As car manufacturers and battery cell makers race to develop more efficient and cost-effective EV batteries, thereâs one material thatâs been gaining significant traction in replacing graphite in the anode: silicon. To that end, California-based startup OneD Battery Sciences has produced silicon nanowires that can be fused directly onto the commercial graphite particles found in the anodes of batteries. The impact? Potentially tripling the energy density of the anode, reducing... Read more âș
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Instagram this week announced several changes to its platform aimed at empowering creators. Most notably, the company has tweaked its ranking algorithm to highlight original content above reshared content. Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri said the following about the ranking change: âIf you create something from scratch, you should get more credit than if you are resharing something that you found from someone else. Weâre going to do more to... Read more âș
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Like many lonely children, Lucas Rizzotto had an imaginary friend: a talking microwave called Magnetron. As the years passed, the pals drifted apart. But Rizzotto never forgot about Magnetron. When OpenAI released the GPT-3 language model, Rizzotto saw a chance to rekindle the friendship. The self-described âfull-time mad scientistâ chronicled the resurrection in a YouTube video. Some of the story sounds too good to be true. Weâve asked Rizzotto for... Read more âș
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Tech hiring trends in the US indicate what the Wall Street Journal is calling âa giant shock to the workforceâ as record numbers of controversially-called âblue-collarâ workers are breaking into ICT roles on technical teams â sans the once prerequisite four-year college degree. Dubbed ânew-collar jobsâ by former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty in an open letter to then-president elect Donald Trump way back in 2016, the push to make technical... Read more âș
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Takeovers are usually friendly affairs. Corporate executives engage in top-secret talks, with one company or group of investors making a bid for another business. After some negotiating, the companies engaged in the merger or acquisition announce a deal has been struck. But other takeovers are more hostile in nature. Not every company wants to be taken over. This is the case with Elon Muskâs US$43 billion bid to buy Twitter.... Read more âș
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I recently heard about an Israeli DJ operating his decks through the electric power of five Teslas. According to this PR machine, DJ Black âcreates an audiovisual journey that propels the viewers behind the wheel of a Tesla, in a progressive journey into the future.â Sure, whatever. You can listen to his set below. Beyond the tunes, I was interested in the capacity for an EV as a reliable energy... Read more âș
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According to experts and recent statistics, the future looks cloudy. And no, weâre not talking about the weather forecast, weâre talking about the exciting and emerging cloud computing sector. In the last decade, cloud computing has grown exponentially. It has become such a huge part of our lives that itâs almost become unnoticeable. But, if youâve used Google Drive, shared photos with friends or even watched a movie on Netflix... Read more âș
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Netflix seems poised to implement some of the biggest changes to its business model in years. In the companyâs Q1 2022 earnings call, CEO Reed Hastings dropped two bombshells. Netflix lost subscribers First: Netflix lost subscribers for the first time in a decade â 200,000 to be specific. Thatâs a far cry from the 2,000,000 subscribers the company predicted it would gain just three months ago. Itâs worth noting that... Read more âș
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A team of scientists recently conducted an exciting quantum physics experiment allowing them to demonstrate that reality might actually be real. Well, donât everybody applaud all at once. Itâs actually an amazing feat of science. Letâs start with a simple question. How do you demonstrate that reality is real? You can pinch yourself. But that only demonstrates that youâre capable of perceiving pain. Fictional characters can experience pain, so that... Read more âș
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Elon Muskâs bid to buy Twitter has divided the platformâs users. While fans crave his business acumen and free speech absolutism, critics renounce his biases and record of censorship. The simmering discontent at Twitter has sparked a wave of interest in decentralized alternatives. Advocates say the approach will shift control from central governance to users. A prominent proponent of the model is Mastodon. The open-source social network this week capitalized... Read more âș
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It was a technological feat that made history, wowed audiences, and brought a dead rapper back to life. In April 2012 at the Coachella festival in California, Tupac Shakur took to the stage with Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre. Heâd been dead for 16 years, killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. But this was Tupac the hologram, foul-mouthed and lifelike, performing before a âshocked and then amazedâ crowd.... Read more âș
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While billboards and television ads were once the height of advertising strategies, today, people spend the majority of their day on their devices, whether itâs their mobile, laptop, or ipad. For brands, having the power to send audiences personalized offers and messages directly to their screens is a golden marketing opportunity. Just like a message from your crush, the best push notifications come complete with a proposition that makes your... Read more âș
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Twitter crypto scammers are now targeting Moonbirds NFTs, a project by entrepreneurs Kevin Rose and Ryan Carson. Itâs a collection of 10,000 pixelated owls that have raked millions in sales within days. Scammers trying to get some money off successful NFT projects is a recurring theme now. Last month, they were successful in stealing NFTs worth more than $500,000 from Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club... Read more âș
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Question: what do the following statistics have in common? The second-largest (and growing) source of climate pollution in Europe. The leading killer of children in both the US and Europe. A principal cause of stress-inducing noise pollution and life-shortening air pollution in European cities. A leading driver of the widening gap between rich and poor urban residents. Answer: the vehicles on our streets, primarily the not-so-humble passenger car. Despite the... Read more âș
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Some ebikes try to challenge the speed and torque of a motorcycle. Others pack so many âsmartâ features that their spec sheets read more like the latest flagship phone than a commuter vehicle. But the more I test and live with ebikes, the more I appreciate designs that emphasize day-to-day practicality and ride quality over excessive power and overwhelming connectivity. Few ebikes fit that description as well as the Aventon... Read more âș
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It was the Easter weekend, and thankfully, the Elon Musk-Twitter saga took a break. But we finally got to hear something about recent developments from Jack Dorsey, Twitterâs co-founder, ex-CEO, and outgoing board member, who weighed in on the issue with some non-direct tweets. Some of them were directed toward the companyâs board, and how it has operated over the years, and some of them talked about the potential decentralization... Read more âș
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After a global dip during the start of the pandemic, Europeâs startup scene is buzzing yet again. 2021 saw a record-breaking âŹ100bn being injected into European startups, and 100 new unicorns being born across sectors. And with Brexit coming into effect, 2021 also saw a shake-up of European titans, with London possibly losing hold of its startup-ecosystem crown. One region that might snatch said crown is Benelux â the Western... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on .cult by Manusha Chethiyawardhana. .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. So youâre preparing for your next mobile development interview? Assuming that the company is working with the popular mobile app development framework, React Native, youâre in the right place. The interviewer... Read more âș
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Telegram has had an option to send ephemeral messages in its encrypted Secret Chat mode since 2013. Last year, it rolled out a new timer feature â that could be enabled for either 24 hours or 7 days â to auto-delete messages for all Telegram chats. Over the weekend, the app updated this function to allow a custom auto-delete timer for all conversations. Plus, unlike the previous version, it doesnât... Read more âș
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The âbrain in a jarâ is a thought experiment of a disembodied human brain living in a jar of sustenance. The thought experiment explores human conceptions of reality, mind, and consciousness. This article will explore a metaphysical argument against artificial intelligence on the grounds that a disembodied artificial intelligence, or a âbrainâ without a body, is incompatible with the nature of intelligence.[1] The brain in a jar is a different... Read more âș
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