CV, and a few good references. In today’s competitive job market, job seekers need to go above and beyond to cut through the noise and kick off their career. One of the best ways to do this is to create an online portfolio. A good online portfolio will give you a clean and organized place to showcase your past work, talk about your experience, and share your favorite projects. Your portfolio should represent… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/cyMTS6p

Over the last few years, we’ve seen more and more new kinds of aviation vehicles come on the market, from flyboards to flying motorbikes to eVTOLs. So when we saw a video of a hoverboard being flown in Paris this week, we just knew we had to share it with you.  What’s a better fuck you to city traffic than whizzing through the air above it? A video on YouTube by Omni Hoverboard shows a man flying the hovercraft, using a handheld device to steer, over a large ornamental pond outside a city landmark (I suspect it’s an art gallery). … This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/uvwTfjg

Sorry if this triggers your anxiety: remember how we once had to charge our phones overnight so they were ready for action the next day? It took hours to charge devices from 0 to 100%, and we would frantically look for chargers if the battery level went below a certain threshold. That has changed in the last couple of years, during which we’ve seen the evolution of charging tech that fully juices up phones in under half an hour. Phew. Good old days There’s also a fast-charging arms race going on with companies trying to push hundreds of watts into… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/Z5RmJ6z

The recent act of racist terrorism in Buffalo has raised the stakes on how science is communicated and sold. from Ideas Latest https://ift.tt/eNAYJxE

We asked the engineer who invented cookies what they mean and how to handle them. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/mys2oLf

Parks, small woodlands and even simple patches of grass not only keep a city attractive, but also help people find a sense of bliss in an otherwise bustling urban environment. With new technologies, we can plan and monitor these urban “green spaces” better than ever before. As several studies have highlighted, nature within urban settings plays a pivotal role in combating many of the global public health challenges commonly associated with urbanization. This includes maladies such as depression and high blood pressure. A 2022 study showed that trees actually have the ability to improve urban air quality as leaves and pine needles capture pollutants from the… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/s64gG0e

Machine-learning systems are increasingly worming their way through our everyday lives, challenging our moral and social values and the rules that govern them. These days, virtual assistants threaten the privacy of the home; news recommenders shape the way we understand the world; risk-prediction systems tip social workers on which children to protect from abuse; while data-driven hiring tools also rank your chances of landing a job. However, the ethics of machine learning remains blurry for many. Searching for articles on the subject for the young engineers attending the Ethics and Information and Communications Technology course at UCLouvain, Belgium, I was… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/sHLqTib

Enthusiasts lit up social media recently with images of what appeared to be a “doorway” into a hillside on Mars. Was it, some wondered, evidence that the red planet could be, or have been, inhabited by aliens? The “door” was imaged by Nasa’s Curiosity rover on May 7 on the slopes of Mount Sharp, the central massif within Gale crater, where it landed in 2012. Described on one website as a “pharaonic tomb door”, because of its resemblance to some ancient Egyptian remains, it is in fact only about one foot high. It is hard to spot on the panoramic… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/UnkAYEP

During the protests in Hong Kong, young people carried laser pointers, umbrellas, and plastic ties—objects that sometimes led to their arrest, and years of legal limbo. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/FthaO3B

There’s a new development in the Twitter–Elon Musk deal, and this time, it’s a financial one rather than a juicy controversy. In his latest step, Musk has removed Tesla shares as collateral to secure financing for his acquisition of Twitter. He declared the expiry of margin loans in a new filing with the Security and Exchanges Commission (SEC). When Musk first penned the offer to buy Twitter, he committed $21 billion of his own money, and the rest was acquired through loans. He used Tesla shares as collateral to get $12.5 billion as a loan. Earlier this month, a bunch… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Tesla from The Next Web https://ift.tt/cHqh8A9

