The future is the indefinite time period after the present. Its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics. Due to the apparent nature of reality and the unavoidability of the future, everything that currently exists and will exist can be categorized as either permanent, meaning that it will exist for the whole of the future, or temporary, meaning that it won't and thus will come to an end.
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NASA figures we've got about a billion years before the sun kills us all
A team of researchers working with NASA have finally figured out when the sun's going to burn off all the oxygen on our planet, thus destroying all life on Earth. By their calculation it'll happen somewhere around the year 1,000,002,021. If you're still on the waiting list for Hamilton tickets, you may need to plan accordingly. In a research paper published on Monday, the team describes the final moments before Earth loses its ability to support ...
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EVs will get hit by new taxes, and I’m not sure what we can do about it
The UK goverment is losing £1,000 for the first year of ownership everytime someone switches from an petrol or diesel car ...
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Digital trends 2021: Every single stat marketers need to know
If you’re looking for the latest digital insights and social media stats, you’ll find them all in our new Digital 2021 ...
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Affordable EVs will be the catalyst for a decade long shift to electric cars
According to a recent report from ABI Research, 2021 will mark the start of a decade long transition towards EVs, spurred ...
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The Mini Urbanaut concept is a TARDIS on wheels for day-trippers of the future
The Mini Urbanaut is an all-electric concept van for a busy, crowded, and self-driving future. Mini is seriously considering ...
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Agriculture on Mars: Can it be done?
Martian colonies of the future will require vast quantities of food, but bringing an endless stream of foodstuffs from Earth ...
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Watch this self-driving race car hilariously smash into a wall
Autonomous cars are the future, apparently. Watch this self-driving car race series and decide for yourself how far along ...
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Is the EU ‘cheating’ on its net-zero emissions plan? Here’s what science says
The European Commission recently announced it would aim to cut emissions by the bloc by as much as 55% against 1990 levels ...
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How should we think about the far future of technology?
When talking about the future of technology, how far can be we look ahead? Fifty years? Thirty years?
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Tomorrow’s mobility: How Porsche is facing up to new challenges
How we get around sustainably and remain mobile in an increasingly busy world is a hotly debated topic at the moment. In ...
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The Kalashnikov CV-1 was meant to kill Tesla and impress Putin — but where is it?
Two years ago, the maker of the AK-47, Kalashnikov, unveiled an electric car that was supposed to beat Tesla into the ground. ...
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A beginner's guide to the AI apocalypse: Killer robots
Welcome to the fifth article in TNW’s guide to the AI apocalypse. In this series we examine some of the most popular doomsday ...
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Majority of Europeans would consider human augmentation, study finds
Almost two-thirds of Europeans would consider human augmentation, but the north is far more enthusiastic than the south, ...
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I don't know how to succeed
Of course I do benefit from my experience, but often I’m reminded that the future is wide open: full of opportunities and ...
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Alien-human hybrids are unlikely but not impossible, scientists say
Human-alien hybrids fill science fiction stories, and the most famous of these is Mr. Spock from Star Trek — the logical ...
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Global EV market expected to reach 320M vehicles by 2040
Wood Mackenzie, an energy consultancy group, forecasts that the EV market will grow by up to 35 times over the next 20 years. ...
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It’s 2020, your team’s mental health and morale should be a priority by now
Working in 2020 hasn't been easy. Here's why your team's mental health and morale should be a priority — more than ever ...
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A US Air Force pilot is taking on AI in a virtual dogfight — here’s how to watch it
An AI-controlled fighter jet will battle a US Air Force pilot in a simulated dogfight that's the final trial of DARPA's AlphaDogfight ...
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New 'Computer Prophet' generates profound metaphors for life and death
UCLA student Elias Henriksen created the AI-powered Computer Prophet to answer existential questions through novel metaphors. ...
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What will happen when we reach the AI singularity?
Should you feel bad about pulling the plug on a robot or switch off an artificial intelligence algorithm? Not for the moment. ...
