— Unexplained Occurrences ?️‍??️‍⚧️ (@TalesOfBeyond) December 14, 2021 — MFW (@MFWitches) December 14, 2021 I read Twitter every day and I love finding interesting things to read, topical news, stupid memes, and food for thought. And yes, like 66 million other people, I follow Elon Musk. It must be hard, you want to write about your favorite action movies, tunes, and comical memes, yet you’re also a one-person PR machine for your own company, Tesla....

The worlds of science and technology are constantly in flux. It’s impossible to tell what the future will bring. However we can make some educated guesses based on recent breakthroughs in the fields of nuclear physics, quantum computing, robotics, artificial intelligence, and… Facebook’s name change. Let’s set our time machines to “January 28, 2100” to take an imaginary gander at the four most amazing science and technology breakthroughs the sort-of-far future has to offer....

The guys behind the Analog Motion E-Bike have some horrifying UK commuting stories of their own. That’s why they created the AM1+ ultralight electric bike, a crafty alternative to cars and scooters that keeps the needs of city travel firmly in mind. Right now, you can discover a smarter way to get across town at more than $130 off, just $1,449 from TNW Deals. Rather than pumping your way around on a heavy old school bicycle, the AM1+ allows you the convenience of a bike without turning you into a sweaty mess....

Okay, that’s interesting and all, by why exactly, are we telling you all these fun California facts? Because they illustrate that, like it or not, there’s almost no US (and maybe even international!) business that can guarantee it doesn’t — or won’t — collect data from a Californian consumer. And that’s going to matter big time when the California Consumer Privacy Act goes into full effect in 2020. So keep reading for a quick primer on everything you must know about this new law and what you can do right now to ensure your business — no matter where it’s located — is prepared to stay compliant without any scary fines or costly disruptions....

You don’t always have to start off with a long-term business plan in mind — although it’s obviously totally fine if you — but there are certain things you need to consider before you launch yourself into the freelance world. Here are seven easy-to-follow steps to help you do just that. [Read: How to convince your boss to let you work from home — forever!] Your day job dictates everything If your day job is your main source of income, it’s important to acknowledge that and make sure your performance doesn’t suffer once you’ve launched your side hustle....

The MIT Autonomous Bicycle — a multi-year project — explores on-demand bike sharing. The idea is that users call for a bicycle through an app, and it will ride autonomously to their location, where they can ride it as normal. Once the trip is complete, it will go back to autonomous mode to pick up its following user or drive to a charging station. Wait, how the heck does an autonomous bike work?...

To combat this, some retailers have gone to the length of zip-tying display machines to dissuade thieves: The photo above was taken by Reddit user TeslaDude7172 at the Costco in Dedham, Massachusetts. His real name is Jacob and he told me that “two of the three PCs with removable parts” on display were secured like this. On first inspection, this could merely be standard practice — but TNW has evidence otherwise....

That’s why our second edition of Hard Fork Summit will explore blockchain and cryptocurrency’s impact on fintech and business operations. With plenty of experts already lined up, and the official schedule full with engaging talks, it’s not one to miss. Here are just a few that you can hear from on October 15-17 in Amsterdam: Larry Sanger, Everipedia Larry Sanger is the co-founder of Wikipedia, and the CIO of Everipedia – the first and biggest encyclopaedia on the blockchain....

Computers and machines don’t come into this world with inherent knowledge or an understanding of how things work. Like humans, they need to be taught that a red light means stop and green means go. So, how do these machines actually gain the intelligence they need to carry out tasks like driving a car or diagnosing a disease? Data or bust There are multiple ways to achieve AI, and existential to them all is data....

However, several of the games we thought we were going to get were delayed to 2021. And while that sucked for us this year, it does mean we’re going into 2021 with several more games to look forward to. Here’s a list of the games which we’re most looking forward to in the coming year. Note that I’m only including games that have at least some vague release window in 2021....