Headphones don’t like my hair. That’s an unfortunate truth for someone who has spent half of his life being a little obsessed with headphones. Getting good sound quality out of most headphones requires a good seal, but years of testing headphones have shown most simply don’t try to account for more voluminous hairstyles like the fro I’ve been growing over the pandemic. People who wear glasses often face similar issues, as the glasses can interfere with the seal to a similar extent. It’s a bigger problem than you might think – and we can measure it. Good sound usually requires… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/4bBxk0v

Working as a tech journo, I meet many people with big, world-changing ideas. But despite the hyperbole, when I ask about how they are going to achieve their aims – or indeed if they are already up and running, who they have helped – the Zoom call often gets really quiet.  So when I meet someone who is making the lives of some of the most disadvantaged people in the world a better place, and they’re using tech to do so, I get wildly excited.  This week I had the pleasure of talking to Michael Schlein, President, and CEO at… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Fintech from The Next Web https://ift.tt/vjF2R6V

Sails have propelled earthlings across the seas for millennia, but NASA believes their future is off-world. The space agency has unveiled plans to develop a new solar sail system for a demonstration mission. Dubbed Diffractive Solar Sailing, the project won Phase III of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, which supports visionary space technologies. Those picked for Phase III are the closest to becoming real — so a spacecraft powered by solar sails isn’t a quixotic prospect. Indeed, variations of the technique have already reaped results. In 2010, a Japanese probe called Ikaros became the first craft to successfully use the tech… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: NASA from The Next Web https://ift.tt/QraBC8N

Not a week goes by without seeing a video, news item, or tweet about a lithium-ion battery fire. Just over the weekend, there was news in Canada of a Tesla Model Y 2021 driver who had to break a window to escape after his car shut down and caught fire unexpectedly. The car lost power, locked him inside, and started filling up with smoke. The problem is big. Incidents range from exploding roadside mopeds to ebike batteries that catch fire while charging at home, to fires burning on cargo ships holding electric vehicles. And it’s getting worse as more and… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/NpJ4Kjg

The AI imagery competition is getting personal. Google this week unveiled a new challenger to OpenAI’s vaunted DALLE-2 text-to-image generator — and took shots at its rival’s efforts. Both models convert text prompts into pictures. But Google’s researchers claim their system provides “unprecedented photorealism and deep language understanding.” Human raters preferred Imagen over DALLE-2 for both sample quality and image-text alignment. Credit: Saharia et al.The cringingly-named Imagen system uses a large pre-trained language model as a text encoder. A cascade of diffusion models then turn the user’s words into pictures. In tests, the Google team said Imagen “significantly outperformed” DALL-E 2. Imagen particularly… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Google from The Next Web https://ift.tt/US2oHts

Researchers found a litany of security flaws that allow simple, quick, and cheap forgeries in Australia. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/YoeZ5HA

Apple’s finally cracking down on apps that don’t easily let you delete your account and data when you want to leave their service. Starting June 30, the company will enforce a policy that apps that provide sign up (or account creation methods) features, will also need to make sure they allow users to delete their account through that interface. Here’s what the company says in its developer guidelines: If your app supports account creation, you must also offer account deletion within the app. Apps may not require users to enter personal information to function, except when directly relevant to the… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Apple from The Next Web https://ift.tt/eX27LJV

The encrypted-email company, popular with security-conscious users, has a plan to go mainstream. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/If4hgRF

Nobel laureate Otto Hahn is credited with the discovery of nuclear fission. Fission is one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century, yet Hahn considered something else to be his best scientific work. In 1921, he was studying radioactivity at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry in Berlin, Germany, when he noticed something he could not explain. One of the elements he was working with wasn’t behaving as it should have. Hahn had unknowingly discovered the first nuclear isomer, an atomic nucleus whose protons and neutrons are arranged differently from the common form of the element, causing it… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/cQhM1WE