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BMW’s feature subscription service is anti-consumer rubbish
BMW could offer some vehicle features on a subscription basis. It still has to flesh out the details, but on the surface ...
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Uber will soon let people in California book accessible minibus rides with public transit deal
This article was originally published by Sarah Wray on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility ...
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Meet Orwell, Russia’s cute and totally not sinister new facial recognition system for kids
According to Russian business daily Vedomosti, a new facial recognition system coming to every school in the country has ...
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The future of electric motorbikes according to post-war inspired BMW concept art
Transport is slowly but surely shifting to electric power. For motorcycle designers it means embracing new ideas and developing ...
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How to supercharge your team's brainstorming sessions with sci-fi narratives
Inviting people to create sci-fi narratives allows them to break out of the thought patterns that are holding them back
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5 things to do if you’re worried about job security
Is job security keeping you up at night? Here are five practical things you can do to feel less anxious and hopefully plan ...
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How to convince your boss to let you work from home — forever!
Here's how to convince your boss to let you work from home forever and ever. It's way easier than you think — you just ...
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Here’s how public transport in European cities must adapt to ‘the new normal’
Mobility. It is the glue that binds cities, societies, and civilizations together. What was just two months ago a necessity ...
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How the coronavirus pandemic might make our cities more sustainable
A pause has been forced on urban life. Quiet roads, empty skies, deserted high streets and parks, closed cinemas, cafés ...
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AI can tackle the climate emergency — if developed responsibly
Our planet is altering at a dangerous pace due to climate change. And at the same time, we seem to be entering a period of ...
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Remembering the Nucleon, Ford's 1958 nuclear-powered concept car that never was
The 1950s was a different time for car design. It represented an abstract belief of the future. Take Ford's nuclear-powered ...
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Entrepreneurs must warm up to AI — or risk their own 'AlphaGo loss'
Evolutionary AI can help people find the best strategies and find the optimum solutions. No longer relying on human input, ...
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I’ve finally found the perfect EV — and it was made in 1953
Lunaz's electric vehicle (EV) conversion of a classic Jaguar XK120 is the perfect EV because it's actually an interesting ...
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Why some countries were better prepared for coronavirus than others
As much of the world gets used to social distancing, school closures and restrictions in movement in response to the coronavirus ...
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Want to be an entrepreneur? Start by visualizing your success
The best thing to do during these trying times is to look ahead and visualize what you want out of your professional life ...
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Darktrace's co-CEO on trusting AI to fight cyberattacks on our behalf
Darktrace had to take customers on a journey to help them trust algorithms in the fight against cyber attacks, the company's ...
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Toyota saddles up for self-driving future with $400M investment into Pony.ai
Toyota, one of the world's largest car makers, has further demonstrated its intent on supporting self-driving vehicles with ...
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I tried Huawei’s foldable Mate Xs — it’s badass, but fucking expensive
We visited Barcelona for the launch of the Huawei Mate Xs — the company's new foldable — and got to give the damn thing ...
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3 things startups need to consider before buying insurance
Startups can be among the riskiest businesses to insure. That’s because they operate in new markets and often with untested ...
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Are you for wheel? These 6 European startups disrupting mobility and subscription services are
We’re in the midst of the next big evolution in human mobility. While this may elicit images of flying Deloreans and a ...
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Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip phone Oscars advert had some weird small print
Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip was revealed during last night's Oscars — but there was some weird small print about the foldable ...
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Today's smart sex toys are gimmicky and expensive, just like early smartphones
This article was originally published on SEXTECHGUIDE, an independent publication that looks at the intersection between ...
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Engineers bet on hydrogen-fueled zero emission rocket to break land speed record
Engineers behind the British Bloodhound Land Speed Record (LSR) vehicle are turning their eyes to hydrogen power for their ...
