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Clean Fleet Report @ The Next Web · 04/12/2021 06:24 EDT

A handy list of EVs that won’t destroy your bank balance

This article was originally published by Martin Banks on Clean Fleet Report, a publication that gives its readers the information they need to move to cars and trucks with best fuel economy, including electric cars, fuel cells, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and advanced diesel and gasoline engines. Affordable cars that move the green needle Price is one of the most significant roadblocks to clean transportation. Tesla, arguably the most iconic electric... Read more

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The Conversation @ The Next Web · 04/12/2021 06:14 EDT

Did we just discover new physics? These theoretical physicists don’t think so

When the results of an experiment don’t match predictions made by the best theory of the day, something is off. Fifteen years ago, physicists at Brookhaven National Laboratory discovered something perplexing. Muons – a type of subatomic particle – were moving in unexpected ways that didn’t match theoretical predictions. Was the theory wrong? Was the experiment off? Or, tantalizingly, was this evidence of new physics? Physicists have been trying to... Read more

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Callum Booth @ The Next Web · 04/12/2021 05:25 EDT

Google will give you a ‘Heads Up’ when you’re walking on your phone… and Darwin weeps

Once, just once, I’d like to sit down at my computer on a Monday morning and not want to smash my face repeatedly into the keyboard. Unfortunately, today’s not that day: because Google is rolling out Heads Up, a feature that’ll alert users when they’re walking and using their phones. To put that another way, you’ll get a reminder on your phone to stop looking at your phone while you’re... Read more

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The Conversation @ The Next Web · 04/12/2021 05:15 EDT

5G networks may unwittingly realize Nikola Tesla’s dream of wireless power grids

At the height of his career, the pioneering electrical engineer Nikola Tesla became obsessed with an idea. He theorized that electricity could be transmitted wirelessly through the air at long distances – either via a series of strategically positioned towers, or hopping across a system of suspended balloons. Things didn’t go to plan, and Tesla’s ambitions for a wireless global electricity supply were never realized. But the theory itself wasn’t... Read more

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Ivan Mehta @ The Next Web · 04/12/2021 04:38 EDT

India’s AI to catch mask-less people at a festival attended by millions sounds pointless

Amid a monumental surge in COVID-19 cases, India’s going ahead with Kumbh Mela, a cyclical pilgrimage of epic proportions that attracts Hindus to four religious sites across the country every 12 years. According to a report from the Indian Express, officials have built an AI to help spot people at the event who avoid wearing masks. The authorities said that 100 out of the 350 CCTV cameras deployed for festivals... Read more

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Matthew Beedham @ The Next Web · 04/12/2021 03:30 EDT

Ducati won’t make electric motorcycles anytime soon

Despite teasing the idea a couple of years ago, it seems that Ducati is not going to make an all-electric motorcycle, any time soon at least. In Motorcycle News (MCN), Ducati’s VP of Sales Francesco Milicia seemed to provide a bit more clarity on the Italian motorbike maker’s low-emission plans. “Will we produce an electric Ducati soon? No. We think that for the kind of machine we produce now, an... Read more

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Ivan Mehta @ The Next Web · 04/12/2021 02:06 EDT

Microsoft reportedly wants to buy Siri’s AI partner firm Nuance for $16B

New week, new Microsoft acquisition chatter. After reports of the tech giant acquiring gaming-focused communication platform Discord for more than $10 billion, rumors of it chasing speech AI company Nuance have emerged. According to a report from Bloomberg, Microsoft wants to buy the AI firm for $16 billion. The Seattle-based tech giant is ready to pay $56 per share — that’s more than 20% higher than Nuance’s last closing of... Read more

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The Conversation @ The Next Web · 04/11/2021 10:08 EDT

Skip the rice — here’s how to dry your water-logged phone

If you’ve ever gotten your phone wet in the rain, dropped it in water or spilled liquid over it, you’re not alone. One study suggests 25% of smartphone users have damaged their smartphone with water or some other kind of liquid. Liquid penetrating a smartphone can affect the device in several ways. It could lead to: blurry photos, if moisture gets trapped in the camera lens ruffled audio, or no... Read more

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TNW Deals @ The Next Web · 04/11/2021 10:00 EDT

A freelancer is making over $370,000 a year? This training can help you get started

TLDR: The Complete 2021 Superstar Freelancer Bundle is a comprehensive course package for launching and growing a thriving new freelance career working for yourself. Alex Fasulo is a freelance writer — and even in the teeth of a global pandemic and the explosion of a hand-to-mouth U.S. gig economy, she’s absolutely thriving. Fasulo is a regular on Fiverr Pro, offering her freelancing services as a ghostwriter on a variety of... Read more

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The Conversation @ The Next Web · 04/11/2021 05:09 EDT

The imminent discovery of new forces of nature could change physics as we know it

Seven years ago, a huge magnet was transported over 3,200 miles (5,150km) across land and sea, in the hope of studying a subatomic particle called a muon. Muons are closely related to electrons, which orbit every atom and form the building blocks of matter. The electron and muon both have properties precisely predicted by our current best scientific theory describing the subatomic, quantum world, the standard model of particle physics.... Read more

