This article was originally published on .cult by Piumi Gunawardhana. .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. In the beginning, there was JavaScript. The popular scripting language we all know and love. Ever since its creation, it’s been the dominating language for web development. Then two decades later, Microsoft introduced TypeScript
If you’ve been considering buying your first ebike — or perhaps your second or third — chances are you’ve come across some models equipped with a belt drive instead of a traditional chain. But what difference does a belt drive really make, and is it actually worth the usual premium over a tried and trusted chain? We’re here to help. What is a belt drive? Until ebikes started to become popular, almost every bicycle on the market used a chain. But the advent of ebikes has increasingly made belt dr
While most of our attention focuses on the body and engine of the car, the functionality and efficacy of tires are equally important. Technology, materials science, and engineering are creating longer-lasting, more resilient, more sustainable tires. Let’s take a look at some of the latest trends: Airless A prototype of the airless tire. Credit: The Tire Company The SMART Tire Company is working to create “super elastic” airless tires in partnership with NASA. SMART stands for Shape Memory Alloy
Many people have experienced chronic stress since the pandemic lockdowns. Added to this are the climate crisis, the increasing cost of living and most recently threats to European and global security due to the conflict in Ukraine. To some, it may seem that there is never any good news anymore. This is of course not true, but when we’re doomscrolling – spending an excessive amount of screen time devoted to reading negative news – we can become locked into thinking it is. Doomscrolling can promot
It may feel like a long time ago, but it’s only nine months since the UK was in the grips of the “pingdemic”. Back in the summer of 2021, lifting COVID restrictions saw the country’s contact-tracing apps – the NHS COVID-19 app in England and Wales, the StopCOVID NI app in Northern Ireland, and the Protect Scotland app – notify hundreds of thousands of people of their need to isolate, causing widespread disruption. Fast-forward to the spring of 2022, and these apps today get little attention. In
When you think of bus travel, there’s only so much you can polish a pebble. Sitting on a bus means being close to people with questionable hygiene who do things like eat sausages and watch porn without headphones (or is that just Berlin?). But startups are working hard to make buses a thing again. Let’s see how they compare: Flixbus Flixbus has cornered the long-haul travel market. Credit: Flixbus FlixMobility, which owns Flixbus, started shaking up the bus world in 2013, creating an experience
Every now and then a story pops up that makes us doubt if we’re not living in Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. And today, friends, is every now and then. Since about two weeks ago, all AEG KMK968000T microwave ovens in the Benelux have stopped working. Caused by a wrong software update, the kitchen appliances have achieved a state that is usually reserved for tech writers: an identity crisis. All of them think they’re steam ovens – ovens with a steaming function. The KMK968000T. Black on the outside, pa
This article was originally published on Built In by Aner Gelman. Text notifications about new messages on Slack. Linking Trello boards to Microsoft Teams. Using Boomerang to control a busy inbox. These apps and platforms — and their connections with each other — are all part of daily life in many companies today. They not only help make remote and hybrid work possible, but are key to building and scaling companies and products. But the communications between thousands of SaaS platforms are also
A team of scientists from University of Waterloo have come up with an exciting new theory that explains the origin of the universe, its expansion, and the presence of dark matter. It involves the existence of a mirrored doppelganger called an ‘anti-universe’ where time runs backwards. And it might even be testable. The big idea: What if the universe were a physical object? Current thinking says the Big Bang exploded the universe into existence and it’s been expanding ever since. But the Waterloo
The Ukraine war has been slowly changing everything around us, causing ripple effects in the auto world as well. In fact, most key players across the automotive industry have taken decisive action or have been heavily impacted by Russia’s invasion. So let’s take a look at what’s happening. Suspension of business and halt of production Following the imposed sanctions against Russia, most automakers have suspended vehicle exports to the country and frozen overall business activities. Among them, V