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Oil giants like BP and Shell have been reluctant to welcome the transition to electric cars, for fear of losing money and market share. But now things seem to be changing and it looks like investing in EV infrastructure could bring more money than selling fuel.  BP’s head of customers and products Emma Delaney told Reuters that while the company’s charging division isn’t expected to be profitable before 2025, on a margin level (money in, money out) it’s nearing the levels of gas filling.  As per Delaney, If I think about a tank of fuel versus a fast charge, we…This story continues at The Next Web […]

All in all, 2021 has been a great year for European unicorn creation with some media speaking of a ‘European unicorn boom’. To date, more than 70 European private companies have boasted a $1 billion plus valuation, bringing the total number of unicorns produced since 1990 to 296, slightly more than China. But there’s still a long way to go. While Europe may be pulling ahead of China in terms of fresh unicorns, the US managed to mint 184 in the first eight months of 2021, with more on the way in the months after. What’s one thing that could…This story continues at The Next Web […]

The last two years have made us all reevaluate what we really want. Working from home has shown us that a remote workforce is possible. More time with our families has demonstrated that we don’t want long commutes. Stressful situations have highlighted how important it is to work for a company that champions wellness. While the ‘Great Resignation’ has caused a huge shift in the workforce, there is no one size fits all policy. Every single person will have different wants and needs when it comes to their career. Even though it can seem daunting to determine exactly what you…This story continues at The Next Web […]

Science fiction is a genre very much associated with technological marvels, innovations, and visions of the future. So it may be surprising to find so many of its writers are drawn to Shakespeare – he’s a figure associated with tradition and the past. Sometimes his plays are reworked in a science fiction setting. The 1956 film Forbidden Planet is just one of many variations on a “Tempest in space” theme. Sometimes the playwright appears as a character caught up in a time travel adventure. The Dr Who episode The Shakespeare Code is a well-known example. Here the Doctor praises Shakespeare’s…This story continues at The Next Web […]

We’ve all been there before: we need to send a file from our phone to our laptop or vice versa, only to find that it can still be a surprisingly clunky process even in 2022. While most of us will resort to sending ourselves an email or uploading a file to cloud storage, Google is apparently working on a way to make it easy and intuitive to send files to yourself. The company recently launched Nearby Share on ChromeOS and Android as a competitor to Apple’s AirDrop, allowing you to easily send files to nearby devices. The only problem is…This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: Goog […]

If you want artificial intelligence to have human ethics, you have to teach it to evolve ethics like we do. At least that’s what a pair of researchers from the International Institute of Information Technology in Bangalore, India proposed in a pre-print paper published today. Titled “AI and the Sense of Self,” the paper describes a methodology called “elastic identity” by which the researchers say AI might learn to gain a greater sense of agency while simultaneously understanding how to avoid “collateral damage.” In short, the researchers are suggesting that we teach AI to be more ethically-aligned with humans by…This story continues at The Next Web […]

NFT art has exploded in popularity, but it faces an uncertain future on Wikipedia. Editors of the online encyclopedia recently voted against categorizing non-fungible tokens as art. The result sparked fury in the crypto community. The poll stemmed from discussions about Wikipedia’s list of the most expensive artworks by living artists, Cointelegraph reports. The editors debated whether NFTs such as Murat Pak’s $91.8M The Merge and Beeple’s $69M Everydays should join the list. A majority of editors have voted against their inclusion. While the result isn’t binding and involves a single Wikipedia page, the vote has caused consternation among NFT advocates.…This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: Wikipedia […]

The idea of a road that can collect and harvest energy from the vibrations of passing cars, buses, and trucks sounds like science fiction. Fortunately, energy harvesting is an idea that’s been alive and well in the scientific community. But it has only recently made the pivot into real-world commercial applications. So, let’s take a look at the most prominent that are working towards making science (fiction) a reality:  ElectReon (Israel) ElectReon is an Israeli firm developing an in-road inductive charging system. How it works: Its charging solution powers EVs from electrical fields generated by copper coils under the asphalt A…This story continues at The Next Web […]

In most cities, highways encompass a massive surface area that is expensive to maintain considering the cost of surface maintenance, lamp posts, signage, and electric vehicle charging stations.  But over the last decade, scientists and startups have been working on a solution: the EVs themselves. By harnessing some of the energy generated from the road’s surface, electric vehicles can reduce road infrastructure and charging costs. But how did we get here, and what does it mean for the future of electric vehicles?  Let’s take a deep dive into the science. Don’t worry, I’ll make it easy to understand. Energy harvesting…This story continues at The Next Web […]

You may think the metaverse will be a bunch of interconnected virtual spaces – the world wide web but accessed through virtual reality. This is largely correct, but there is also a fundamental but slightly more cryptic side to the metaverse that will set it apart from today’s internet: the blockchain. In the beginning, Web 1.0 was the information superhighway of connected computers and servers that you could search, explore and inhabit, usually through a centralized company’s platform – for example, AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft and Google. Around the turn of the millennium, Web 2.0 came to be characterized by social…This story continues at The Next Web […]