This is a special sneak preview of the Neural Newsletter. We’re talking about quantum technologies, trying to figure out who observes the observers, and sharing the further adventures of Bella the puppy this week. Don’t forget to sign up here so you can science up your Saturdays if you haven’t already. Howdy folks, I’ve spent the past few months taking a deep dive into the quantum services industry. What began as a quest to understand the business side of quantum computing turned out to be an od
We’re constantly hearing there’s a lack of EV charging infrastructure — especially if we are going to meet the demand for all-electric vehicles in the next few decades. But what if the problem isn’t just the number of EV chargers, but their location as well? I recently met with Rohan Puri, CEO and co-founder of Stable Auto, a company that uses data science and location intelligence to determine the best site for EV chargers. Based on data from thousands of points, the reality is most chargers ar
Google Play’s new billing payment system policy starts today. This change forces developers to use the company’s own payment system for in-app purchases. The update means that you can’t add links or sections in the app that redirect users to buy premium subscriptions from your site or alternative sources. In turn, you will have to pay a 15% or 30% fee (depending on your app’s category) to the search giant for facilitating these transactions. Google first announced this in September 2020, giving
What’s holding up the UK government’s strategy for securing the country’s energy supply in light of the Russia-Ukraine war and soaring market prices of oil and gas? According to The Guardian, a split between the prime minister, Boris Johnson, and chancellor of the exchequer, Rishi Sunak, over proposals for new nuclear reactors. Johnson has told industry figures that he wants nuclear power to meet 25% of the UK’s energy demand by 2050, up from 16% today. That would mean roughly 30 gigawatts (GW)
I have a problem. Not a big one, mind, but one all the same: I dislike the default formatting on Google Docs. “Excuse me?” I hear you scream. “Do you really care enough about fonts and line spacing and text size on a simple word processor to write a whole damn article about it?” And the answer to that, dear reader, is a resounding yes. I use Google Docs constantly. Seven days a week, 12 hours a day, your boy is thriving in that word processor, hopping from document to document like the metaverse
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. If you suspect your phone lasts fewer hours per full charge, it’s not always an app draining your battery more quickly. Depending on how old the device is and how you use it, your phone’s battery may have suffered over time. There’s a way to check your battery health to learn how it’s doing, and whether it might need replacing. Let’s walk you through it. Andro
Update March 29,2022: The company tested the flying motorbike in front of a live audience in Japan. You can watch footage of the trial below. If you’re a fan of sci-fi futuristic movies such as Battlestar Galactica and Star Wars, you’re already familiar with hoverbikes, or simply flying bikes. For those of you who wrongfully haven’t seen Star Wars, that’s the Speeder bike. It’s a flying motorbike used by the Stormtroopers, the army of the bad guys. Image: Disney Well, seeing hoverbikes in movies
My favorite thing about the internet is that everybody can find like-minded people. No matter how niche your hobby, or how obscure your kink, there’s a community out there for you. The logical consequence of that is that shit on the web gets real weird, real fast. I’m not judging – it is, in fact, my second favorite thing about the internet. The hub of a lot of the internet’s weirdness is, obviously, Reddit. Its sprawling ecosystem of subreddits is a beautiful reflection of the human condition.
By: Todd Feathers Driven to cyberspace by the pandemic, courts across the country purchased chatroom-like tools designed to help people resolve disagreements without the need for a full-on lawsuit, judge, or hearing. Online dispute resolution, as it’s known, had already been growing in popularity as a means to make often costly, slow-moving court processes more efficient. The tools, pioneered by eBay and PayPal, were designed to settle millions of disputes in their own businesses quickly and wit
While I’m convinced 2011 will ultimately go down in history as the year the groundbreaking motion picture “Cowboys & Aliens” was released, it bears mentioning that it was also the year in which the first commercial quantum computer officially went online. You can dispute whether Daniel Craig’s turn as an alien-fighting gold thief with amnesia is worthy of such high praise, but there’s no debating that D-Wave’s a bonafide pioneer in the world of quantum computing. Dubbed the “D-Wave One” (two yea