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The typical Australian will change careersfive to seven timesduring their professional lifetime, by some estimates. Jobs disappearing is not a new phenomenon have you seen an elevator operator recently? but the pace of change is picking up, threatening to leave large numbers of workers unemployed and unemployable. New technologies also create new jobs, but the skills they require do not always match the old jobs. The details arepublishedin PLOS ONE....

It seems that will soon be a worry of the past. 40% off TNW Conference! We will follow up with the full list of features in a future announcement. For more on the future of OneNote, you’re free to check out Microsofts posthere. Also tagged with

In fact, the Leaf is now the cheapest EV in the US market, asEndgadgetpointed out. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Apart from the lower costs, Nissan is offering some more extras. All 2022 Leafs come standard with a CHAdeMO quick charge port and aportable 240-volt charging cable. Whats more, eight features previously included in the Technology Package of the SV Plus now become standard. ProPILOT Assist and Intelligent Around View Monitor are definitely the most notable among them....

Thousands of people without power in Great Falls, Montanaafter a substation failed. Every day, thousands of people worldwide are suddenly forced to make do with no power. And while many of those outages are mostly resolved within a few hours, thats not always the case. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. First, the HomePower One is stored up battery reserves whenever you need it. And we dont just mean a smartphone and tablet....

40% off TNW Conference! We dont need persuading, or punitive measures like taxes to motivate change. This is where sustainability startups will play an essential role in actually making sustainable options affordable. The faster clean technologies are developed and rolled out, the better our chances to reach carbon neutrality. Startups in general often lack the necessary resources to develop their solution into a commercialization stage. In contrast, corporates lack the necessary tools and mindset to embrace innovation....

Days after Oppo revealed itsnew-gen under-the-screen cameratech, Xiaomi is set to debut its own in a mainstream unit. The company is expected to show off its tech in the Mi Mix 4, launching on August 10. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Notably, other companies such asOppoand Samsung have only managed to showcase this tech in prototype devices. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh....

Moscow Metro recently announceda trial of facial recognition called FacePayon the Filevskaya metro line. 1000 commuters are participating in the trial, and the process is simple. Its fans praise the hands-free aspect, especially for the elderly and people holding children. They argue that metro cards already track user movements and payments. Track your temperature China uses facial recognition and other biometric tech to fight COVID-19. At metro entrances, digital thermometers and facial recognition deny entry to those with high temperatures....

Researchers and lawmakers have slammed Facebook for disabling the accountsof academics who wereanalyzing political ads on the platform. Facebooksaid the teams data collection methods violated the social networks rules around user privacy. Democratic Senator Mark Warner issued a statement defending the project. He described Facebooks actions as deeply concerning. 40% off TNW Conference! information, some of which is not publicly-viewable on Facebook. The extension also collected data about Facebook users who did not install it or consent to the collection....

Aliceis an all-electric nine-seat aircraft, designed to transport passengers and freight alike. It can be flown by a single pilot and carry up to 1,200kg of payload. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. To name a few examples, there are also SwedensHeart Aerospaceand ItalysTecnam. Do EVs excite your electrons? Do ebikes get your wheels spinning? Do self-driving cars get you all charged up? Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at TNW....

Theres no secret that Facebook loves ads. It has stuffed the blue app and different features ofInstagram with them. And the company hascontemplatedmany timesinserting ads in WhatsApp. Now the company is trying to make a match of an odd pair: encryption and ads. And thats the basis of Facebooks fight againsttraceabilityworldwide. But the company also wants to make money out of WhatsApp. It madea controversial privacy policy changeearlier this year to lay the WhatsApp interaction with businesses and other Facebook apps....

I know people think reviewers should be completely unbiased, but anyone who says they are is kidding themselves. I can venture to be as fair as possible, but my biases are baked into my brain. All this preamble is to warn you upfront that Im a huge fan of Focals speakers. TheFocal Solo6 Beis one of the companys premium nearfield studio monitors. Its also actually the cheapest way to get Focals most advanced speaker materials....

Actually, scratch that. I dont think Ive ever met someone who keeps their tabs tidy. Oh, Ive tried. Over the years Ive used various tab grouping methods. Ive tried double-layer horizontal tabs. Ive tried various extensions that allow you to quickly search for and manage tabs. Ive even given vertical tabs, the subject of this post, a try in various iterations before. But inevitably Ive always masochistically reverted to the default tab layout....

MIT researchers have used AI to predict which technologies are rapidly improving and which ones are overhyped. The fastest-improving domains werepredominantly software-related. Their research could give entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, and policy-makers clues about the future opportunities in tech. 40% off TNW Conference! They first divided the patents into 1,757 discrete technology domains. Each of these was comprised of inventions thatfulfill a specific function using a distinct branch of scientific knowledge....