Currently, four countries are the major players in the ecosystem: the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, and France, which host nearly two-thirds of the continent’s top 1,000 startups and scaleups. Among them, Amsterdam has seen explosive growth, with a whopping 53% average year-over-year growth since 2011. It has also been ranked as Europe’s second top performing startup hub for 2021 — preceded by London, and followed by Paris and Berlin. Yet, compared to the other countries, the Netherlands is currently less competitive when it comes to attracting foreign talent and business ideas from outside of Europe....

The news comes after the trustee, tasked with refunding users, again decided to extend the submission deadline for claims. In a statement released earlier this week, Nobuaki Kobayashi said a Tokyo District Court had issued an order to extend the deadline until March 31, 2020. Kobayashi announced the deadline extension just one day before the current one, which was agreed in April, expired. When it collapsed in 2014, Mt. Gox was the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, handling approximately 70 percent of all Bitcoin transactions....

It’s unreal that quite a simple game can be so much fun. Plus, it’s one of the best ways you can take a break from the grueling and sad news cycle for a while. [Read: Uber launches new services so you can get more than food delivered] While the puzzle-solving is free, you will need to create an account and sign in to the site to play. Here’s what you have to do solve puzzles together with your friends:...

While software development itself is now extremely collaborative, I’d say the process of hiring and upskilling talent in this world is just the opposite. It’s fragmented with siloed teams and technologies that don’t work together. Individual recruiters, hiring managers, HR teams, and strategic leaders work independently like the legacy software that the developers they’re hiring, in many cases, are replacing. Misaligned expectations between recruiters and hiring managers is a common pain point, but the problems with building great tech teams go much further up the organizational pyramid than you might expect....

In many stars, the observed variation in brightness is driven by their internal magnetic field. When parts of the magnetic field breaks out through a star’s surface, it can cause dark regions known as starspots or brighter regions (known as faculae) in the star’s atmosphere. As a star rotates on its axis, so the bright and dark regions pass across the face of the star from our viewpoint, causing a periodic change in brightness of the star as a result....

Now that Thanksgiving is out of the way, it’s time to get serious. Turkey Day festivities and travel are behind you, you’re back at work — and you’ve got just over three weeks to get all the holiday shopping done. Even if you haven’t considered a single gift yet, Cyber Monday is here to bail you out. We’ve pulled together 10 of the best Cyber Monday deals we could find so you can clear out a huge swath of your gifting obligations in one fell swoop....

The most commonly used metric to evaluate the financial health of publicly traded companies is the debt-to-equity ratio. It indicates a company’s balance sheet, which is how much a company has borrowed to finance its assets (a.k.a. liabilities), versus how much cash it has in its reserves as generated from its revenue (a.k.a. wholly owned funds). A high debt-to-equity ratio is usually associated with a high risk stock, as it means the company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt....

You can find out if you’ve got what it takes to launch successful campaigns with the skills learned in the SEO Affiliate Domination course. It’s available now at 90 percent off the regular price, just $19 from TNW Deals. Affiliate marketing rewards hyper-motivated entrepreneurs who earn commissions for marketing a given brand. The more people you bring to the brand, the more you get paid — and over 58 lectures, you’ll learn all the tactics for grabbing attention online, building brand authority and steering users to engage with the target brand....

That’s why companies like Vocalis are developing solutions to pre-screen people using simple technologies such as voice and mobile apps to predict if someone has COVID-19. What problem is it solving? Screening folks for coronavirus or any other disease is difficult unless you go to a test center in person. So Vocalis has developed an AI that identifies voice characteristics of patients having various diseases without needing to visit a hospital or stressing their local healthcare systems....

The Currux Vision Smart City AI solution aims to make roads safer by sending alerts of crashes and illegal driving and to improve traffic management by counting and identifying vehicles and pedestrians. The product is designed to replace human oversight and manual traffic reporting with an autonomous system that analyzes information from cameras and generates real-time insights into incidents on the roads. [Read: Google Maps just made it easier to report traffic incidents] In testing under conditions including day, night, rain, camera vibrations, partial camera view obstructions, the company claims that the system achieved 95% – 98% or higher accuracy....