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Justin Pot @ The Next Web · 04/11/2021 02:52 EDT

Get the most out of Google Forms with these 6 settings

When businesses are choosing a form app, there seems to be a perception that Google Forms is too simple. This is unfortunate, because it’s a pretty robust tool—if you know how to find all the options. Here are a bunch of settings that make Google Forms much more powerful. Go ahead and make a new form, and then click the gear icon in the top-right corner. We’ll go over a... Read more

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TNW Deals @ The Next Web · 04/10/2021 10:00 EDT

Master coding, design, and GoSkills Unlimited’s entire catalogue for under $100

TLDR: With a year of GoSkills Unlimited Online Courses, learners can pick up training in web development, finance, project management, soft skills, and a whole lot more. The sunsets in the West, Alabama dominates college football, and one day, you will die. These are all certainties in life that every man, woman, and child eventually comes to accept. Another certainty of life is that as soon as you think you’ve... Read more

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TNW Deals @ The Next Web 3 place · 04/10/2021 10:00 EDT

TLDR: With a year of GoSkills Unlimited Online Courses, learners can pick up training in web development, finance, project management, soft skills, and a whole lot more. The sunsets in the West, Alabama dominates college football, and one day, you will die. These are all certainties in life that every man, woman, and child eventually comes to accept. Another certainty of life is that as soon as you think you’ve... Read more

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Tristan Greene @ The Next Web 1 place · 04/09/2021 16:20 EDT

Physicists working with Microsoft think the universe is a self-learning computer

A team of theoretical physicists working with Microsoft today published an amazing pre-print research paper describing the universe as a self-learning system of evolutionary laws. In other words: We live inside a computer that learns. The big idea: Bostrom’s Simulation Argument has been a hot topic in science circles lately. We published “What if you’re living in a simulation, but there’s no computer” recently to posit a different theory, but... Read more

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Thomas Macaulay @ The Next Web 3 place · 04/09/2021 14:31 EDT

Adventures with AI: Can computer vision and GPT-3 get me fit?

Welcome to Adventures with AI, a column exploring what happens when artificial intelligence takes control of everyday tasks. I enjoy exercise, but I’ve always hated gyms. I can’t stand the pugnacious meatheads hogging the bench; the vacuous EDM pounding my brain into mush; the putrid blend of BO dripping off the walls; the eye-watering fees; the fear of being judged. They’re ghastly places frequented by some of the most unpleasant... Read more

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Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten @ The Next Web 3 place · 04/09/2021 10:13 EDT

What separates a good manager from a bad one? Bullshitting

You should be continually outsmarted by the people you manage. If you’re not, you’ve hired the wrong people — or you’re just a bad manager. The downside of hiring people more brilliant than you is they’ll be challenging to manage or argue with. The people you hire are the experts — not you — so what’s the point of having them around if you’re not going to listen? But you... Read more

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TNW Deals @ The Next Web · 04/09/2021 10:00 EDT

G Cloud is unlimited cloud space to backup all your mobile devices, all for just $39.99

TLDR: With a G Cloud Mobile Backup Unlimited Storage Plan subscription, you can backup everything from all your mobile devices to the cloud at almost half off the regular price. Nomophobia. It’s out there. It’s very real. And statistically speaking, there’s a good chance you have it. Nomophobia is a creeping sense of dread or fear when you don’t have access to a working phone. And while that might sound... Read more

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Matthew Beedham @ The Next Web 3 place · 04/09/2021 09:53 EDT

Watch humans drive slowly in Elon Musk’s ‘revolutionary’ $52M tunnel

I’m going to tell you this entire story in one sentence, because that’s all it deserves. Earlier this week, local reporters in California got another look at Elon Musk’s 1.5 mile long, $52 million, Las Vegas “Loop” that was supposed to be a total transport revolution, and it turns out that it’s still nothing more than a really expensive hole through the terra firma in which humans drive cars quite... Read more

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The Cosmic Companion @ The Next Web 2 place · 04/09/2021 09:35 EDT

This is why China and Russia want to build a base on the Moon

The Russian space agency Roscosmos and China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) recently agreed to establish lunar outposts on, and in orbit around, the Moon. This announcement comes as Russia prepares to mark the 60th anniversary of Yuri’s Night — the beginning of human spaceflight. Roscosmos originated in 1991 from the dissolved soviet space program. The Soviet space agency accomplished a number of firsts, including launching the first satellite, as well... Read more

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Thomas Macaulay @ The Next Web 1 place · 04/09/2021 07:16 EDT

Watch a cyborg monkey play Pong with its mind, thanks to Elon Musk’s Neuralink

Elon Musk hopes to put computer chips in our brains that will enable “human-AI symbiosis.” But for now, he’s focused on making monkeys play video games. Musk’s Neuralink startup posted a video today of a primate playing Pong with its mind. The nine-year-old macaque, called Pager, has a Neuralink implanted in his brain. Pager was first trained to play Pong with a joystick in return for a banana smoothie reward.... Read more

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