Fundraising appeals are part of everyday life, both online and off. Requests for financial donations arrive by snail mail, email, social media and text messages. Cashiers at chain stores and supermarkets ask if you want to chip in for charitable causes. If you’re in the U.S., you might also be getting nearly constant texts asking you to contribute to political campaigns. In my book “How We Give Now,” I explore how acts of giving extend beyond donating money to nonprofits, including an interestin
Update (January 5, 2022): Following the news about a research study proving that psilocybin can be safely administered in small doses for treating mental health issues, we decided to resurface this story that was first published in October 2020. New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London shows that psilocybin – a psychedelic drug isolated from the Psilocybe mushroom – can be safely administered at doses of either 10mg or 25mg. Accor
At CES 2022, Sony made its ambitions clear: it’s going to launch its own EVs. In 2020, Sony took everyone by surprise when it showcased a fully baked concept EV, the Vision-S sedan. At this point, nobody knew whether it was seriously considering this move, or just testing the waters. The Sony Vision-S 01. (Credit: Sony) At the time, Sony partnered up with various automotive companies for the creation of the Vision-S sedan, road-tested the vehicle, and released a series of videos (here, here, and
When you think CES, you might be picturing cool gadgets, smart home appliances, and fancy cars (well, if there are any that haven’t pulled out). And you’d be right. Kinda. Because one of the most exciting things on offer is John Deere’s very first autonomous tractor. You read that right. An autonomous tractor. This is a version of Deere’s 8R vehicle and includes a TruSet™-enabled chisel plow, GPS guidance system, and far, far more. This isn’t totally off-piste for John Deere, as it has been test
In 2020, Apple managed the impossible: it made chipsets sexy. People actually talked about processors. But the release of the M1 did more than get public attention, it also shook up the whole computing industry. The chip helped Apple’s Macbooks deliver incredible performance and battery life — outstripping its competitors along the way. That latter point may not be true any longer, because Intel just announced its new 12th-generation Core mobile processor range, one of which it claims to be the
Bill Gates was 21 when he and Paul Allen registered Microsoft. Steve Jobs was 22 when he and Steve Wozniak launched Apple. Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in his Harvard dormitory. The biographies of these tech billionaires who achieved great success in their twenties have helped cement the perception that entrepreneurship is a young person’s game. Not true. Such stories are the exception rather than the norm. Starting young can have some clear advantages. For one thing, it gives you much more
Smart glasses are now dime a dozen, but there are very few that you can buy and even fewer that have an attractive use case. TCL’s new NXTWEAR AIR glasses could be one of them. The most appealing feature of the pair is projecting a 140-inch virtual screen in front of your eyes, to privately watch whatever you like with a movie-theater experience. Think of it as your personal projector you can move around with. However, there are no AR features, so don’t expect any of that trickery. The company l
Brands are investing a lot of time and money in promoting themselves online, and with this many resources put into it, you gotta make sure the results are paying off. Now, among all the social platforms out there, there’s one that rules them all when it comes to engagement, and that’s the almighty Instagram. And because of such a huge interest, the team from Socialinsider, together with Sked Social, conducted an Instagram engagement study, by analyzing 102 million posts, where they compared Inst
If you’ve read any of my ebike reviews, you know I tend to gravitate toward ebikes that enhance the cycling experience, rather than approximate a moped (there’s nothing wrong with the latter, mind you; it’s just my preference). Ebike maker Aventon today announced a new bike in the former category called the Soltera, starting at $1,199. It looks like an enticing new option for those who want a bike that mostly looks and feels like a regular bike, while still maintaining some of the niceties you’d
It’s that time of year again. CES is almost here and that means we’re about to receive on onslaught of new robot technology. Most of it’s going to be awful, some of it’s going to be amazing, and all of it’s going to be over-hyped because, hey, it’s Vegas. Based on the contents of the dumpster fire that is my inbox, home robots are going to make a huge splash at CES. And, following a year in which Elon Musk debuted a spandex-clad human as a prototype for the Tesla Robot, we imagine some of the cl