“You can do it quickly, you can do it cheaply, or you can do it right. We did it right.” These were some of the opening remarks from David Toback, leader of the Collider Detector at Fermilab, as he announced the results of a decadelong experiment to measure the mass of a particle called the W boson. I am a high energy particle physicist, and I am part of the... Read more ›
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After successfully entering the Indian escooter market, in January, Ola Electric started teasing its debut in the electric car segment — quite a bold move for a five-year-old micromobility company. On Saturday, Bhavish Aggarwal, the company’s CEO, made some even bolder statements about Ola’s EV, as reported by Indian outlet News18. Speaking at the company’s manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu, Aggarwal said that Ola will be entering the autonomous vehicle... Read more ›
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The pandemic brought a new slew of challenges for CEOs and managers of startups: offices closed down, companies pivoted to remote work, and there was a whole slew of challenges in weathering the financial and logistical impacts of the pandemic. But there were also many workplace initiatives throughout the pandemic that exemplified leadership, boosted company results, improved workplace culture, or set an industry example. Alisa Cohn is an executive coach... Read more ›
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The Lectric XP 2.0 ebike was one of the best bargains we’ve tested, with a powerful motor, folding frame, and decent components for a thousand bucks. But while the XP 2.0 is a well-rounded ebike for people who just want to get from point A to B, Lectric’s newest ebike, the XPremium, seeks to bring value to a higher performance bracket. I haven’t had the chance to test ride the... Read more ›
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This article is part of our coverage of the latest in AI research. A new machine learning technique developed by researchers at Edge Impulse, a platform for creating ML models for the edge, makes it possible to run real-time object detection on devices with very small computation and memory capacity. Called Faster Objects, More Objects (FOMO), the new deep learning architecture can unlock new computer vision applications. Most object-detection deep... Read more ›
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Nicole Palmer is a lawyer who graduated from Columbia University. Her profile states that she “specializes in the application and protection of industrial design” and has “been building her career successfully for 30 years.” The only problem is that she doesn’t exist. And she helped me uncover an online scam operation involved in shady activities, including extorting backlinks from bloggers and website owners. I’ve spent a good part of the... Read more ›
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In 2021, an investment firm bought 2,000 acres of real estate for about US$4 million. Normally this would not make headlines, but in this case the land was virtual. It existed only in a metaverse platform called The Sandbox. By buying 792 non-fungible tokens on the Ethereum blockchain, the firm then owned the equivalent of 1,200 city blocks. But did it? It turns out that legal ownership in the metaverse... Read more ›
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New documents have exposed a bizarre and futuristic array of tech explored by a shadowy US government unit. The ideas were investigated by the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program (AAWSAP). The unit was funded by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and reportedly has roots in UFO research. The Pentagon claims the AAWSAP has been shut down, but has provided little detail on its work — until now. The new... Read more ›
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John Deere has been in business for nearly 200 years. For those in the agriculture industry, the company that makes green tractors is as well-known as Santa Claus, McDonald’s, or John Wayne. Heck, even city folk who’ve never seen a tractor that wasn’t on a television screen know John Deere. The company’s so popular even celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and George Clooney have been known to rock a Deere... Read more ›
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This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates, follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. At the recent City Leadership Forum organized by the Cities Today Institute in Columbus, transport leaders from across the US discussed their... Read more ›
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As with any long-term purchase, choosing the right EV requires some serious research.You need to consider what models are available, what kind of performance they offer, and how much you’re willing to pay — which can feel overwhelming. Visual Capitalist, an online media company that publishes data-driven visuals, has put together a super-comprehensive infographic that summarizes the basics you need to know about every available EVs in the US as... Read more ›
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In mid-April, Elon Musk made public his desire to acquire Twitter, make it a private company, and overhaul its moderation policies. Citing ideals of free speech, Musk claimed that “Twitter has become kind of the de facto town square, so it’s just really important that people have the, both the reality and the perception that they are able to speak freely within the bounds of the law.” While making Twitter... Read more ›
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After years of a tumultuous relationship with developers, Twitter’s now trying hard to win them over again. In its latest step, the company wants to promote third-party apps on its platform. The firm’s using Twitter Toolbox, a web page it launched in February, to highlight apps to a select number of users. As reported by TechCrunch, the experiment is starting off by suggesting safety-related apps to users, such as tools... Read more ›
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Even during times of conflict on the ground, space has historically been an arena of collaboration among nations. But trends in the past decade suggest that the nature of cooperation in space is shifting, and fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted these changes. I’m an international relations scholar who studies power distributions in space – who the main players are, what capabilities they possess and whom they decide... Read more ›
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“Becoming a digital consumer goods company is our ambition,” says Atul Bhardwaj, Chief Digital and Technology Officer of The Lego Group, in a not entirely predictable statement – coming from the world’s most valuable manufacturer of physical toys. “We’ll always be anchored in the physical – just to be clear – but digital needs to come in and augment that physical build process,” Bhardwaj clarifies. “Our business has scaled a... Read more ›
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By now, we all know the most known use of blockchain technology: cryptocurrency. Of course, this isn’t all there is though. In 2022, we’ve seen NFTs (non-fungible tokens that are part of the Ethereum blockchain) capture the public’s imagination — but outside of this, blockchain as a whole hasn’t translated into something most people use. In fact, the majority of news in this space often appears hyped or pointless. From... Read more ›
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Although the space race between Bezos, Branson, and Musk dominated the headlines last year, the growing SpaceTech revolution will be about more than billionaires blasting off to space in dildo-shaped rockets. Rather than seeing who can go furthest (or who’s got the bigger rocket), the much more quiet revolution will be about looking inwards. The democratization of satellite monitoring and data is bringing about a new era in which technologies... Read more ›
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It used to be easy enough to record a phone call on your Android device, but that’s changing starting now. A recent update to the Google Play Store developer policy will force third-party call recording apps to stop offering their services. Google’s reasoning is the potential misuse of the accessibility API, which is utilized by most call recording apps to enable this function. The company noted “The Accessibility API is... Read more ›
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Like almost every car company nowadays Lincoln is entering the electrification era. On Wednesday, Ford’s luxury brand revealed its long anticipated Star Concept, which offers a preview of the designlanguage and possible features of its upcoming electric lineup. Behold! Credit: Lincoln Don’t get fooled by its minimalist exterior. Fully-electric concepts from many car makers rely on the idea of a lounge on wheels, but the Star Concept takes the idea... Read more ›
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In the last few days, both the Brave browser and DuckDuckGo search engine announced features that actively block or bypass pages hosted on Google’s Accelerated Mobile Page (AMP) protocol. That sounds important — and it is — but what does it mean for you? In this story, we’ll break down what AMP is, and why Brave and DuckDuckGo are going on an offensive against it. First, the basics. What’s AMP?... Read more ›
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