Mailchimp wants to optimize your email campaigns using AI — here’s how

Leading the effort to develop Content Optimizer is John Wolf, Product Manager of Smart Content at Mailchimp. Wolf was the founder of Inspector 6, a startup acquired by Mailchimp in 2020. The vision for AI-powered content marketing 40% off TNW Conference! Like all companies, Intradiem needed great marketing content. But the process was difficult, and measuring quality and success was very subjective. The creative process was completely dominated by opinions with little data....

October 22, 2021 · 4 min · 715 words · Stanley Berger

Microsoft’s Windows 11 is here…and it’s different. This course can get you up to speed on all the changes

You may not have realized it, but the landscape for your Windows PC shifted seismically earlier this month. It’s free, every week, in your inbox.

October 22, 2021 · 1 min · 25 words · Andrew Mckenzie

The new MacBook Pros look amazing, but I just want a MacPad

And Ive felt that way for years. Its abigspec bump, but mostly a spec bump nonetheless. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Theres never been a better time for it. I know, I know. For years, Tim Cook has said that Apple has no intentions of merging the iPad and Mac. And if you begin to merge the two… you begin to make trade-offs and compromises. But that was then....

October 22, 2021 · 1 min · 204 words · Dan Sanchez

Unlock your Mac’s secret features with a subscription to this tool

There arent any command line tools or complicated file operations involved, either. Everything can be accessed with the help of the app. With MacPilot, you might do things youve never done before with your Mac. Prices subject to change. Story byTNW Deals Hot deals courtesy of The Next Web.Hot deals courtesy of The Next Web.

October 22, 2021 · 1 min · 55 words · Emily Powell

A community of digital nomads wants to build an internet country for digital citizens

The year is 2025. Hop in an Uber and youre headed to your temporary home, a boutique coliving space. Seamlessly connecting to superfast wifi, you check emails and Asana for urgent tasks. Theres a notification from the local tax authorities welcoming you to the country. You make plans to catch up at a networking lunch hosted by the citys free coworking space. Welcome to the future of remote work. A global wave 40% off TNW Conference!...

October 21, 2021 · 2 min · 354 words · Denise Valencia

Analysis: TikTok soars and global social media users hit 4.5 billion

Our new Digital 2021 October Global Statshot Report published in partnership withWe Are SocialandHootsuite is packed with impressive milestones. 40% off TNW Conference! Lets dig deeper into this quarters report to learn more. But just how compelling is the TikTok marketing opportunity? Well, the good news is that were (finally!) able to report detailed figures for TikTok advertising reach around the world in this quarters report. However, the available data clearly supports the hypothesis that TikTok is particularly popular amongst younger users....

October 21, 2021 · 2 min · 390 words · William Bell

Are recycled EV batteries as good a new ones? Yes! A thousand times yes!

EVs are a green alternative and we love them for that. A thousand times yes! And I havescienceto prove it. The cathode is the answer First up, lets brush up our physics knowledge. The cathode is the positive electrode, or simply the positive terminal, of a battery cell. So, yes, its pretty important. Class dismissed, moving on to the scientific proof. The researchers cathode-making process has roughly the following steps:...

October 21, 2021 · 1 min · 195 words · Mary Miller

Don’t be perfect, people hate it

The amount of time and effort I spend on being efficient is… highly inefficient. Ill spend more timethinkingabout how to efficiently plan meetings than the time Im actuallyinthem. I really need to learn to though, because of one simple truth… People dont trust perfection. 40% off TNW Conference! This machine is used to calculate change, and it does so with inhuman speed and accuracy. The only problem was that it happened so fast that people didnt trust it....

October 21, 2021 · 1 min · 195 words · Victoria Friedman

Edward Snowden: ‘If you weaken encryption, people will die’

Our online privacy faces growing threats. Governments around the world are calling for encryption backdoors that would enable access to personal information. They argue that encryption protects criminals. But it also protects activists, dissidents, persecuted groups, and ordinary citizens. Edward Snowden is among the most prominent beneficiaries. If you weaken encryption, people will die, said Snowden in a statement. 40% off TNW Conference! Weakening encryption would be a colossal mistake that could put thousands of lives at risk....

October 21, 2021 · 2 min · 282 words · Maria Brooks

Hardt hyperloop gets green cash from the European Commission

As Ive said before, if you want to ride a hyperloop, youll be waiting a while. These things happen slowly. This is the first grant for hyperloop tech from the EC. But its a clear acknowledgment by the European Commission that hyperloop is a sustainable means of transport. The idea actually has legs or in this case, tubes. Hyperloop vehicles move autonomously through low-pressure tubes. Electromagnetic propulsion makes travel energy-efficient and completely CO2-neutral....

October 21, 2021 · 1 min · 199 words · Kathy Lee

I asked for a hyperloop but all I got was a Boring tunnel in Las Vegas

If youre waiting with bated breath to ride a hyperloop, prepare to turn blue. Im sorry, but its not going to happen anytime soon. But you might just be able to get a very poor second, a car ride in a tunnel. Its courtesy of Elon MusksBoring Company, and if you are feeling underwhelmed, youre not alone. Walking between the New Exhibit Hall and North/Central Hall can take up to 15 minutes....

October 21, 2021 · 2 min · 350 words · Michael Smith

Listen parents, kids spending several hours on screens a day isn’t a big deal

TheResearch Briefis a short take on interesting academic work. So do social media and texting. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Taken at face value, these contrasting positive and negative correlations are confusing. Is screen time good or bad? Perhaps neither one: When looking at the strength of the correlations, we see only very modest associations. This suggests the differences are explained by many variables, not just screen time....

October 21, 2021 · 2 min · 215 words · Barbara Reed

NASA wants to build nuclear space craft — what could go wrong?

Oh, Im sorry. Did I sayNASAs nuclear budget?Surely not. NASAs made some major pivots in how it approaches its mission over the past presidency and a half. Dont get me wrong. I think hes hilarious. Selling a dozen governments on a technology that doesnt exist and then delivering atunnel?!? This dude is amazing. Its a bloody hyperloop. And that politician mechanically reciting these arent the droids were looking for, in response....

October 21, 2021 · 1 min · 167 words · William Sloan