Magnetic floating pods traveling through a series of tubes sound like a scene from sci-fi movies, right? But what if they could be used for mass transport? The American transport tech company Virgin Hyperloop expects to make it happen by 2027, co-founder and Chief Executive Josh Giegel told Reuters. The company is developing tech for passenger pods that will reach a speed up to 1,200 kilometers through almost air-free vacuum... Read more ›
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WhatsApp said today that it won’t delete or deactivate your account if you don’t accept its privacy policy that’s rolling out on May 15. The Facebook-owned chat app had originally introduced the updated privacy policy in January through a pop-up to users. However, after a major user backlash, it decided the rollout to February 8 and eventually to May 15. The company at that time had said that if a... Read more ›
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Amongst all the big product announcements Apple made at its April event, the company also ushered in a new era for its podcast offering. Specifically, it introduced subscriptions and a redesigned Podcasts app. Today, we’re talking about the latter. Why? Because the Apple Podcast app redesign is a violation of our human rights; a plague upon this fair and pleasant land. Okay, that’s a bit much. But the redesign is... Read more ›
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India opened up its vaccination program for the 18-45 age group on May 1. To get the vaccine, people in this age bracket have to go through a two-stage process. First, register on the government-run CoWin portal. And second, book a slot in their area to get their first shot. While the first part is easy, finding a slot is proving to be a nightmare for people across the country.... Read more ›
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Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has announced its dive into the European market and it sounds like a big one… but will it stick the landing? The company will bring four battery swap stations to the Oslo region by September, and then will expand to other Norwegian locations, starting in 2022. .@NIOGlobal confirms the battery swap station will come to Europe, with 4 starting in the Oslo region in 2021.... Read more ›
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This article was written by Juan Btesh on The Urban Mobility Daily, the content site of the Urban Mobility Company, a Paris-based company which is moving the business of mobility forward through physical and virtual events and services. Join their community of 10K+ global mobility professionals by signing up for the Urban Mobility Weekly newsletter. Read the original article here and follow them on Linkedin and Twitter. Those of us... Read more ›
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If you’re a drug manufacturer looking for patients, one company has become a major destination in the past few years: Facebook. The social media giant, through its power to target users based on their interests, is especially attractive to pharmaceutical companies looking to sell drugs to potential patients. The Washington Post reported last year that health and pharmaceutical companies spent almost $1 billion on just Facebook mobile ads in 2019.... Read more ›
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Let me start this post off by saying that impostor syndrome has already been covered profusely and at length, and there’s probably nothing new I can add to the discussion, so let me stop here, thanks for reading, and sorry for wasting your time. Ahem. While there’s already tons of advice for overcoming impostor syndrome, I find it usually falls into one of two buckets: YOU! An impostor?! No way!... Read more ›
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Google‘s following Apple again by committing to introduce privacy labels for Android apps in the Play Store next year. Google will show these labels for the app on the Play Store under the new Saftey section. It’ll show you what kind of data the app collects — approximate or exact location, personal information, photos, and storage — and how it plans to use the data. The iPhone maker gave a... Read more ›
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Netflix is apparently considering launching a new platform called ‘N-Plus.’ The company began sending out a survey to customers, including TNW’s Abhimanyu Ghoshal, asking them if they’d use the service, which would include a variety of services that allow you to go more in-depth with the streaming service’s content. According to the survey, N-Plus would include “text, image, and video feeds you can sign up for news, interviews, analysis, deep... Read more ›
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Whenever I read a review of a lightweight ebike, inevitably someone in the comments feels the need to point out: “you can get the Powertron Cyclenator with a 1,000,000W motor for this kind of money!” Or, you know, something like that. I’ll admit, when I first started to ride and review ebikes, I thought much the same. I’m a big guy, after all, and back then I had pretty much... Read more ›
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Your porn name is the last five digits of your social security number, the name of the street your grew up on, and the month and year you opened your bank account. Actually, based on the most commonly used names in porn, it’s probably either “Lee” or “Nikki.” But I digress. The point is, those “your ______ name is…” games you see on social media are scams meant to help... Read more ›
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Google is so sick of you relying on passwords that the company hopes to one day ditch the authentication method altogether. But in the meantime, the search giant is introducing a simpler way of improving security online: activating two-factor authentication (2FA) on your Google accounts by default. The Big G currently offers 2FA — also known as two-step verification (2SV) — as an optional setting, but will soon turn it... Read more ›
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A team of researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China have developed a system by which invisible ink and a basic cipher can be combined with relatively simple AI to create an ‘uncrackable’ offline encryption method. Up front: Remember when you learned that you could use lemon juice and water to write invisible messages on paper? Well, this is a lot like that. The researchers then take the... Read more ›
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This article was written by Yann Arnaud, Director of Customer Needs and Innovation at MACIF on The Urban Mobility Daily, the content site of the Urban Mobility Company, a Paris-based company which is moving the business of mobility forward through physical and virtual events and services. Join their community of 10K+ global mobility professionals by signing up for the Urban Mobility Weekly newsletter. Read the original article here and follow... Read more ›
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A Rivian R1T truck was sighted driving along Page Mill Road in Palo Alto, California, according to photos shared with Teslarati. Intriguingly, the car was bearing a LiDAR rig on its roof. With the upcoming launch of the R1T, it’s rather safe to assume that the company was testing its Driver+ assistance system, which comes standard with every Rivian vehicle. And besides, the truck was spotted in close proximity to... Read more ›
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TLDR: The ScoutPro is the ultimate all-in-one charger, offering a whole handful of ways for this 24,000mAh battery to deliver power to up to five devices at once. With the number of devices we all carry with us each day continuing to grow, it’s no surprise that we’re still trying to work out the whole charging thing. Each device often comes with its own charger, but nobody wants to carry... Read more ›
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I’m a sucker for a portable speaker. Of all the technological advances in recent years, they’re up there with the best. So when the Sonos Roam was announced I was — as the kids say — #Down2Clown. And you know what? It’s good. Really good. But the Sonos Roam goes beyond its technical characteristics; it’s also shrewd business move from the company. We were so excited about this that we... Read more ›
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TLDR: The Ultimate Learn to Design Training Bundle helps art learners explore digital creation in all its forms with some of the industry’s most powerful tools. A career in graphic design is a path marked with a whole bunch of trails and other side roads that can take students into all sorts of career opportunities they hadn’t expected. Maybe they go the classic route and start designing things like product... Read more ›
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Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur in tech — from managing stress to embracing awkwardness. You can get his musings straight to your inbox by signing up for his newsletter! What is the purpose of a company? The simple and most common answer is: create shareholder value. I mean, it’s all just about the money in the... Read more ›
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