A 2019 poll found that children would rather be YouTubers than astronauts. It made headlines and led to plenty of grumbling about âkids these daysâ. But itâs not surprising that young people â up to 1.3 million in the UK â want to make their income by creating social media content. The global influencer market was estimated to be worth $13.8 billion (ÂŁ11.2 billion) in 2021. Individual influencers such as... Read more âș
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This week, the masses are up in arms with the news that entrepreneur, fashionista, and reality TV star Kylie Jenner uses her $70 million luxury private jet to take short-haul flights. But short-haul travel is far from an anomaly as we usher in an era of eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft) for on-demand trips. And it remains, for the near future, the domain of the rich. So, whatâs... Read more âș
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In a huge blow to Big Tech, the EU is stepping up to regulate these behemothsâ long-criticized, monopolist market strategies. On Monday, the European Council adopted the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a set of new rules to create fairer online competition. The act aims to establish a level digital playing field, by setting clear rights and rules for large online platforms (referred to as âgatekeepersâ), making it more difficult for... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on .cult by Eli McGarvie. .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. Last year we put together a list of the best hacking movies, and obviously, the next logical step from there was to catalog the coolest movies and series about developers. So,... Read more âș
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One of the worldâs most popular social media platforms, TikTok, is now host to a steady stream of deepfake videos. Deepfakes are videos in which a subjectâs face or body has been digitally altered to make them look like someone else â usually a famous person. One notable example is the @deeptomcriuse TikTok account, which has posted dozens of deepfake videos impersonating Tom Cruise and attracted some 3.6 million followers.... Read more âș
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One of the biggest criticisms against EVs is that theyâre not as green as you might think due to the CO2 emissions produced by their lithium-ion batteries. These occur during the extraction of lithium and during the batteryâs manufacturing process. However, new research by Minviro, a company specialized in raw material life-cycle analysis, has found that an emerging battery technology can significantly reduce an EVâs carbon footprint: solid-state batteries. They... Read more âș
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It sure looks like a lot of fun when we see videos of astronauts floating around in zero-gravity environments. But did you ever stop to think what prolonged weightlessness does to the human body? Weâll spare you the details, but suffice to say it isnât pretty. And that means any crewed missions to the Moon, Mars, or anywhere else beyond the Earthâs gravitational field have an undeniable time limit on... Read more âș
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During the lockdown, my 65-year-old mother did something that actually shocked me. She started going on to TikTok so she could watch and follow her favorite âDancing Dadiâ â which means grandmother in Hindi. I was genuinely taken aback to discover that my mother â who is completely technophobic â had bought an iPad, got a high-speed internet connection, and figured out how to create a TikTok account, all just... Read more âș
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has published thousands of pages of previously unreleased documents, which reveal how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is buying access to the location data of millions of US citizensâ cell phones. The warrantless purchase by various parts of the DHS â including Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) â was first reported by The Wall Street Journal in... Read more âș
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IBM today announced a new strategy for the implementation of several âerror mitigationâ techniques designed to bring about the era of fault-tolerant quantum computers. Up front: Anyone still clinging to the notion that quantum circuits are too noisy for useful computing is about to be disillusioned. A decade ago, the idea of a working quantum computing system seemed far-fetched to most of us. Today, researchers around the world connect to... Read more âș
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Thereâs a simple problem with driving an expensive car: youâre not always in it. Sometimes, there will be moments, awful, heart-wrenching moments where everyone in your vicinity wonât know that you own a vehicle that, objectively, makes you better than everyone else. But, friend, dry your leaking eyes moistening face. Because Mercedes-Benz has teamed up with Master & Dynamic to make several pairs of headphones that will finally to let... Read more âș
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As a communications professional with more than 20 years in the industry, I can say with certainty that one of the most refreshing and hopeful changes I have seen in the past few years is the increasing authenticity and focus on social activism from tech organizations big and small. Itâs one of the reasons why I was excited to see impact at the forefront of TNW Conference 2022, bringing together... Read more âș
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Freelancing the ultimate marmite experience: Some people love it, and some people hate it. If you work in the tech sector or a creative field, itâs probably something youâve considered (or tried out) at least once. In fact, according to a survey by Upwork, 20% of current employees in the US â thatâs 10 million people â are considering going freelance. The perks of working for yourself are obvious: you... Read more âș
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LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD recently published its 2022 Social Media Safety Index, which claims that some of the major social media platforms are failing to safeguard users of the community. GLAAD evaluated the companies using 12 LGBTQ-specific indicators of online safety in regard to privacy, freedom of expression, and explicit protections. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok, all scored poorly on the groupâs scorecard â less than 50% out... Read more âș
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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. If youâre a daily Google Docs user, you already know that the word editor has gotten better and better the past few years. In 2022 especially, Google has added quite a few additional features thatâll definitely make your life easier. So, if youâre among... Read more âș
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Since 2011, the UK government has been providing a tax-payer funded discount on the sale of battery electric vehicles. Known as the âplug-in car grantâ, it was designed to help persuade motorists make the switch from diesel or petrol and commit to electric driving. But last month the grant was scrapped with immediate effect. It wasnât exactly a surprise, given that the amount buyers were able to claim back had... Read more âș
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The gender gap in pay, positions, and even pensions for working women is well-established, but research shows that a gender aspiration gap has also emerged in recent years. This is when women do not aspire to rise through the ranks in the same way as men do, and it could affect efforts to encourage more women to apply for leadership roles at work. The global drive to increase social equality... Read more âș
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We all like to think weâre immune to scams. We scoff at emails from an unknown sender offering us ÂŁ2 million, in exchange for our bank details. But the game has changed and con artists have developed new, chilling tactics. They are taking the personal approach and scouring the internet for all the details they can find about us. Scammers are getting so good at it that even cybersecurity experts... Read more âș
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Social media users posted ideas about how to protect peopleâs reproductive privacy when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, including entering âjunkâ data into apps designed for tracking menstrual cycles. People use period tracking apps to predict their next period, talk to their doctor about their cycle and identify when they are fertile. Users log everything from cravings to period flow, and apps provide predictions based on these inputs.... Read more âș
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The ingredients for life are spread throughout the universe. While Earth is the only known place in the universe with life, detecting life beyond Earth is a major goal of modern astronomy and planetary science. We are two scientists who study exoplanets and astrobiology. Thanks in large part to next-generation telescopes like James Webb, researchers like us will soon be able to measure the chemical makeup of atmospheres of planets... Read more âș
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