As the worldâs need for large amounts of portable energy grows at an ever-increasing pace, many innovators have sought to replace current battery technology with something better. Italian physicist Alessandro Volta tapped into fundamental electrochemical principles when he invented the first battery in 1800. Essentially, the physical joining of two different materials, usually metals, generates a chemical reaction that results in the flow of electrons from one material to the... Read more âș
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ITâS HERE. If you were eagerly waiting for NFTs to arrive on Instagram, the moment is has arrived. You can share NFTs on your feed, in stories, and in messages. But for now, you have to be in the US and you have to be one of the âhandful of creators and collectorsâ chosen by Instagram to use the feature. So much for decentralization, eh? Instagramâs head, Adam Mosseri, said... Read more âș
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Googleâs annual developer extravaganza, Google I/O, is almost here. The conference is set to begin on May 11, starting with a keynote address at 10:00 AM PT (thatâs 1 PM ET, 7 PM CET, and 10:30 PM IST). As with last yearâs conference, I/O 2022 will be free to âattendâ (virtually, that is), and everyone can stream the entirety of the event from the comfort of their pajamas. That said,... Read more âș
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In early March, a manipulated video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was circulated. In it, a digitally generated Zelenskyy told the Ukrainian national army to surrender. The video was circulated online but was quickly debunked as a deepfake â a hyper-realistic yet fake and manipulated video produced using artificial intelligence. While Russian disinformation seems to be having a limited impact, this alarming example illustrated the potential consequences of deepfakes. However,... Read more âș
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Cars are getting streamlined and minimalist. Weâve seen approval for vehicles without a steering wheel or pedals in the effort to make cars with increased autonomous capabilities. But now, automakers have designed a car without conventional brake discs â and itâs all part of a bigger effort to reduce carbon emissions. Over the weekend, French carmaker DS Automobiles, the luxury arm of Citroen, launched a prototype of the DS E-TENSE,... Read more âș
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In the last few weeks, weâve heard multiple rumors about Elon Muskâs vision of generating more money through Twitter. But now, we have a robust idea of what Twitterâs numbers would look like under the Tesla CEOâs management. Over the weekend, The New York Times published a report about Muskâs pitch deck to investors â and the goals described in it are pretty ambitious. Rocket fueled user growth 931 million.... Read more âș
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I like imperfect things. I like my sweater with its holes at the elbows, that painting of mine that my cat walked over while it was drying, that source code Iâm using for my doctorate that never seems to execute as Iâd expected it to. I like it that way, though. Imperfection makes things more interesting. When youâre talking about business, however, thereâs money to be made â potentially lots... Read more âș
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Whether you need a new villain or an old Spider-Man, your sci-fi movie will sound more scientifically respectable if you use the word multiverse. The Marvel multiverse puts different versions of our universe âout thereâ, somewhere. In these films, with the right blend of technology, magic, and imagination, travel between these universes is possible. For example (spoilers!), in Spider-Man: No Way Home, we discover there are other universes and other... Read more âș
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China has had the worldâs fastest-growing economy since the 1980s. A key driver of this extraordinary growth has been the countryâs pragmatic system of innovation, which balances government steering and market-oriented entrepreneurs. Right now, this system is undergoing changes that may have profound implications for the global economic and political order. The Chinese government is pushing for better research and development, âsmart manufacturingâ facilities, and a more sophisticated digital economy.... Read more âș
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As a physicist working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern, one of the most frequent questions I am asked is âWhen are you going to find something?â Resisting the temptation to sarcastically reply âAside from the Higgs boson, which won the Nobel Prize, and a whole slew of new composite particles?â, I realize that the reason the question is posed so often is down to how we have... Read more âș
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The big existential fear on everybodyâs mind used to be losing our jobs to AI. That all changed when the pandemic hit and millions were faced with job loss that had nothing to do with automation. For many, the best solution to their COVID-related employment woes was to turn to the freelance or âgig-basedâ economy. This led to a huge uptick in value for companies specializing in connecting clients with... Read more âș
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Bored Apes have become symbolic of the NFT craze. Horrendously ugly and ludicrously pricey, their value derives from artificial scarcity. It would therefore be a great shame if someone offered infinite free versions of the collectibles â which is exactly what Yannick Kilcher has done. The machine learning expert has built an app that generates as many Bored Apes as your heart desires. The system is powered by generative adversarial... Read more âș
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I donât own a TV (streaming all the way), but Iâm always interested in car commercials to see what tricks advertisers are deploying in their efforts to make us want to shell out a large portion of our income on a new car. So when I saw that Ford released a new advertisement yesterday â with a decent amount of shade thrown at a competitor whose name starts with a... Read more âș
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While electric cars are gaining momentum, gradually replacing gas-guzzlers, the electrification of larger vehicles such as long-haul trucks and planes is proving to be a tough challenge. We need more time to make the tech work and, in the interim, a stepping stone fuel between gasoline and electric batteries. Thatâs where natural gas comes in. Comprising methane as its primary component, natural gas is an intriguing alternative to regular fuel.... Read more âș
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Worldwide sales of fitness trackers increased from US$14 billion in 2017 to over $36 billion in 2020. The skyrocketing success of these gadgets suggests that more people than ever see some value in keeping tabs on the number of steps they take, flights of stairs they climb, time they spend sitting, and calories they burn. The manufacturers of these devices certainly want consumers to believe that tracking fitness or health-related... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on .cult by Neil Green. .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. Becoming a tech lead is a tremendous accomplishment, and you should be proud to have been given that responsibility. Technology leadership is a stepping stone into management or architecture, so your... Read more âș
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Between remote strikes on people and oil refineries in the Middle East, and multiple Black Mirror episodes, drones get a bad rap. But as their capabilities increase through machine intelligence, mapping, and greater aerial surveillance, they are not only machines of destruction but tools for responding to complex environmental and societal challenges. Letâs take a look: Fighting deforestation Australian start-up AirSeed Technologies uses seed-dropping drones to fight deforestation using seed... Read more âș
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The FIDO Alliance has been at the forefront of the passwordless movement. The organization has been working with many tech firms for years to urge them to adopt standards that donât require passwords for authentication. Well, the people at the FIDO Alliance must be jumping for joy. In a new announcement, Google, Microsoft, and Apple have agreed to play nice with each other to enable passwordless sign-ins across their platforms.... Read more âș
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Being able to climb that giant hill on your commute without breaking a sweat is one of the luxuries of riding an ebike. Less luxurious is trying to lug a 70-pound chunk of metal up a narrow staircase when you back get home. Ebikes are often the fastest and most versatile way of getting around cities, but their typically heavy and bulky frames often make them inconvenient to own in... Read more âș
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What happens when science goes wrong, and humankindâs technological hubris causes global calamity? Usually, the credits roll, these types of scenarios are almost always science fiction. But, since itâs black hole week at NASA, we thought weâd have a little fun imagining the complete and accidental annihilation of our planet. Back in the 1930s, there was a brief moment when some of the physicists working with Einstein on the atom... Read more âș
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