By: Eve Zelickson Chances are at some point in your internet travels youâve stumbled on a warning that reads something like âYour connection is not private. Attackers might be trying to steal your information.â The page usually gives you an option to proceed to the website anyway. But should you? Why did I get rerouted to this page? Today, we conduct more activities online than ever before: paying bills, buying... Read more âș
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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. Micromobility firm TIER has announced a new partnership that gives ageing electric lithium batteries a second life. Partnering with German start-up Vertical... Read more âș
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Baseballâs back and I couldnât care less. What Iâm excited about is the world champion Atlanta Bravesâ new virtual stadium. A company called Surreal Events is working with the champs to bring a virtual representation of Truist Park to life via a virtual platform-as-a-service model built in the Unreal engine. As boring as that sounds, the emergence of an interface-agnostic portal to bespoke metaverses might be what finally convinces the... Read more âș
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âOrwellianâ references are invoked to the point of cliche, but big tech sure makes them hard to resist. The latest temptress is Mark Zuckerbergâs Meta. In a move redolent of 1984âs Two Minutes Hate, the company has temporarily permitted calls for violence and deaths. The social media behemoth has provisionally permitted hate speech in certain Facebook and Instagram posts. Thereâs no need to worry, however; the malice can only target... Read more âș
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The electric transformation of Volkswagenâs iconic T1 microbus has been in the making for five years â a decade if we count the various Bulli concepts VW has consistently teased us with. Now, the VW ID Buzz has finally made its debut as an all-electric, multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) and cargo van. Was it worth the wait? ABSOLUTELY. Feast your eyes! On the left, the ID Buzz. On the right, the... Read more âș
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One year ago, an artwork was sold for US$69 million (ÂŁ52.6 million) by the prestigious auction house Christieâs. This was no lost Matisse or rarely seen Van Gogh. Instead, it was a composite collection of digital art by the then relatively unknown artist Beeple. What makes this piece, Everydays: the First 5000 Days, truly remarkable, is that it was sold as a non-fungible token (NFT). In the year since that... Read more âș
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The Andean highlands of South America â where Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia meet â is also known as the âLithium Triangle,â as the region contains more than half of the worldâs supply of the valuable metal. This has attracted numerous mining companies, with their focus especially on one lake in northeastern Chile called Salar de Atacama. This is estimated to contain almost 30% of the globeâs known lithium. The so-called... Read more âș
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On March 1, the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov, made an appeal to eight commercial satellite operators. âRussia is bombarding our cities every day and night and so many civilians are in danger,â Fedorov wrote in a letter shared on Twitter. âWe badly need the opportunity to watch the movement of Russian troops, especially at night when our technologies are blind in fact!â Fedorov urged the companies to... Read more âș
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It isnât every day you stumble across the weirdest robot ever. But if you can guess this little machineâs function just by looking at it, youâve officially won the internet for today: My, what an interesting shape for a hand-held robot. No, it doesnât vibrate. But youâre close. The researchers call it âOMOY: A Handheld Robotic Gadget that Shifts its Weight to Express Emotions and Intentions.â Apparently, its purpose is... Read more âș
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The invasion of Ukraine has triggered a significant digital shift for Russia. Sanctions imposed by governments around the world â together with company closures or mothballing â have significantly impacted the country. A plethora of events have escalated the invasion into the digital world, with cyberattacks, cybercriminals taking sides, and even an IT army of civilians being mobilized by Ukraine. The sanctions imposed on Russia have not only directly hit... Read more âș
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With rising fuel prices in many countries, owning an EV probably feels like a smart move lately. But buying a new car isnât cheap, and the delay in mass EV production means even second-hand EVs are retailing at massively inflated prices. So, if youâre still driving an ICE vehicle, here are some tips and resources for preserving your fuel intake through the practice of hypermiling. What is hypermiling? Hypermiling (also... Read more âș
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The metaverse has been here for a long time â it just hasnât been very good. The term, a conceptual catch-all of interconnected virtual spaces, has surged in the cultural zeitgeist since Facebook changed its name to Meta. Once simply the domain of gamers and niche commercial applications, a mainstream embrace of extended reality seems practically inevitable. The immediate problem with this future â whether youâre excited, apprehensive, or otherwise... Read more âș
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Heartbreaks are bad, but have you ever experienced the pain of your favorite app shutting down? Itâs devastating when you learn about a tool or service you cherished using, and dreamt youâd grow old with. It happens more than weâd like, and it doesnât ever get easier. We asked you about the discontinued apps that youâre sad about, and wanted to raise a toast to our beloved tools. Google Reader... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on .cult by Mikaella C. .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. The job posting looked great. The company is interesting. The role offers you a challenge youâre excited to tackle. But when you get to the first interview, you have a strange... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on .cult by Tomasz Ćakomy. .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. You might be familiar with the following scenario. Youâve been a developer for a while and youâve learned quite a lot along the way. Travelled to a couple of tech conferences,... Read more âș
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Weâre getting closer to the vehicle automation dream. No, I donât mean Elon Muskâs self-driving Level 2 nonsense. Iâm talking about vehicles that can function without any human intervention. But while the tech itself is evolving and going through growing pains, thereâs a problem: inadequate road infrastructure. While thereâs been huge investment in developing vehicular autonomous driving technology, thereâs been little by cities in the infrastructure necessary for vehicles to... Read more âș
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There is a certain point in a developerâs career where you go from contributing to projects to inventing your own schtick. For some itâs earlier, for some later, and some never get there at all. Most developers with a long career do experience this point, though. Iâll call it the build-it-yourself point. If youâve arrived there yet, you know what the first questions are: How does it work? What does... Read more âș
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Picture the scene. Itâs 50 years in the future. Weâre sitting with our grandchildren. They wobble over to us, lean closer, and ask what it was like when Appleâs M1 chips were first announced. âThose were simpler times,â weâd say, âback in 2020, there was only a single M1 processor.â Now itâs 2072, and the company has just launched the M1 Plus Pro Max Ultra Mega Demon Alpha Theta Gamma... Read more âș
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The invasion of Ukraine has led European leaders to reconsider their dependence on Russian natural gas for electricity and heating. While other countries are working hard to offer alternatives like Liquid Natural Gas (LNG), this still leaves the continent dependent on foreign supply. Luckily, literally everyone on Earth is standing right on top of a virtually limitless energy source; geothermal energy. Recently, an American startup called Quaise made headlines with... Read more âș
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Itâs the season of software comebacks. Googleâs Inbox has been resurrected by a new company. The music streaming service 8tracks was reborn. And legendary media player WinAmp is being overhauled. And the latest entrant to the pack? Limewire. Yep, that file-sharing service where you got your MP3s in high school. Now, itâs making a comeback as a⊠digital collectible service in the music space? Shockingly, thereâs a crypto element to... Read more âș
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