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Tesla becomes America's first $100B publicly listed carmaker
On Tuesday EV carmaker Tesla became the first US carmaker, that publicly sells shares, to be valued at over $100 billion. ...
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Accidental Tesla ‘butt dial’ upgrade highlights confusing future of car maintenance
Earlier this week, author Nassim Nicolas Taleb, tweeted about his interactions with Tesla after he accidentally upgraded ...
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Color e-ink phones are here — so pretty please make me one to read comics on
Thanks to Hisense, color e-ink phones are now a reality! But they need to stop copying standard mobiles and forge their own ...
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A tech apocalypse is inevitable without the humanities
If recent television shows are anything to go by, we’re a little concerned about the consequences of technological development. ...
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Your home isn’t smart, it’s just connected — here’s why
We’re getting to the point in 2020 where we should reassess what it truly means to describe something as “smart.” We ...
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What marketers must learn from the 2010s
Before we go predicting about what all those drones and robots and VR headsets are going to do for us next, it's appropriate ...
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2020 will mark the death of the chatbot as we know it
The all-providing IM chatbot that was hailed as the answer to all our customer service automation needs, is dead. But the ...
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How coworking spaces need to evolve after the WeWork disaster
For too long, coworking has marketed itself to the world on trends and hype. But people don’t buy hype, they buy value ...
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Pichai is a mistake
Silicon Valley is still politely shrugging after the mildly interesting, but definitely important news broke yesterday that ...
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5 expectant bike tech trends to expect in 2020
Join Riding Nerdy this week, where we look forward to the new year with our top 5 predictions for bike tech for the coming ...
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Not ready to go public? That’s the perfect time to think about going public
WeWork’s non-IPO provided not just a dramatic crash-and-burn spectacle, but also a valuable cautionary tale to startups ...
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3D configurators aren’t a gimmick — they’re the future of shopping
Creating an ultra-realistic, 3D digital model that allows a user to configure an item to their specifications isn't just ...
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5 ways AI can make your car journeys less boring — and more safe
Driving long distances without a passenger can be lonely. If you’ve ever done it, you might have wished for a companion ...
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The AirPods Pro have me dreaming of reality-suppressing tech
I look forward to the age of 'Suppressed Reality' where I can dial down the volume and give my brain a rest when it needs ...
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What we can do to make sure automation doesn't negatively affect the work force
Artificial intelligence and automation are continuing to drill deeper into our society. In the business industry, ...
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5 ways to tell deepfakes from reality (for now)
Concern over using deepfake technology is nothing new, but the tech has advanced far faster than many anticipated, giving ...
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The ‘Bitcoin time-traveler’ Reddit post has been edited, but nobody knows who did it
Reddit user Luka_Magnotta's account has been banned for quite a while, but their infamous 'Bitcoin time-traveler' post is ...
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Why Elon Musk is wrong about LiDAR technology
Elon Musk proclaimed that, “LiDAR is a fool’s errand,” but the advantages that LiDAR delivers open up a world of possibilities. ...
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You can soon bet on Facebook's 'cryptocurrency' Libra missing its launch date
CoinFLEX's physically-settled futures will pay out Facebook Libra tokens if the 'cryptocurrency' is live by December 30, ...
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[Best of 2019] This quantum physics breakthrough could be the origin story for time travel
An international team of researchers recently placed an entire molecule into a state of quantum superposition. This huge ...
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How to think about the future of digital currency
It's a common trope that cryptocurrencies or digital currencies are "disrupting the financial industry" and will usher in ...
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CHEAP: A Sonos PLAY:1 speaker AND a charging stand for $179? Hnnngg
What's that? You're listening to music with wires? Ditch that dirty habit and move to the wireless world — something made ...
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I’m scared shitless of my new robot colleague
The age of man has ended: my new colleague is a robot writer.
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Microchipping your employees will always be dehumanizing — and pointless
No matter how dystopian our future might become, microchipping employees won't become a thing.
