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Thisarticlewas originally published on.cultbyAdrien Book. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. Obviously,this hasnt materialized. Below are a few preliminary thoughts. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Virtual Reality (VR):Fully artificial environment; full immersion in a virtual environment. Extended Reality (XR) / Metaverse:a mix of all of the above. Metaverse Research Scientist AR and VR research scientists are already a staple of top universities and major tech companies....

This morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordereda special operation, allowing armed forces to move into Ukraine. The offensive wasnt just limited to military forces, as Ukraine faced major internet disruptions. In this story, well aim to summarize how information flow in the war-affected country has taken a hit. As such, users wouldnt be able to access these critical sites in the midst of this crisis. 40% off TNW Conference! Later in the night, researchers from security firmESETsaid thousands of computers in Ukraine were under a malware attack....

Last year, startup-investor Shekhar Kirani made acontroversial series of tweets. In them was a list of characteristics he thinks are found in the bestsoftware developers so-called 10x engineers. He suggests that its a sacrifice worth making because they are great atwriting code. But is this the real image of a valuable developer? Is trading general warmness for raw technical talent worth it? It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The abrasive, brilliant, lone-wolf throw in....

Ive spent the last eight monthsturning Google News into my personal playground. I manipulated the algorithm and made it surface my stories whether they were relevant to specific topics or not. This is a big problem. Im a regular reporter a writer. I have no programming skills or formal education in computer science. Googles arguably the most technologically-advancedAIcompany in Silicon Valley. It also happens to be worth more than two trillion dollars....

Phones couldnt get any larger without looking absurd.There was pretty much nowhere left to go. And so, the folding phone was born. Sold on the Fold 40% off TNW Conference! You get a screen nearly the size of an iPad Mini in a phone that fits in your pocket. To paraphrase an old photography idiom, the best tablet is the one you have with you. Skip the Flip My experience using the Galaxy Z Flip 3 started off great....

What should we make of this? Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has long been criticized for its data privacy and policy practices. The troublewith Facebook and data privacy has only continued, however. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Most notoriously, this was also the year that Facebook acknowledged it knew aboutmassive data harvestingin theCambridge Analyticascandal. The FTC went on to finethe companya record-breaking US$5 billion (3.7 billion) over the scandal....

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This week in the US, AT&Tretired its 3G networkto make room for newer 5G cellular bands. Think of a large number of telematics and IoT-connected devices. As 3G retires, they no longer operate without upgrading to 4G connectivity. In other words, unless your connected devices support 4G or higher, theyrebricked. The industry requested a 6-month delay in sunsetting of the web connection but to no avail. 40% off TNW Conference!...

My switch to a meatless diet was surprisingly painless. Yet theres one part of my shameful past that I still miss a decade later: Beef burgers. Not those pompous grass-fed patties on brioche buns. Those poseurs can remain on their (shudder) wooden chopping boards. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Until, that is, the arrival of the plant-based revolution. The uprising is now spreading across jolly old England. Both Burger King and McDonalds recently launched sumptuous plant-based patties in my cursed homeland....

Cars are simply not built for the stresses ofmodern cities. But one company thinks its cracked the code for the perfect city vehicle: Arcimoto and its electric autocycles. These aresomewhere betweena car, bike, and motorcycle. 40% off TNW Conference! Its built on a platform the company also uses to create its other models. These are designed for use cases such asrapid response, and delivery work, with compactdelivery vanandflatbed truck-stylevehicles available....

Being a passenger in aself-driving taxisounds cool and all, but it can also be uncomfortable and even terrifying. Sometimes robotaxisfreak outandget confused. Wouldnt you want to know what happened in those instances? Well, you cant. At least, regarding Waymo. Whats the story? It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Waymo provided the DMV withredacted versionsof the requested documents, to protect the companys proprietary and trade secret information. But this wasnt enough for the unnamed requester, who challenged the redactions of the original....

Perpetrators of domestic abuse areincreasinglyexploitingdigital toolsto coerce and control their victims. Where there is abuse in a relationship, technology will also feature in how that abuse is conducted. Police forces now expect as much, when responding to cases of domestic abuse. Suchtechnological abusefeatures everyday tools, from smart devices to online platforms and mobile phone apps. To understand the extent of this problem, weconducteda wide-ranging study for the UK government. We found that abusers often havephysical accessto their partners devices and use them to monitor, harass and humiliate....

Meta has launchedFacebookReels, its short video product for the blue app, across 150 countries. This is likely a bid to restore its plummeting user base, and restore some ad revenue. Later in September, it launchedthis feature in the US. But is this global launch of Reels enough to right its sinking ship? Stonks 40% off TNW Conference! Its daily active user countdipped for the first time in history. That resulted in the firm losing more than $250 billion from its market cap....