Business owners have known the value of loyalty for a long time. From customers collecting stamps for retail loyalty programmes, to Air Miles, coupons, plastic cards and mobile apps, the mechanism has changed but the rationale remains: repeat purchases are key for growth in almost all businesses. Similarly, businesses also know that employee loyalty will help a company advance. From driving positive customer experiences to improved productivity and production, the... Read more âș
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A unique electric car has broken the speed record at the 2022 Goodwood Hillclimb track, an annual demonstration of racing vehicles in the UK. Driven by ex-F2 driver Max Chilton, the so-called McMurtry Spierling set a new record of 39.08 seconds on the 1.86km course. This shaved off about 0.8 seconds from the previous record holder, the Volkswagen ID.R. And, for your enjoyment, hereâs footage of the Spierling smashing the... Read more âș
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When it comes to leadership in todayâs startup world, founders, and CEOs are chained to their work more than ever before due to high investor demands, increasingly blurred lines between personal and professional life thanks to remote work, and tech that enables them to be reached â and reach out to employees â 24/7. But this always-on approach can also lead to higher risk of stress and even burnout. While,... Read more âș
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In my previous job at a startup based in Amsterdam, my job description was â how to put this â âflexibleâ. As a non-technical member of a company developing a new kind of scalable, real-time graph database that was still under development, possibilities for marketing were limited, sales would be preliminary, and branding was still dependent on positioning. As any early-stage startup member, I had to find something to do... Read more âș
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In overturning Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dobbs case does not merely deprive women of reproductive control and physical agency as a matter of constitutional law, but it also changes their relationship with the online world. Anyone in a state where abortion is now illegal who relies on the internet for information, products , and services related to reproductive health is subject to online policing.... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on .cult by Ashutosh Mishra. .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. Practice is the key to mastery in any skill or field of knowledge. You donât learn things in a day. You need weeks, months, and sometimes even years of consistent practice... Read more âș
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The past month has seen a frenzy of articles, interviews, and other types of media coverage about Blake Lemoine, a Google engineer who told The Washington Post that LaMDA, a large language model created for conversations with users, is âsentient.â After reading a dozen different takes on the topic, I have to say that the media has become (a bit) disillusioned with the hype surrounding current AI technology. A lot... Read more âș
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NASA is scheduled to release the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2022. Theyâll mark the beginning of the next era in astronomy as Webb â the largest space telescope ever built â begins collecting scientific data that will help answer questions about the earliest moments of the universe and allow astronomers to study exoplanets in greater detail than ever before. But it has... Read more âș
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Reinforcement learning is one of the exciting branches of artificial intelligence. It plays an important role in game-playing AI systems, modern robots, chip-design systems, and other applications. There are many different types of reinforcement learning algorithms, but two main categories are âmodel-basedâ and âmodel-freeâ RL. They are both inspired by our understanding of learning in humans and animals. Nearly every book on reinforcement learning contains a chapter that explains the... Read more âș
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A future of cars powered by electric batteries is inevitable. But what about trucks, ships, and planes? Hydrogen? Possibly. But thereâs another chemical that could be used â and itâs abundant in your pee. What is ammonia, and why use it to power vehicles? Ammonia is a combination of Hydrogen and Nitrogen (NH3), and is one of the few liquid chemical compounds. It rapidly releases energy in combustion and has... Read more âș
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The streaming wars are heating up. In March, Disney delayed the release date of Obi-Wan Kenobi to May 27 to coincide with the launch of Netflixâs top show, Stranger Things. This on the back of Googleâs announcement YouTube Shorts had matched TikTokâs 1.5 billion subscribers in the short-form video market. Facing increased competition, falling subscriber numbers, and loss of content, Netflix and TikTok are having to diversify. And for this,... Read more âș
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It goes without saying that railway maintenance is crucial, but most workers have to walk long distances to inspect and fix faulty lines â which reduces both efficiency and safety. Artist Heqi Wang has come up with a unique solution to this problem. He has designed a dual-utility electric motorbike that can easily hop on railway tracks and function as a stylish ride on regular roads as well. Meet the... Read more âș
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Less than two months since its launch, the bZ4X â Toyotaâs first mass-produced EV â is being recalled due to an increased risk that the tires could loosen and eventually come off the vehicle. According to the automaker, the problem is caused by a malfunction in the wheelsâ hub bolts: The hub bolt thatâs attached to the tire may loosen due to repeated sharp turns and sudden braking. Therefore, if... Read more âș
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A team of scientists at the Max Planck Society recently published astounding new research indicating theyâve pushed the field of âorganoids,â to a bold new frontier. Up front: Organoids are synthetic biological constructs that mimic human organs to various degrees. Scientists grow organoids by programming stem cell clusters. Essentially, they feed the clusters the necessary components to spark their growth, and then they employ a series of limiters to guide... Read more âș
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The year is 2030 and we are at the worldâs largest tech conference, CES in Las Vegas. A crowd is gathered to watch a big tech company unveil its new smartphone. The CEO comes to the stage and announces the Nyooro, containing the most powerful processor ever seen in a phone. The Nyooro can perform an astonishing quintillion operations per second, which is a thousand times faster than smartphone models... Read more âș
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This week, Italian micromobility vendor Helbiz announced it signed a letter of intent to acquire US escooter company Wheels. Doing so will create a powerful fleet that encompasses ebikes, escooters, mopeds, adaptive vehicles, and Wheelsâ two-wheeled, sit-down device. There are a lot of reasons why I think this is an excellent partnership: Targeting an underserved portion of riders Iâve been a big fan of Wheels for a while. Founded in... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on .cult by Yasas Sri Wickramasinge. .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. All the successful product engineering teams have one common practice: a winning product development strategy. But, it is not realistic to find a universal product development strategy for different product... Read more âș
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The line between startup and scaleup can be quite murky, but most agree that a startup becomes a scaleup once the âgrowth chasmâ is crossed ââ meaning theyâve solved challenges like market research and development, and have identified a scalable business model. According to academics, a scaleup is, âa high growth firm whose accelerated cycle of growth and wealth creation is fundamentally based on the scalability of its business model.â... Read more âș
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Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee wants to rescue his creation from centralization. But does he align himself with Web3âs promise of salvation? At TNW Conference, the computer scientist gave a word-one answer: âNope.â That snub may seem to clash with Berners-Leeâs recent actions. The 67-year-old now campaigns to save his âdysfunctionalâ brainchild from the clutches of Big Tech. Heâs also made a cool $5.4million by selling an NFT â one of... Read more âș
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Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, remains a bellwether for the sector. It hit an all-time high of more than US$68,000 (ÂŁ55,600) in November 2021, when the overall value of the cryptocurrency market was close to US$3 trillion. In the months since, however, most major cryptocurrencies have fallen by more 70% and bitcoin itself has dropped below US$18,000. Is this just another crash in the volatile cryptocurrency market, or is this the... Read more âș
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