The United States Congress recently held a hearing into US government information pertaining to “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAPs). The last investigation of this kind happened more than 50 years ago, as part of a US Air Force investigation called Project Blue Book, which examined reported sightings of unidentified flying objects (note the change in name). The current hearings are the result of a stipulation attached to a 2020 COVID-19 relief bill, which required US Intelligence agencies to produce a report on UAPs within 180 days. That report appeared in June last year. But why would governments be interested in UAPs?… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/9vb348o

Intelligence collected from public information online could be impacting traditional warfare and altering the calculus between large and small powers. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/2CPg9pK

A new report lays out existing US police surveillance capabilities that can easily be repurposed to monitor pregnant people. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/P3Q7VFU

In this episode of our video series Unwind With Boris — where TNW co-founder Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten talks shop with Dutch entrepreneurs and innovators — Crisp co-founder Eric Klaassen discusses the future of online supermarkets. When online supermarket Crisp launched in 2018, it wasn’t as if the Dutch didn’t have any grocery stores to pick from. There are several big supermarket chains in the Netherlands, such as Jumbo and Albert Heijn, while organic, more high-end food had already found an outlet with Marqt. Despite this, Crisp proved to be one of the fastest-growing startups of the past decade. In… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/PiV3u6J

Once upon a time, 8 megapixels on a smartphone camera was a big deal. 50 megapixels used to be impressive. Then 100 MP phones arrived and that was neat too, I guess. But does anyone really want 200 megapixels? That’s what Motorola seems to be banking on with its upcoming flagship phones.  Lenovo’s general manager posted an image teasing a 200-megapixel smartphone on Weibo (Lenovo owns Motorola). The post didn’t reveal much about the device beyond a July release date, although a separate post did tease a foldable device (presumably the Razr 3) sporting the new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Motorola from The Next Web https://ift.tt/fzOTkaW

MIT researchers recently made one of the boldest claims related to artificial intelligence we’ve seen yet: they believe they’ve built an AI that can identify a person’s race using only medical images. And, according to the popular media, they have no idea how it works! Sure. And I’d like to sell you an NFT of the Brooklyn Bridge. Let’s be clear up front, per the team’s paper, the model can predict a person’s self-reported race: In our study, we show that standard AI deep learning models can be trained to predict race from medical images with high performance across multiple… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/kb01Q5X

Everyone knows about recycling, from when you throw boxes in the paper bin to taking bottles back to the store in exchange for a deposit. But a growing movement now throws recycling on its head: circular design.  Circular design completely reimagines product design from the original blueprints to various product lifecycle stages and what happens to each product after it has fulfilled its original purpose. It’s a big deal in mobility and part of a broader circular economy. But I want to introduce you to some other amazing use cases. They showcase modularity, upcycling, and the sharing economy. Understanding circular design… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/lI1uEUc

On Friday, Nissan revealed its most affordable EV to date. The so-called Sakura is a cute electric minicar with a base price of just under $14,000 (2,333,100 yen). Destined for the Japanese market, where Kei city-driving cars are popular, the Sakura comes with some pretty top-notch features for its category. Meet the mini EV. Credit: Nissan Powered by a 20kW lithium-ion battery, the EV has a top speed of 130km/h and enough juice for 180km of range — just 60km less than the Nissan Leaf. On the inside, you’ll find that the car has enough space for four people, with… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/KTGAxMq

Imagine this: you’re having a nice day, the weather is great, you’ve enjoyed a brilliant breakfast… and suddenly your iPhone shows a photo memory with your ex to inadvertently ruin your day. Why, you ask, as you curse the heavens, does this have to happen to you? Well, Apple’s Photos app has a Memories feature that shows you algorithmically curated collections of photos and videos — based on different factors like dates, holidays, or places you visited. These memories can appear through a notification, or you can check some collections in the For You section of the Photos app. And… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: iOS from The Next Web https://ift.tt/J02HswY

