Review: The GoCycle GX is a fun, foldable ebike with few drawbacks

As a road cyclist, Ive kept folding bikes at a safe distance. In my defense, Ive never had a need for one. Ebikes are equally alluring for the modern commuter. Putting the two together must lead to something incredible, right? Sounds like a winning combination. 40% off TNW Conference! Its origami-like features are taken care of by a substantial hinge in the middle of the frame. Its all wonderfully simple....

December 18, 2020 · 3 min · 594 words · Jennifer Hanna

2021 won’t be a cakewalk for entrepreneurs — but keep fighting

And feel free to say the same. Nobody is listening, so shout it out, it really helps. I would love to predict that 2021 is going to be all peachy and easy but I wont. Were not out of the woods yet. So yeah, hang in there, and feel free to yell curses at the sky. But then and this is important get back to it. Good stuff doesnt happen in perfect circumstances....

December 17, 2020 · 3 min · 441 words · Mindy Evans MD

Here’s how neuroscience can protect AI from cyberattacks

But they still have a long way to go and make mistakes in situations that humans would never err. These situations, generally known asadversarial examples, change the behavior of an AI model in befuddling ways. Adversarial machine learning is one of the greatest challenges of current artificial intelligence systems. They can lead machine learning models failing in unpredictable ways or becomingvulnerable to cyberattacks. 40% off TNW Conference! Convolutional neural networks The main architecture used in computer vision today isconvolutional neural networks(CNN)....

December 17, 2020 · 2 min · 333 words · Karen Gardner

Review: KEF’s LS50 Meta upgrades an audiophile fave to near-perfection

Its pretty much impossible to navigate an audiophile forum without somebody mentioning KEFs LS50 speakers within a few pages. But if Im being honest, I never really loved them. The new LS50 Meta fixes all that. The company goes into detail about this in itswhitepaper, to clear results. Its a truly impressive bit of engineering. The Metas manual recommends listening to the speakers off-axis. Thats present here too, and the Metas nicely balance soundstage width with spectacular imaging precision....

December 17, 2020 · 2 min · 352 words · Eric Oconnor

Review: NuraLoop’s personalizable wireless earbuds are an intriguing AirPods alternative

Come, friend, grasp my hand and well go on a NuraLoop adventure together. [Read:Why AI is the future of home security] Who makes the NuraLoop? Want to tell us anything else? The companys carved out a niche for itself selling hearing-tuned headphones. 40% off TNW Conference! They arent made to provide you the purest representation of a song, instead they make musicpop. Theyre probably the most fun Ive had with a pair of headphones....

December 17, 2020 · 2 min · 352 words · Ryan Nelson

5 startup scaling mistakes and how to avoid them

A couple of years ago, I was at a holiday party. I love anyone willing to go on that journey. So from the gate, I already want to do anything I can to help him out. When I eventually ran into him, we started chatting. He started pitching me his idea, and he spoke for 30, maybe 45, minutes. Finally he paused to take his first breath. I told him I thought his business idea was really cool, which it is....

December 16, 2020 · 3 min · 597 words · Ronald Gonzalez

Watching people pretend to be vampires is what got me through 2020

And with a couple weeks left Im still not convinced we wont face the zombie apocalypse by Christmas. Because Im a vampire. Vampire: The Masqueradehas been around for decades. The IPs since gone through some changes and now its controlled byParadox Interactive. Its gained a bit of hype in the gaming world, even beyond just the hardcore fans. And for good reason. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The universe covers more products than you’re able to shake a stake at....

December 16, 2020 · 2 min · 382 words · David Wolf

Meet the 4 scale-ups using data to save the planet

PHYSEE: Give your building its own SmartSkin It all started in the desert. ThusPHYSEEwas born, a company focused on bringing smart sustainability solutions to the real estate industry. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Buildings are one of the biggest pieces in the puzzle of the climate change problem. Their unconventional approach was to start by upgrading a 5,000-year-old building material: glass. That way the mind and the body can react....

December 15, 2020 · 4 min · 748 words · Carol Harrison

What’s the opposite of pandemic?

I was thinking about Superman today. He was designed to be the ultimate hero. Hes strong, fast, smart, and full of empathy. Hes everything a kid could want in the super-est of superheroes. My favorite superhero stories are the ones where the heroes fight their alternate-dimension doppelgangers. Ultraman (pictured above) is Supermans evil alternate from Earth 3. Hes the opposite of Superman. Where Superman is allergic to kryptonite, Ultraman likes to ride the green pony....

December 15, 2020 · 2 min · 410 words · Jodi Neal

‘Why are minorities in STEM so easily offended?’ And other stupid questions answered

Fair warning: This is an opinion piece. I was one of the background people arguing on Twitter over the weekend. Last Friday I had the distinct privilege of engaging with a legend in the computer science world. Saying Im a fan of their work is a massive understatement. You know what they say: Never meet your heroes. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Theres an annual event in the STEM community called theConference on Neural Information Processing Systems....

December 15, 2020 · 4 min · 814 words · Christina Miller

10 charging cables for your Android or iPhone on sale for 24 hours

Every year it becomes harder to keep up with remembering which cable is compatible with the latest unit. Lets also not get started on the relatively new push towards wireless charging. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantlyincreased screentimefor smartphone users since March. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. With six different connectors, charge an iPhone, Google Pixel, Samsung Galaxy, and even a Macbook. The cable itself is reinforced with ballistic fiber allowing it to withstand over 30,000 bends....

December 14, 2020 · 2 min · 418 words · Deborah Tran

Review: Specialized’s Turbo Vado SL is so light, you’ll almost forget it’s an ebike

It was when I got to my first hill that I realized Id never even turned the bike on. Once properly motorized, riding the Vado SL felt like my legs had just gotten a lot stronger. That first ride really told me everything I needed to know about the Turbo Vado SL. I wish there were more ebikes like it. Ive tested bikes thatdouble or triple those specsfor far less money....

December 14, 2020 · 2 min · 345 words · Kyle Johns

How different types of hybrid vehicle actually work

It’s free, every week, in your inbox. As the first mass-produced hybrid electric vehicle, its the one everyone knows. Hybrid electric vehicles, like the Prius, are what fancy people call parallel hybrids. These kinds of hybrids have quite small batteries, typically under 5kWh. Some carmakers, were looking at you Lexus, call these self-charging hybrids. This ismisleading and kind of wrong, read why here. The upside of this kind of hybrid is that its very approachable....

December 11, 2020 · 2 min · 256 words · Jonathan Brady