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The evolving COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgent need for scientific evidence, and quickly. The speed with which the global scientific community has risen to this sudden pressing need is remarkable. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The rise of the preprint Scientific publishing is also changing. Usually, scientific research is peer-reviewed before it is accepted for publication in a journal. Now, we are increasingly seeing more results posted to preprint servers for more rapid dissemination....

Will our species go extinct? The short answer is yes. The fossil record shows everything goes extinct, eventually. Almost all species that ever lived, over 99.9%, are extinct. Most plesiosaurs, trilobites,Brontosaurus didnt. Thats also true of other human species. Neanderthals, Denisovans,Homo erectusall vanished, leaving justHomo sapiens. Humans are inevitably heading for extinction. The question isntwhetherwe go extinct, butwhen. Headlines often suggest this extinction is imminent. The threat ofearth-grazing asteroidsis a media favorite....

It’s free, every week, in your inbox. So let me fill you in. Hes a man that always loved a side project, and is universally enthusiastic about developing autonomous technology. During his time at university he led a team that developed afully autonomous self-driving motorbikedubbed Ghost Rider. He and his team entered the bike into a DARPA organized competition, the only two-wheeled vehicle participating. He described it as the first of its kind, and a frankly crazy idea....

The environmental movements past recently collided with its future. April 22 marked the50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, a milestone for environmentalism. But after months of careful planning, both occasions were upended by the COVID-19 pandemic and went online instead. Rather than going on strike, teachers and students occupied classrooms instead. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Yet subsequent Earth Days failed to capture the urgency and grassroots passion of the original....

A large section of the design community is locked in debate over whether designers should code. Others see no problem with professionals wearing multiple hats. The sweet spot, which is called shared understanding, is probably somewhere in the middle. Designers who code, even a little, and can make themselves a great asset to any multidisciplinary team. The whole should designers learn to code topic is hotly debated. The question is, how much coding should designers know?...

Alert: Spoilers for the Netflix docuseries The Tiger King ahead. President Trump we are asking you today to hey free Joe Exotic. Hes absolutely not guilty. And were going to be able to prove that. Were asking for a pardon. Eric Love, lead investigator for the Tiger Kings legal team. His legal team disputes the charges and the way the case was handled, hence the pardon request. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

With much of the world in lockdown, our time spent on video callshas risen rapidly. There is no doubt that platforms like Zoom are very useful. But all this time spent on video calls has its problems. We rely on it connect with people, yet it can leave us feeling tired and empty. It has given us some semblance of normal life during lockdown, but it can make relationships seem unreal....

It’s free, every week, in your inbox. This month… drum roll, pleeeeeease… Jokes aside, were so proud of TNW readers for not being douche burgers this month! For this months thats what she said, were discussing if its ok to objectify men. More specifically, is it ok this list exists? Wouldnt really be ok if it was ladiez. Cara:You cant make an equivalent for women because there are not that many women in tech....

Even temperatures on worlds of molten rock were seen to be significantly lower than predictions predicted. This suggested something was unusual either with theories, observations, or calculations. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Now, astronomers know of more than 4,100 alien worlds. This produces a permanent dayside and nightside. Astronomers usually average the temperatures measured on exoplanets as they study these ancient worlds. These different conditions could give rise to the unusual temperature discrepancies, the new study revealed....

Marketing is the art and science of making your brand the easy choice for your customers. Todays consumers are smart and more in-tune with their desires than they have ever been. It is not the loudest marketing campaign that wins, its the most relevant one. This is good news for startups and emerging businesses with small marketing budgets because it evens the playing field. The three key factors of non-conscious mindstates Creating a brand is an exercise in psychology....

Their logos and extensive data pipe would bring validation, contacts, and reputation in the industry. In 2017, I launched Lokalise, a B2B SaaS platform. Thats when I co-founded OK.ru, which quickly became the leading social media platform for the Russian-speaking population worldwide. Six months after launch, the startup was already cashflow-positive. Thats when we started to face tough choices dealing with affluent corporations. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

While the microbe emoji was first approved in 2018, different technology providers render it in strikingly different ways. and more generally the face with medical mask emoji ?. Emojipedia In addition, some platforms have even created their own bespoke COVID-19 emoji. For instance, Twitter users can use the hashtag#SafeHandsChallengeto display a custom hand-washing emoji. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. There is also evidence of combinations of emoji being deployed....

Imagine a high-security complex protected by a facial recognition system powered by deep learning. This is not a page out of a sci-fi novel. Although hypothetical, its something that can happen with todays technology. In most cases, adversarial vulnerability is a natural byproduct of the way neural networks are trained. But nothing can prevent a bad actor from secretly implanting adversarial backdoors into deep neural networks. 40% off TNW Conference!...