What happens when you publish research about car emissions that manages to piss off not just ICE owners but those using electric vehicles? Well, people have a lot of feelings.  In 2020, UK independent emissions testing firm Emissions Analytics published a research paper claiming that tire particulate wear emissions were 1,000 times worse than exhaust emissions. It generated a huge amount of attention, with the story translated into over 40 languages worldwide.  During driving, the rubber from car tires wears down and flakes off into tiny airborne or roadside particles. These tire emissions can cause damage to people’s health as… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/QBNdqCE

The world-leading data law changed how companies work. But four years on, there’s a lag on cleaning up Big Tech. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/PzC64MN

This article is part of our coverage of the latest in AI research. For humans, working with deformable objects is not significantly more difficult than handling rigid objects. We learn naturally to shape them, fold them, and manipulate them in different ways and still recognize them. But for robots and artificial intelligence systems, manipulating deformable objects present a huge challenge. Consider the series of steps that a robot must take to shape a ball of dough into pizza crusts. It must keep track of the dough as it changes shape, and at the same time, it must choose the right… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/TyH6pB7

The European Central Bank and its counterparts in the UK, US, China, and India are exploring a new form of state-backed money built on similar online ledger technology to cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum. So-called central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) envision a future where we’ll all have our own digital wallets and transfer money between them at the touch of a button, with no need for high-street banks to be involved because it all happens on a blockchain. But CBDCs also present an opportunity that has gone unnoticed – to vastly reduce the exorbitant levels of public debt weighing… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/FbB0Thu

Video dispatches from the Ukrainian president skillfully dissolve Putin’s delusions. We would all do well to listen. from Ideas Latest https://ift.tt/i8IjXBS

You don't want just anyone in your inbox. Here's how to take control. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/JLj69Pd

This article is part of our coverage of the latest in AI research. In early May, Meta released Open Pretrained Transformer (OPT-175B), a large language model (LLM) that can perform various tasks. Large language models have become one of the hottest areas of research in artificial intelligence in the past few years. OPT-175B is the latest entrant in the LLM arms race triggered by OpenAI’s GPT-3, a deep neural network with 175 billion parameters. GPT-3 showed that LLMs can perform many tasks without undergoing extra training and only seeing a few examples (zero- or few-shot learning). Microsoft later integrated GPT-3 into several of… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/rS4VUPu

Plus: The Conti ransomware gang shuts down, Canada bans Huawei and ZTE, and more of the week’s top security news. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/3lHVDmP

Facebook Inc, now called Meta, announced its dating application, Facebook Dating, in May 2018. There was real excitement, with people expecting a revolutionary dating app that would soon beat Tinder. And it is no wonder when you consider the size of the company, its technical capabilities, and most importantly the large volume of data that Facebook has collected about its users. After all, research shows that Facebook knows us better than our mums, so why wouldn’t it live up to its goal of creating “meaningful relationships”? But four years later, it hasn’t taken over the market – most people have… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/YudB6nK

There currently exists no machine capable of superhuman feats of intelligence. I’m sorry to be the one who bursts your bubble but, at least for the time being, that’s the way the universe works. It might seem like AI is smarter than humans in some ways. For example, the powerful neural networks used by big tech can sort through millions of files in a matter of seconds, a feat that would take humans more than a single lifetime. But that’s not a superhuman feat of intellect. It’s trading human attention for machine speed. On a file per file basis, there… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/bQBIHkx

Transport operators are always looking at ways to increase passenger levels. And making comfortable carriages that offer a great user experience is the way forward. This week German long-distance rail operator Deutsche-Bahn launched images of a new interior redesign, part of their goal to modernize and improve the passenger experience. There’s a lot of wood, warm, natural colors, and modern fabrics to help you pretend you aren’t sitting near other people. It looks pretty cool and I am feeling like a big old train nerd fangirling over some pretty sick features.  Let’s check it out:   The dining carriage Finally,… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/kvpLWoU

