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Computers are good at answering questions. Whats the shortest route from my house to Area 51? Is 8,675,309 a prime number? How many teaspoons in a tablespoon? For questions like these, theyve got you covered. My favorite hard problem is thetraveling salesperson problem. I work on approximation algorithms as acomputer scientist. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. This is important for more than just planning routes. You might say that these hard problems are all the same computational gremlin wearing different hats....

The world has embraced the fact that EVs are happening. If were to reach net-zero by 2050, we have to innovate and then eliminate cradle-to-gate C02e emissions. But were not the only ones with an environmental to-do list. And the lesser-known factor in this carbon calculator is the pop in of energy used to charge them. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. An EV will always have less impact than its fossil fuel counterpart....

Gamers gotta game. Because who wants to sink into 48 straight hours of Fortnite in a crummy chair? Or with a fritzy headset? Or a controller that cant whoop up on those fools with the platform system standard-issue controller? Gamers need to level up. Thankfully, were here to help, with 10 gaming accessories that will elevate your entire gaming experience. Just dont return anything that drops your order before $75 and the credit is yours....

Cities included Paris, Budapest, and London. Of course, a ban of this nature is already set tocome into force in the UK. Residents of Rome were most in favor, with 77% voting for a ban. 40% off TNW Conference! Do ebikes get your wheels spinning? Do self-driving cars get you all charged up? Story byMatthew Beedham Matthew is the editor of SHIFT. He likes electric cars, and other things with wheels, wings, or hulls....

2020 taught me how valuable it is to put purpose at the heart of decision-making. Even when the business is nose-diving. In fact,especiallywhen the business is nose-diving. For me and my colleagues at Uber the start of the pandemic last year was a moment of contrasts. For a company focused on enabling the world to move, we were in a tight spot. So we went back to our core mission: to reimagine the way the world moves for the better....

Microsoft today announced a small but important update to its popular Surface Laptop. The 13-inch model gives you the most variety. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The 15-inch model, meanwhile, only comes in the Core i5 and Ryzen 7 options. The Intel options use the greatly improvedXe graphics, while the Ryzen models use AMD graphics, naturally. It simply offers a larger screen for those who want it. The other spec sheet change is improved battery performance....

2020 was a year of rapid adaptation. In most cases, companies found that this quick switch accelerated their rate of new tech adoption and experimentation. 2021 will be a year of refinement. Techleap.nlsRise Programis focused on providing fast-growing Dutch scaleups with the tools they need to take on the global market. Using tech to enhance digital relationships with customers 40% off TNW Conference! By leveraging the power of large data sets, more online retailers are able to create individualized shopping experiences....

Quasars are found throughout the Universe, but quasar pairs are rare. We estimate that in the distant universe, for every 1,000 quasars, there is one double quasar. These newly-recognized pairs are the oldest of the 100 or so quasar pairs currently known to astronomers. As the quasars drifted toward each other, energy would have raced from the bodies, radiating into space. Eventually, the quasars would have merged into single black holes of enormous size....

Earlier this week, security researchersLuis Marquez CarpinteroandErnesto Canales Perenashared their discovery of this flaw through an article inForbes. No data or money is extracted this way. Plus, this method is successful in locking you out even if youve set up two-factor authentication. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. This email ID will also help WhatsApp in verifying your request. But you might have to still email WhatsApp support if youre locked out....

Its never a good day when you feel like you spent hard-earned money for nothing. For this assortment of 10 tech accessories, were confident theyll quickly become daily players in your gadget rotation. 40% off TNW Conference! Get theGotype Rollable Keyboard with Bluetooth Speakerfor $83.95 (Reg. It can even power a laptop back to 100 percent in only about 3 hours. Get theLifePowr A3 Portable Outletfor $184.99 (Reg. CASA Hub O7 USB-C Multi-Function Hub with Wireless Charger...

At the height of his career, the pioneering electrical engineer Nikola Tesla became obsessed with an idea. Thingsdidnt go to plan, and Teslas ambitions for a wireless global electricity supply were never realized. The last of these, mmWave, opens up much more bandwidth at the cost of shorter transmission distances. For context, most WiFi routers operate in the 2GHz band. This is why 5G masts aremore densely clusteredthan 4G masts....

While new EVs come out all the time, many of them arent cheap. Despite these trends, there are still affordable clean cars on the market today. The most famous examples may be expensive, but not everything is. Mini Cooper SE The 2020 Mini Cooper SE is thecheapest electric car available in the USright now. When thats applied, buyers can get this car for less than $23,000. There are a variety of state and local incentives that can reduce that price even further....

Fifteen years ago, physicists atBrookhaven National Laboratorydiscovered something perplexing. Muons a pop in of subatomic particle were moving in unexpected ways that didnt match theoretical predictions. Was the theory wrong? Was the experiment off? Or, tantalizingly, was this evidence of new physics? Physicists have been trying to solve this mystery every since. One group fromFermilabtackled the experimental side and on April 7, 2021, released resultsconfirming the original measurement. But my colleagues and I took a different approach....