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In a move clearly inspired by the hyperrealistic movieArmageddon, NASA has decided to attack an asteroid. The space agency, however, has recklessly overlooked Michael Bays ingenious idea oftraining oil drillers to become astronauts. Nor will the NASA nerds follow the directors advice of blasting the rock with a nuclear bomb. Instead, they want to smack it with a spacecraft. That doesnt mean we have nothing to fear, however. Just try telling the dinosaurs thatspacerocks arent dangerous....

Moremultimillion-dollar salesof these digital assets thatexist on a blockchainand are maintained on networked computers soon followed. Many have considered takingdrastic measures, such as selling treasured artworks, to plug budget gaps. Can NFTs generate therevenue many museums sorely need? Some are issuing their own tokens, including theBritish Museumand theAcademy Museum of Motion Pictures. TheMiami Institute of Contemporary Artaccepted an early NFT from a donor. Theres even an NFT of entire museum called theMuseum of Digital Life....

Crypto bros could soon have a new dream destination. The future.https://t.co/fFCWjcjFqm Nayib Bukele ? It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Volcano power Bukele said the city would be built near the Conchagua volcano in southeastern El Salvador. The volcano would provide geothermal power for both the city and Bitcoin mining. This is a fully ecological city that works and is energized by a volcano, said Bukele. It wasnt the first time that Bukele has touted this approach....

They also looked at password trends by gender. The findings show password choices are often attached to cultural references. For example, people across several countries take inspiration from their favorite football team. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. In some countries passwords relating to religion were popular. For example, christ was the 19th most common password used in Nigeria, used 7,169 times. The report also reflected differences between genders....

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Johnny-come-latelys to the coding scene can gush about their Pythons or their Ruby on Rails all they want. But when its all said and done, JavaScript still rules the programming roost. 40% off TNW Conference!

New York recently passed a bill providing guidelines for the operation of automated hiring software in the city. Allegedly, city councils aim with this legislation was to protect New Yorkers from biased AI. But, from where were sitting, it looks like its going to do the exact opposite. But the reality is that theres no magic way to remove bias from an AI system. Algorithms arent magical spells. Theyre usually math-based guidelines....

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Is there ever a week withoutsome kind of fuck up at Tesla? So he went on Twitter to keep stranded drivers updated. Seems like this is a worldwide issue. @elonmusk Jaehwan Cho (@hohocho)November 19, 2021 40% off TNW Conference! But of course, youre unlikely to be carrying these with you when youre already using the app! And this is where the best plans fail, when the unexpected happens. Also on my internet of shit list is smart pet feeders....

Weve been all-in from the get-go. Committed to total transparency about electric vehicles climate impact, and our progress towards a sustainable mobility. Instead, several well-known brands released their own report that attempted to contradict ours. We recently doubled down on our commitment to transparency by releasing our secondLCA report. It reveals the climate impact of the two new Polestar 2 versions. This time were not expecting to see a repeat of Astongate....

Its usually around this time of year you hear people complain about their phones slowing down. The answer to this, as usual, is complicated. Lets take a look at the evidence. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. As such, system updates have to be programmed to work towards two goals. The first is to support the new hardware and chip, which deliver the newest features. The second is to continue to work with existing hardware that wont support the new features....

In the midst of the scandals of theFacebook papers, Facebookrebranded the company as Meta. We should all be concerned about how Facebook could and will use the data collected within the metaverse. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. There was a failure inmanaging and regulating the underlying business model of social web connection sites. We are poised to repeat the same mistakes with virtual reality. The industry and its consumers can at times seem like aplayground for dilettantes....

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