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6 futuristic jobs that will soon exist in the financial industry
AI and machine learning are entering the scene and causing great disruption in what used to be one of the most stable career ...
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Smart cities need to take people with disabilities into account from the get-go
As technology and urban design march into the future, more and more urban centers will begin looking like the “smart cities” ...
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Scientist have made a contact lens that lets you zoom in by blinking
Scientists from the University of California, San Diego, have created a new robotic soft contact lens that lets you zoom ...
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Five reasons future space travel should explore asteroids
Asteroids provide a direct connection between the Earth and interplanetary space. Craters such as the Barringer Crater in ...
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To prepare today's workforce for AI, they must understand it's not a threat
All entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about: What does a future with AI look like? What are the gains that AI can make ...
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Black Mirror's 'Striking Vipers' episode is a surprisingly refreshing depiction of future sex
This article was originally published on SEXTECHGUIDE, an independent publication that looks at the intersection between ...
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CHEAP: Pretend you live on a spaceship with this Google Smart Light Starter Kit for $35
One of the coolest things about modern technology is simple: controlling lights with your voice. This Google Smart Light ...
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Congressional report: Bitcoin adoption 'miniscule' compared to traditional finance
Distributed ledger systems that underpin cryptocurrencies aren't capable of processing the number of transactions required ...
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[Best of 2019] Slimy fish mucus can help chemists develop new antibiotics — here's how
One day in the future, you may take a pill to treat an illness – and owe your recovery to the tiny microbes that flourish ...
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The future of AI is collaborative
AI is becoming increasingly widespread, affecting all facets of society — even Sonic drive-ins are planning to implement ...
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Here's how we can change the Earth's orbit to escape the expanding sun
In the Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth, recently released on Netflix, humanity attempts to change the Earth’s ...
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Driverless cars are years away, but self-driving forklifts have arrived
For several years, executives of tech and automobile companies have been promising that fully autonomous vehicles will soon ...
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Is there a sustainable future for the veggie burger?
Whole grains, legumes, and vegetables enjoyed one year at the top of the burger heap. In 2015, “the best burger of the ...
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Here's how we can make STEM classes more accessible to students in rural America
More than ever before, there is a high demand in the workforce for an increased emphasis on education in mathematics and ...
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Booking.com's CEO on diversity in tech and the future of tourism
In an age of digital advancement, the tourism industry has embraced new tech to deliver improved user experiences. With the ...
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Flying cars could cut emissions, replace planes, and reduce traffic – but not soon enough
When Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was released 50 years ago, flying cars were a flight of fancy. Now, these futuristic vehicles ...
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Meet the nonprofit that’s already fighting for the rights of sentient robots
Movies like Blade Runner and other science fiction tend to depict robots as self-aware machines, capable of making their ...
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Smart cities are an AI-powered dystopia that's already happening
Separating the futuristic from the dystopian in the minds of the general public can be a challenge, particularly when trying ...
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Scientists: Earth might be ripped apart by gravity when the Sun dies
If it weren’t for the sun constantly showering us with energy, there would be no life on Earth. But eventually stars like ...
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Why I believe the future of work is on the blockchain
Mobile and internet technologies have made it easy for people across the world to successfully work on and get paid for projects, ...
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Why designers create products that are never meant to be real
Humans are great at telling stories. We use them to teach our children, to learn about ourselves, and to plan paths to the ...
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Facebook's News Feed is a mess, but it taught me to time travel
My relationship with Facebook has changed over the past two years. I’ve never been a fan, per se, but I find myself interacting ...
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Why Silicon Valley will always need Wall Street
The impressive rise of Silicon Valley as it became the global hub of technological innovation certainly took many on Wall ...
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Future interior design will make you feel like a wizard
Imagine a house where the walls change color depending on your mood, or your tablecloth changes shape when you’re having ...
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TNW and the Financial Times partner for TNW2019
Our annual technology conference is fast approaching. On May 9 and 10, we’ll bring together the brightest minds in the ...