Qualcomm announced its XR1-based smart AR viewer last year before the “metaverse” became a buzzword. Now, it’s launching its new XR2-powered reference AR glasses so hardware manufacturers can “enable immersive experiences that unlock the metaverse.” But if we look beyond the marketing speak, the company’s new headset has gone wireless with a sleeker design. What does the new headset offer? The firm says it has a 40% thinner profile than the XR1 reference design, and has equal weight distribution for wearing it comfortably for a longer time. What’s more, these glasses — designed by Goertek — weigh just 115 grams.… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/VS0jBFr

Most phone companies release several models throughout the year to give users more choice — and sell loads more devices than if they just offered a single one. Fairphone, a company with a core mission to make sustainable devices, is trying to chart a different path than most phone makers by breaking that cycle. It’s not a household name when it comes to buying phones. But at its core, the company wants your phone to last longer, and design it in a way that you can easily repair it yourself. We talked to CEO Eva Gouwens about the challenges of… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2LHk3h5

. This week has been a big one in the EU, with the European Commission going all-in on renewable energy and, in particular,solar.  In March 2022, following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the European Union committed to entirely phase out its dependency on Russian gas, oil, and coal imports. It asked the European Commission to develop a plan on how to do so by the end of May 2022. The REPowerEU plan is the result. An intensive commitment to renewables The plan commits to partnerships with renewable businesses and a rapid rollout of solar and wind energy projects, combined… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/R5qpSbe

Traditional computer programming has a steep learning curve that requires learning a programming language, for example C/C++, Java or Python, just to build a simple application such as a calculator or Tic-tac-toe game. Programming also requires substantial debugging skills, which easily frustrates new learners. The study time, effort and experience needed often stop nonprogrammers from making software from scratch. No-code is a way to program websites, mobile apps and games without using codes or scripts, or sets of commands. People readily learn from visual cues, which led to the development of “what you see is what you get” (WYSIWYG) document… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3LaBjHm

As car manufacturers and battery cell makers race to develop more efficient and faster-charging EV batteries, there’s one material that’s been gaining significant traction in replacing mainstream graphite in the battery’s anode: silicon. That’s because silicon has a theoretical energy capacity 10 times higher than that of graphite, meaning it can significantly increase an EV’s range. It can also absorb lithium-ions much quicker during charging — speeding up the process. But adding silicon to the anode comes with certain challenges. The material’s tendency to expand approximately 400% of its original size during the charging cycle can cause the silicon particles… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/xOpH91S

Not a day goes by when I don’t see people on ebikes whizzing past me, mocking my pedestrian status. But how fast are they allowed to go? And, is speed even policed? Let’s take a look at how the laws and their policing vary in different locations:  The US  In the US, unsurprisingly, there’s no national approach. Instead, there are two different approaches to setting speed limits, and several states don’t recognize ebikes at all.  You can take a look at the different states in detail here, but here are the main distinctions: Ebike classification (if it exists) varies widely… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/x6DHVEB

The AirPods Pro weaseled their way into my life two years ago and haven’t let up since. I take Apple’s earbuds with me everywhere — and I love them dearly. But, today, I had a horrendous shock. I got up nice and early to go for a run (that #FitBoy lifestyle,) and, to my horror, my AirPods Pro were nowhere to be found. After spending a good 20 minutes searching the usual places, I accepted I must’ve left them somewhere weird and went for my jog anyway. During my huffing and puffing and grunting and groaning, I wracked my brain… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/OtPZmcH

For the last few days, a new website called SmallAndroidPhone has been doing the rounds on Hacker News and Reddit. The site was created by Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky, and he’s making a pitch for a great small Android phone. It’s a story we’ve heard countless times before: many people love small and powerful Android phones, but there aren’t many options. Apple released a tiny iPhone two years ago, but multiple reports suggest there won’t be an iPhone 14 mini. So what does Migicovsky want? Easy: a no-compromise Android phone with a less than 6-inch screen. Ideally, it should be… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Android from The Next Web https://ift.tt/GoBJ1nZ