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Last week,Russia invaded Ukraineon President Vladimir Putins orders. More recent coverage has centered around Russias censorship, and Big Techs response to the war. All that has affected what the internet looks like in both countries. On February 24, Russias telecom regulator, Roskomnadzor, ordered local media to broadcastonly state-verified information. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Both companies haveacknowledgedservice disruptions. Amid all this, Russian users are trying to find ways to evade censorship....

No longer the preserve of technocrats, electric vehicles have taken the spotlight as the eco-friendly automobiles of choice. Its well known thatEVs can lower emissions, especially when theyre charged with green energy. One factor thats often overlooked is the production of the thousands of individual parts that go into one vehicle. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Instead, the new marker of a premium vehicle is vegan leather. Made from non-animal sources, these luxurious materials give a similar aesthetic, without sacrificing any cows....

When you first heard about The Great Resignation, what did you picture? Because the reality is a little less cinematic. People are burned out, miserable, andracking up more hours than ever before. For many, resigning was their last resort. The Great Resignation concept gets some things right, and many things wrong. Workers are quitting in high numbers, but theyre not all leaving their jobs for the same reason. Healthcare workers are burned out; exhausted by long hours and limited resources amid the ongoing pandemic....

The levels of these vary depending on a persons health. Lactate is considered an important biomarker thanks to its involvement in anaerobic metabolism. At Simon Fraser Universitys Additive Manufacturing Laboratory, we have developeda flexible sensor for sweat lactate. The benefit of using wearable sweat sensors is the capability for real-time, non-invasive and continuous monitoring of sweat. There are various methods for sampling sweat for sensing. One of the most representative approaches for collecting sweat is usingmicrofluidic systems with channels that deliver sweat....

Yet, most social studies of algorithms perceive them as obscure black boxes that function autonomously. And in his journey, he shows us how we and our algorithms affect each other. 40% off TNW Conference! These important works studied the ways in which algorithms acted on our lives, while also emphasizing algorithms opacity. How indeed to act against abstract, floating, and obscure entities? This methodology filters out the fragile scaffolding that had previously contributed to their progressive shaping, he writes....

Pixels and light 40% off TNW Conference! The long and thin molecules pack against one another in an ordered rectangular arrangement of rows. By analogy, imagine a group of schoolchildren all waving skipping ropes. Polarizing filters bring order to emanating light waves by only allowing waves with a particular orientation to pass. As well as in LCDs, you find them in some sunglasses, for example. If we return to our rope analogy, imagine the ropes are fed through a slatted gate....

You know who loves to give advice? Especially when it comes to marketing. But what do you do when that advice requires a budgeta budget you dont have? Operating from a country with such limited resources can be, to put it mildly, challenging. I founded the company back in 2013. Four years into it, we pivoted to become a standalone fashion label. The shift was driven by my desire to make a change in the society I lived in....

It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at TNW. With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies. Also tagged with

The 2022 Super Bowl featured a parade of commercials for companies in thecryptoindustry. While the majority advertised exchange platforms, one slot was reserved for a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). DAOs are community-led organizations that share common goals, from making profitable investments to building impactful products. For more details on how they work, check out our explainerhere. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. DAOs can be used for a vast array of purposes....

But for decades it has proved difficult to make the transition from scientific laboratory experiments to sustained power production. A significant difficulty has been the process of fusing light atoms, isotopes of hydrogen or helium, together. The Sun achieves this at its core thanks to its immense gravitational fields and its huge volume. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Herein lies a significant part of the challenge. And this needs to happen while maintaining confinement in a magnetic cage to sustain an energy output....

Have you ever baked cookies and wondered why the recipe is exactly that way and no other? If you changed this ingredient up or that temperature, would it make the cookies even better? I certainly have had these thoughts. Its the reason why most of the things I bake arent very edible… When it comes toprogramming, these thoughts arise too. What if I wrote this part as a separate function?...

I came acrossPedalMe cargo bike companylast year, and was impressed. It provides a last-mile cargo and passengerebikeservice. Sounds pretty good, hey? But theres a quirk their riders are not allowed to wear bike helmets. Instead we systematically work to reduce risk. (1/n) Pedal Me (@pedalmeapp)February 4, 2022 40% off TNW Conference! Instead, they focus on systematically tackling risk through data collection and data-driven decision making. Do they save lives? Well, it depends on whos asking and who you ask....

The OnePlus 9RT is one such example. Before you bring out your pitchforks, I want to clarify that its a good unit to live with. And if youre currently using a phone thats a couple of years old, its even a good buy. 40% off TNW Conference! And I had to sit with a magnifying glass to spot the differences. If you want to do that too, heres an easy link toGSMArenas phone comparison tool....