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Stingy driverless cars will clog future streets instead of parking
It’s a nightmarish vision of San Francisco’s future, like something out of science fiction: streets full of driverless ...
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Just like the Kindle, our AI and AR future will be here sooner than we think
Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur — from managing stress to embracing awkwardness. You can also get his musings straight to your inbox by signing up for his newsletter! On January 1st, 1997, Nicolas Negroponte ...
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A deadly tree disease is devastating the citrus industry – AI can help
The citrus tree is in trouble. Florida's citrus industry has been devastated and California's is next. Artificial intelligence ...
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This (free) 'future of tech' webinar will get you your next raise
Artificial intelligence, the blockchain, Internet of Things. You know you’ve heard these terms about a thousand times but ...
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Why aren’t tablets our daily work machines?
Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur — from managing ...
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Hyundai's four-legged car isn't the future we imagined, but we'll take it
It’s clear at this point that the future of the automotive world revolves around bleeding edge technology that’s self-driving ...
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Mark Zuckerberg resolves to hold public talks on the future of tech this year
In 2019, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg intends to "host a series of public discussions about the future of technology in society." ...
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Central bank study shows little desire to issue digital currencies
63 central banks were surveyed on the status their proposed CBDCs, to determine the likelihood of an incoming wave of digitized ...
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Silicon Valley’s quest for immortality – and its worrying sacrifices
Somewhere in Silicon Valley, a man wakes early with the sunrise. Venturing into the kitchen, he pacifies his rumbling belly ...
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2018 proved that computer vision is the most powerful manifestation of AI
You probably use computer vision every day and don't even think about it. Enjoy checking out the latest Snapchat filters? That's ...
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4 fitness tech trends you can expect to see in 2019
For a tech founder, working in the industry of health and fitness is extremely challenging — but the rewards far outweigh ...
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Revisiting Ukraine’s startup ecosystem: Confidence, ambition, and aspiration
Since my last trip to Ukraine in 2017, the country's intoxication with the startup bug has grown, driven by local success ...
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Yale teaches robots not to mess with people's stuff
A group of computer scientists from Yale University created a machine learning paradigm for robots to understand the very ...
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Why most of 2018's tech predictions were wrong
At the beginning of each year, tech journalists and everyday consumers love to speculate about the types of technology that ...
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The real-life gruesome experiments that inspired Frankenstein
On January 17 1803, a young man named George Forster was hanged for murder at Newgate prison in London. After his execution, ...
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How opportunistic regulation can stifle innovation in blockchain
At the blockchain conferences and blockchain industry discussions over the last two years I had many chances to listen to ...
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Meet Silicon Valley's most unlikely venture capitalist
It's very difficult to find an hour of Arlan Hamilton's time — besides for running Backstage Capital, a VC firm "investing ...
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Google’s underrated Discover feature can change how we surf the web
In October, Google made an important change to its mobile homepage. In place of the traditional page, with a search bar and ...
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TNW's top 11 women making waves in STEM from 2018
You've heard it a million times before — in the science, technology, engineering, and math industries, women are still ...
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Report: People are going to have a lot of sex in self-driving cars
It's clear that driverless cars will revolutionize the way we get from Point A to Point B. Perhaps less obvious is how it'll ...
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TNW presents the greatest gift guide in the world... ever
We've trawled through a gamut of gadgets, gear, and hardware to help you find the ideal gift for the special person in your ...
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Don’t post your kid online
As we set out on a two-hour drive, my pregnant girlfriend told me she didn’t want anyone, including ourselves, to share ...
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How AI will make the world safer for sex workers and their clients
Sex worker rights are human rights. That's why it's time to put our technology to work making the world a safer place for ...
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What happened to our VR future?
The latest innovation from Oculus -- the Oculus Quest -- was supposed to take the digital world by storm, but a relatively ...
