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This, he said, was akin to choosing a friend or a life partner. Some would go further and hire family or friends. There areeven guidesdedicated to helping managers who hire their friends. 40% off TNW Conference! The US equivalent, theEqual Employment Opportunities laws, similarly aims to reduce workplace discrimination. In arecent papermyself and two research colleagues, Catherine Eckel and Rick K. Wilson, sought to find out. In our experiment, we got the students to play afamous two-player gamethat economists use to measure trust....

On Thursday, ahead of this weekendsMonaco E-Prix, FIA and Formula E finallyunveiledtheir next electric race car. The Gen3s weight reduction is also coupled with a significant power increase. 40% off TNW Conference! Fortunately, we wont have to wait that long to see it in action. With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.

Meta recently announced a long-term research partnership to study the human brain. The big idea: Meta wants to understand exactly whats going on in peoples brains when they process language. Then, somehow, its going to use this data to develop an AI capable of understanding language. Now, the companys working with research partners to create its own databases. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The plan is to create an end-to-end decoder for the human brain....

The UKs roads are some of themain culpritsof its greenhouse gas emissions. And in 2020,92%of passenger kilometers traveled in the UK was made by cars, vans and taxis. That means getting around by private vehicle has a disproportionately large negative impact on the environment. Whats more, only5.8%of vehicles on UK roads are ultra-low emission. Getting rid of them has an environmental cost, too. If sustainability andmobilityare equally important concerns, how do we confirm theyre both addressed?...

But what if you could literally turn all the walls in your home into one giant speaker? That might just be possible in the coming years. All that sounds neat, but fanciful technologies dont mean much if theyre too complicated and expensive to commercialize. 40% off TNW Conference! They also required a sturdy supporting structure, and ultimately didnt offer much of an advantage over traditional drivers. MITs primary innovation here seems to be in reinforcing the material by reshaping it....

On the outside, the Avinya is a bit peculiar. But what really sets the Avinya apart from other recent conceptEVsis its extremely minimalistic interior. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. As you see on the video below, the Avinya does away with fluffy decorations and top-notch gadgets. The passengers can still interact with the vehicle through a voice activated system, accessed through individual soundbars. As for the cars performance, details are scarce....

What do you call an airport for flying taxis? And this week, we took a step closer to the option of catching a flying taxi. Air-One resides in Coventry, UK. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Urban-Air Port erected the 17,000 square-foot radial Air-One in just 11 weeks. The site divides into fully outfitted zones. It uses a compact, state-of-the-art, synchronized link-lift system to enable future electric air vehicle take-offs and landing....

Bigger isnt always better, but sometimes it is. Cerebras Systems, a company bent on accelerating machine learning systems, built the worlds largest chip last year. In the time since, its developed bespoke solutions to some of the largest problems in theAIindustry. Founded in 2015, Cerebras is a sort of reunion tour for most of its C-suite executives. Cerebras Systems is nowvalued at more than $4 billion. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

But an equally pressing challenge is often excluded from the conversation:equal access to public transport. Its a challenging problem for transport providers. They have to contend with servicing the busiest routes. This is often at the expense of more disparate locations and times. In recent years, weve seen a growth in public-private solutions. This is particularly in the US and UK. But does this solve the problem of inadequate transport?...

Im one of countless people who are foolishly faithful toChrome. Despite the browsers horrible rep forprivacy, memory-hogging, battery-draining, and supportingGooglesmonopoly, I cant call it quits. We had too many good times together and the old bastard is still pretty. Our relationship, however, may soon face a new threat. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Named the Microsoft Edge Secure internet, the VPN is powered by Cloudflare. The company promises to delete the diagnostic and support data it collects every 25 hours....

Are you a would-be founder looking for the right industry to build, grow, and scale? Are you an engineer looking for a new challenge? Do the words earth observation and geospatial data get you going? Then SpaceTech might be the next frontier for you. TNW spoke with five up and coming SpaceTech startupfounderswho recently took part in the European Commission backedX-Europe accelerator program. 40% off TNW Conference! Sfera Technologiesfirst product, HomePort, is a ground segment infrastructure for earth observation data....

The worlds richest man,Elon Musk, seems set topurchasethesocial mediaplatformTwitterfor around US$44 billion. Twitter might seem an odd place to make a stand for free speech. But the platform plays a disproportionately large role in society. It is an essential infrastructure for journalists and academics. Twitters unique role is a result of the way it combines personal media use with public debate and discussion. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

E-scooter usage in the City has been revised due to pedestrian safety concerns, underage riding & criminal activity. The City, Bird & Lime Bike have agreed on 6am-6pm for new hours of operation. They will only work during these hours. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. But is nighttime riding really such a bad thing? Beyond alcohol impairment, however, nighttime riding presents one more crucial challenge: limited visibility. Nevertheless, more data is needed to accurately conclude whether a nighttime ban is necessary to increase escooter safety....