A closer look at how Buenos Aires plans to cut emissions in half by 2030

It’s free, every week, in your inbox. All vulnerable neighborhoods should have vegetable gardens by 2025. Do EVs excite your electrons? Do ebikes get your wheels spinning? Do self-driving cars get you all charged up? Also tagged with

May 11, 2021 · 1 min · 38 words · Jake Grimes

Bluesound’s new Node music streamer is here and I just piddled with joy

Its rare that a bog-standard product update gets me hot and wet. Firstly,shame on you.Secondly, the company makes hi-res multi-room audio hardware. Think of it asan audiophile Sonos. But lets talk specifics. 40% off TNW Conference! From there, you’ve got the option to play audio from pretty much whatever you want. Whats new with the Bluesound Node and Powernode? A number of things. Lets start with the names: Bluesound has simplified its products monikers....

May 11, 2021 · 2 min · 311 words · Roy Graves

China’s digital currency is coming — other major economies need to follow suit

China is making promising progress with testing its digital yuan currency. For those eligible, there is a straightforward app to download which gives them a wallet. Using this to make purchases in thousands of participating stores, they receive discounts. However, this blockchainis permissioned, meaning the Peoples Bank decides who can use it. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Yet a digital yuan raises profound questions about global financial stability....

May 11, 2021 · 2 min · 282 words · Kayla Riggs

DNA arranged into tiny Lite-Brite style pegboards could help us store tons of data for centuries

Our prototype stores information in patterns using DNA strands spaced about 10 nanometers apart. We described the research in a paper published in the journal Nature Communications on April 22, 2021. Previous methods for retrieving data in DNA require the DNA to be sequenced. Sequencing is the process ofreading the genetic code of strands of DNA. Though it is a powerful tool in medicine and biology, it wasnt designed with DNA memory in mind....

May 11, 2021 · 1 min · 199 words · Bonnie Lambert

Facebook test makes sure you’ve read an article before sharing it

In fact, the company shared the news on Twitter, perhaps as a subtle acknowledgement of this fact. Starting today, were testing a way to promote more informed sharing of news articles. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Also tagged with

May 11, 2021 · 1 min · 41 words · Todd Ward

How to understand speaker measurements — and why they matter

How do you know if a speaker is any good? The answer should be obvious. If you like the way it sounds, then it is good. Im not here to tell you what you like doesnt actually sound good. But Iamhere to help you make more educated purchases. So how can you tell if one speaker is better than another without direct comparison? Thats when you turn to speaker measurements and objective data....

May 11, 2021 · 6 min · 1216 words · Cheryl Mathis

Sennheiser’s sold its consumer audio business and I hate it

You know when a company sells off a beloved business and stuff goes really well afterwards? Yeah, me neither. So hey join me in pouring one out for Sennheiser. The unthinkable has happened: audio brand Sennheiser has sold off its consumer products. Sennheiser signalled its ambition to sell the consumer part of its companyin February. Its now found a buyer:Sonova, a Swiss company thats best known for making hearing aids....

May 11, 2021 · 2 min · 269 words · Charles White

Spotify finally lets you share podcast episodes with a timestamp

Did you hear what Joe Rogan said on his podcast? Thankfully, Spotify is introducing a new feature to let you share podcasts with a time marker. How can you share a podcast with timestamps? Play the podcast episode you want to share, and hit the share button at the desired timestamp. Turn on the toggle for timestamp as shown below, and share the link. When the recipient opens that link, the podcast episode will start playing from the particular time....

May 11, 2021 · 1 min · 111 words · Robert Forbes

Thanks to Hans Zimmer, the BMW i4 EV will sound brilliant

Typically, I find EV sounds quite cliche. They always end up sounding like something from a low-budget sci-fi movie. Whenwe ranked the best (and worst) EV sounds, most of them left me quite uninspired. But if you ask me, BMW just gets this one right. BMW says the sounds adapt depending on how the car is being driven, and the driving mode selected. In comfort mode, the vehicle will sound calm and relaxing....

May 11, 2021 · 1 min · 166 words · Julie Fernandez

Could quantum neural networking lead to human immortality?

Theres no proof youre going to die. Dont take that the wrong way; theres a lot of evidence. But proof is for math, and death is only certain in retrospect. An international team of researchers recentlypublished workdemonstrating quantum entanglement at an unprecedented macro-scale. 40% off TNW Conference! In other words: if you entangle two particles and tickle one of them, they both laugh. They observed the entanglement across the drums by measuring vibrations....

May 10, 2021 · 1 min · 200 words · William Hayes

DxOMark’s new battery benchmark ranks phones for how juicy they are

DxOMark said that this score involved testing almost 100 parameters for more than 150 hours per unit. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. But its not all about the gigantic batteries. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.” Also tagged with

May 10, 2021 · 1 min · 59 words · Benjamin Miller

Holy sheet: How to turn Google Sheets into an RSS reader

Today, we have a welcome surprise for all the news junkies among the Google Sheets nerds. 40% off TNW Conference! An RSS reader typically allows for subscribing to the feeds of multiple online publications. So the different publications get merged into one big feed, sorted by date and time. Ive created atemplatefor you that does exactly that. The template is limited to 100 subscriptions. Thats all the work you gotta do....

May 10, 2021 · 1 min · 125 words · David Anderson

Study finds driving behavior can be an indicator of dementia

Driving data alone can only predict this with 66% accuracy. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. However, the study says that not many individuals with MCI or dementia were found in the LongROAD dataset. If you want to read the full study,check it out for yourself here. HT New Atlas Do EVs excite your electrons? Do ebikes get your wheels spinning? Do self-driving cars get you all charged up?...

May 10, 2021 · 1 min · 94 words · Charles Anderson