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This women-led space program is crowdfunding Kyrgyzstan’s first satellite launch
The female-led Kyrgyz Space Program is crowdfunding for their country's first satellite launch through Patreon. The team ...
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8 expert predictions on what will define tech in 2019
On the imminent death of native apps, and seven other trend predictions.
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The Facebook ad-pocalypse is coming, so spend your budget on creativity
Brands pour billions of dollars into Facebook advertising, but the social media giant isn’t going to last forever. So, ...
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Gig workers are forced to educate themselves to survive
Today’s gig workers don’t just include your local Uber drivers or handymen on TaskRabbit. More knowledge workers are ...
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London is making life way too hard for mobility tech companies
The urban mobility market has come a long way since London’s first horse drawn bus service in 1829. Even in the last five ...
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6 reasons why you should make your ‘digital consultants’ work on-site
In the future, all companies will be tech companies. Traditional firms must upgrade their technological capabilities to match ...
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The earth's fate isn't on individuals — it's on society
Saving the planet shouldn't be on each individual, as history has shown. In order to secure our planet's fate, society needs ...
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How we can turn plastic waste into green energy
Using “cold plasma pyrolysis”, plastic waste could be turned into green energy. It can convert waste plastics into hydrogen, ...
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5 lovely predictions on how Alexa will change our behavior
Happy birthday Alexa! Four years after her birth as a new kind of house servant, let’s blow out the candles, take a ...
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Will the algorithmic timeline be the death of social media?
A built-in stopping point provided a sense of control over our social timelines and newsfeeds. Do you miss the days of chronological ...
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Without coaching our privacy, does Google even have a business?
Google is on a seemingly-ceaseless crusade to turn every one of its users into an open book that it can exploit for valuable ...
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Smart cities are for the rich — we need to change that
Chandigarh, the capital of both India’s Punjab and its neighboring state Haryana, is a very special city. It rose from ...
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Apple acquires Shazam and announces it'll now be ad-free
Apple has officially acquired the musical identification app, Shazam. The hardware giant has also stated that the app will ...
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An old physics demon could be the future of quantum computing
Demons from quantum computing's past may be no match for the current wave of research at the cutting-edge of physics and ...
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A new Spotify initiative could spell trouble for record labels (or kill Spotify)
Billboard first let the cat out of the bag in June. In an exclusive, the publication revealed that Spotify had been chasing ...
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Blockchain doesn't kill people, but smart contracts can, law professor says
Smart contracts, like the ones featured by Ethereum’s blockchain, represent simple machine intelligence, and one academic ...
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Analyst: Renewable energy will be 'effectively free' by 2030
Analysts at Swiss investment bank UBS believe that by 2030, we could all be living without much of a carbon footprint -- ...
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Alexa isn't the shopping behemoth Amazon hoped it would be
Voice shopping was supposed to be the future. Remember? Both Amazon and Google touted a world where barking a simple command ...
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A hands-on approach to designing for kids
This article aims to share a series of advices, stemming from lessons learned from designing for kids over a period of 12 ...
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Prime Day is bad for Amazon’s brand
Amazon introduced Prime Day in 2015 as a way to celebrate its 20th anniversary as a one-day sale with the aim of overshadowing ...
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This odd gadget wants to help you lose weight using your... breath?
The Lumen analyzes your metabolism through your breath, using a process called the Respiratory Quotient. Its app then recommends ...
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Paying for a service doesn’t guarantee it won’t sell your data
In the wake of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal and congressional hearings, there’s a palpable sense that the pressure ...
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Designers, don’t be afraid to let robots design
In 1961, Alan Perlis, an early pioneer in computer science, advocated that computer programming should be a requirement of ...
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Medicine's blockchainification is imminent, say researchers
Analyzing 40 PubMed journals for blockchains revealed a continued and growing interest from the healthcare research and medical ...
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4 cryptocurrency trends to watch out for
“It’s the next big revolution, just like the internet was.” “No… it’s a bubble!” Love it or hate it, ...
