Fiido D11 review: This folding ebike has good looks, low weight, and solid range

TheFiido D11manages to overcome several folding bike caveats while maintaining a price of just $999. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Anything under 40 pounds is basically featherweight for an ebike. Thats still really quite good for this category product, and more than enough for most riders. While I prefer pedal ebikes and generally do not care about throttles, having theoptionon the D11 was nice. Considering the motors speed limitation, there isnt a great need for more stopping power....

June 27, 2021 · 1 min · 130 words · Kimberly James

Five ways to get the best returns from smart infrastructure

Sweat your assets So how can a city official best demonstrate ROI? A multi-pronged cost-benefit analysis is required. 40% off TNW Conference! Streetlighting, for example, is a popular platform for a range of smart city services well beyond illumination. These include air quality sensing, traffic counting and gunshot detection. Waste bins are an emerging area for gathering data and housing telco infrastructure. A key reason for this is the ubiquity and essential nature of these systems....

June 27, 2021 · 2 min · 262 words · John Bailey

How a 70s schoolteacher invented C, one of the most influential coding languages

If you thought that C is the kind of language that only 60-year-old white men know, think again. Yeah, its the dinosaur among todays programming languages. But its still alive and kicking in more areas than youd think. This made Unix a lot more portable across different machines, and helped make it popular. If youve ever worked with databases, youve definitely used C, too. Even if you werent aware about that!...

June 27, 2021 · 4 min · 640 words · Sandra Chen

This $50 training will help you pass top CompTIA certification exams on your first try

You might have the knowledge to succeed in the IT job you want. You might even have the experience to rock that position. Thats where certifications come in. And when it comes to certifications, no credential speaks louder in IT circles than a cert from CompTIA. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Prices are subject to change. Story byTNW Deals Hot deals courtesy of The Next Web.Hot deals courtesy of The Next Web....

June 27, 2021 · 1 min · 74 words · Sherri Valdez

Venus’ massively cracked surface suggests it experiences quakes — and could be active

Planetary scientists like mehave long known that Venus hasa plethora of tectonic landforms. In many of these belts theres evidence that pieces of the crust have moved side to side, too. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. A major question about Venus is whether the planet has active volcanoes and tectonic faulting today. Its essentially the same size, composition and age as Earth so why wouldnt it be geologically alive?...

June 27, 2021 · 1 min · 137 words · George Jones

Want to code and build robots and other cool gadgets? This Raspberry training can help

We dont blame you. But that doesnt mean there arent a few accessible ways in. Even if youve never coded before or dont understand how a circuit works, no need to fear. TheRaspberry Pi For BeginnersandArduino for Beginnerscourses can ease learners in gently. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Meanwhile, the Arduino training also includes some soothing handholding for novice creators. Prices are subject to change. Story byTNW Deals Hot deals courtesy of The Next Web....

June 27, 2021 · 1 min · 83 words · Kristy Brown

Hushed offers a second private phone line for talking or texting for under $20

In 2004, more than 90 percent of American adults lived in a household with a landline. By last year, that number hadtumbled to just under 37 percent. The answer: one number for the world, another one just for you and your nearest and dearest. 40% off TNW Conference! With a Hushed second phone number, you could keep business and personal separate. Or use it to field personal calls like Tinder or Bumble contacts without exposing your business to the world....

June 26, 2021 · 1 min · 101 words · Michael Haynes

Lingoda Live is language training with a live teacher for personalized instruction — and it’s 25% off

It is, however, missing one thing. 40% off TNW Conference! In each live virtual class, instructors accelerate the learning process, encouraging each student to engage and contribute. They estimate it takes about 50 hours of training to pass the beginner level with your new language. Prices are subject to change. Story byTNW Deals Hot deals courtesy of The Next Web.Hot deals courtesy of The Next Web.

June 26, 2021 · 1 min · 66 words · Abigail Robinson

Remember that research linking more screen time to depression? Not true, says new data

These technologies havebecome ubiquitous, and young peoples distress has continued to increase since then. Many articles in the popular and academic press assert that digital technology is to blame. This is understandable because itsvery hard to pay attention to and accurately recallsomething that you do frequently and habitually. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. This has enormous implications. Although measurement isnt a sexy topic, it forms the foundation of scientific research....

June 26, 2021 · 2 min · 219 words · Veronica Calhoun

These cute robots are now delivering pizza across Austin, Texas

Start-up Refraction AI has launched a pilot program with ten of its REV-1 delivery robots in Austin, Texas. Assistants ride close by to ensure safety. 40% off TNW Conference! No city funding is going into the pilot. and demonstrating them for the fire and police departments. A new pop in of delivery service is about to hit the streets of Austin. Watch for these three-wheeled robots around South Congress. Assistants ride nearby them to ensure safe travel....

June 26, 2021 · 1 min · 143 words · Jennifer Cummings

‘Scambaiting’ is racist and dangerous, so let’s stop celebrating it

But its clear that the police are struggling to keep pace with fraudsters. A 2018Which?report found that an estimated 96% of fraud cases reported to Action Fraud go unsolved. On closer inspection, this form of vigilante justice may actually do more harm than good. 40% off TNW Conference! The most basic form of scambaiting sets out to waste a scammers time. At a minimum, scambaiters attempt to make scammers answer countless questions or perform pointless and random tasks....

June 26, 2021 · 2 min · 289 words · Stephanie Baker

A beginner’s guide to AI: Policy

Welcome to Neurals beginners guide to AI. In this edition of the guide, well take a glance at global AI policy. The US, China, Russia, and Europe each approach artificial intelligence development and regulation differently. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Artificial intelligence has traditionally been swept in with other technologies when it comes to policy and regulation. That worked well in the days when algorithm-based tech was mostly used for data processing and crunching numbers....

June 25, 2021 · 2 min · 281 words · Andrea Jones

A Google algorithm misidentified a software engineer as a serial killer

The victim of this latest botch was Hristo Georgiev, an engineer based in Switzerland. Seems like Google falsely associated a photo of mine with a Wikipedia article of a serial killer. 40% off TNW Conference! He suspects the algorithm matched his picture to the Wikipedia entry because the now-dead killer shared his name. Georgiev is far from the first victim of the knowledge graph misfiring. In Georgievs case, the issue was swiftly resolved....

June 25, 2021 · 1 min · 188 words · Richard Green