United dragged by Twitter over greenwashing with its ‘100% sustainable fuel’ flight

Wednesday was a historic day for aviation, United Airlinesclaims. 40% off TNW Conference! Then why Twitter is attacking United Airlines for greenwashing? In fact, one engine was running with 100% SAF and the other with traditional jet fuel. Fifty percent SAF is what the FAA currently allows. Previously, we used a blended SAF/traditional jet fuel mix. The goal is to scale that! Yes and thats awesome but your original tweet uses misleading wording....

December 3, 2021 · 2 min · 412 words · Michael Potter

Want that dev job? Make sure you can answer these 7 questions

Youve probably come across these resources before theyre everywhere. They all provide questions that work for many situations. 40% off TNW Conference! It took me years to unlearn and transform that traditional way of thinking into what I currently practice. But how do we frame these conversations and what are some appropriate topics to raise? Im glad you asked. These topics are designed to surface deeper insights about the role youre applying for....

December 3, 2021 · 2 min · 238 words · Andrew Simpson

Want to improve your e-commerce metrics? Focus on your QA score

I think most of us are aware of the fact that customers are important. In fact, in many cases, theyre more important than ever. Businesses are continually morphing and evolving the various elements of how they operate. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. While the customer is key, though, catering to an e-commerce customer can be challenging. If you dont have solid, customer-related metrics to guide you, creating a winning strategy can be impossible....

December 3, 2021 · 2 min · 253 words · Karen Carter

Windows 11’s Start menu kinda sucks — these 5 changes could help

I think most people should upgrade, and that the pros outweigh the cons. But its still a shame that the Start menu is kind of a mess. Case in point: it’s possible for you to no longer resize the Start Menu. It makes no sense that the Start menu is a fixed size. It is the same on a 32-inch monitor as it is on a 13-inch laptop screen. Besides, users have different needs and preferences....

December 3, 2021 · 2 min · 337 words · Gregory Brown

3 easy ways to remove backgrounds from images

You might have noticed that we have some pretty bad ass header images on our articles at TNW. 40% off TNW Conference! Ormaybe even this one, for example. People seem to really like them. It might look like it occasionally, but trust me when I say we workreallyhard on these. I suspect most of us wont be fully appreciated until we die. Method 1. Its web-based so you dont need any specialist software, and it does all the work for you....

December 2, 2021 · 2 min · 419 words · Victoria Burns

A blockchain connected motorbike: what Web 3.0 means for mobility and why you should care

Specifically, its foundation lies in edge computing, artificial intelligence, and decentralized data networks. But what we havent talked enough about, is the massive impact Web 3.0 will have on mobility. And in the mobility space, there are lots of things happening. Um, but how does Web 3.0 relate to mobility? It’s free, every week, in your inbox. So lets dive into one of the ways Web 3.0 has already begun to alter mobility....

December 2, 2021 · 4 min · 648 words · Linda Reed

Astrocolonialism: Big tech is stealing the night sky from humans

Everybody deserves to have internet access. Its as crucial to our ability to thrive in modern society as running water and electricity. Getting that access to rural and/or impoverished areas is one of the great technology challenges of our time. Currentlymore than halfof all operational satellites orbiting the Earth are SpaceX satellites. The vast majority of which were designed and launched with little or no consideration concerning howreflectivethey are. 40% off TNW Conference!...

December 2, 2021 · 1 min · 197 words · Robert Alvarado

Big tech wants to compete with banks? Let them deal with AI ethics first

Much like deeplyflawed police profiling tools, biased AI algorithms can also skew results. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. So explainability is harder as you must do something to explain the decisions of your own model. You must continuously monitor it to see if its within bounds of the applicable privacy framework. A lot of biased AI systems have been reactive rather than proactive. The key to tackling ethical AI issues is to....

December 2, 2021 · 2 min · 321 words · Jennifer Jimenez

Can Timnit Gebru’s new lab challenge big tech’s control over AI research?

40% off TNW Conference! In addition to critiquing existing technology, Gebru wants DAIR to provide a positive model for doing AI research. This ambition is reflected in the first word of the labs acronym: distributed. At DAIR, staff will conduct research that affects their communities. Gebru has first-hand experience of how tech firms can influence these decisions. Story byThomas Macaulay Thomas is the managing editor of TNW. He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers....

December 2, 2021 · 1 min · 123 words · Tammy Hodge

Don’t blindly follow rules as an entrepreneur… and buy more flowers

Unfortunately, that means that the first time most men receive flowers is… at their funeral. Thats a sobering and sad little fact youll now have to live with. The reason I was thinking about this is a small chat I had with a barista earlier this week. That color looks good on you. I thanked him for his unexpected but well-appreciated comment. On anything, really. I agreed he had a point and then told him about the men and flowers fact....

December 2, 2021 · 1 min · 194 words · Logan Hall

Jack Dorsey’s Twitter exit is a milestone in social media’s midlife crisis

You could imagine him sitting back to soak up the theatre of reaction and speculation that unfolded. So what does it all add up to? Social medias midlife crisis Dorseys move was not entirely unexpected. In the case of Twitter, there is also the social-media dimension. It is sometimes said that these companies are facing asocial media midlife crisis. Decentralized start-ups like finance platformCompound, crypto exchangeUniswapand currency makerMakerDaoare making big profits and becoming more and more popular....

December 2, 2021 · 1 min · 126 words · Joseph Medina

Like it or not, TikTok is changing the music industry

If everyones making music for the TikTok, whos making music for my generation?, she asked. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Old Town Road has become the origin story for a remarkable series of viral musical successes on TikTok. Virality on TikTok is powerful yet unpredictable. It has since been used in more than 18 million TikTok videos. We spoke to Masked Wolf who admitted: I never made Astro to be on TikTok....

December 2, 2021 · 2 min · 259 words · Crystal Gordon

Mozilla is investigating YouTube’s recommendation controls — and you can help

Mozilla is investigating YouTubes algorithmic controls and wants you to help. The non-profit has revamped itsRegretsReportertool to examine unwanted YouTube recommendations. The updated online window extension will explore whether the platformtruly allows users to reject recommendations. RegretsReporterwas designed to determine whether the controls work as advertised. 40% off TNW Conference! Mozilla says that YouTube doesnt give independent researchers access to any data like this. Weve asked YouTube for a response and will update this piece if we hear back from the company....

December 2, 2021 · 2 min · 225 words · Kevin Burns