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You can find news and reviews, share experiences, and join discussions covering a wide range of EV tech and lifestyle topics. To get you started, here are the best five subreddits for electric cars and ebikes: r/electricvehicles This community is an information hub for anything that has to do with EVs. The group shares news, images, reviews, and articles. Some key focus areas are vehicle recommendations, buying experiences, tax rebates, and government policies....

Having treated many thousands of psychiatric patients in my career, and having worked on the American Psychiatric Association’s efforts to classify psychiatric symptoms (published as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-IV and DSM-5), I can affirm confidently that there are no neat answers in psychiatry. The best we can do is embrace an ecumenical four-dimensional model that includes all possible contributors to human functioning: the biological, the psychological, the social, and the spiritual....

Companies including Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Honda are bringing so-called Level 3 AVs to market that will let drivers take their hands off the wheel under specific conditions, and virtually every major auto manufacturer is testing self-driving systems. Automated vehicles hold tremendous promise. Cars that handle most or all of the driving tasks could be safer than human drivers, operate more efficiently and open up new opportunities for seniors, people with disabilities and others who can’t drive themselves....

While these malicious uses of deepfakes and synthetic media are rightly a cause for concern, there are also positive uses of the same generative AI technologies. For example, Lyrebird, a Canadian startup, has partnered with the ALS foundation on Project Revoice, an initiative that uses generative AI to create personalized synthetic voices for ALS sufferers who have lost the ability to speak. Similarly, DeepEmpathy, a project by MIT and Unicef, creates synthetic images that show what cities such as London and Tokyo would look like if they were bombed, with the aim of fostering empathy with those fleeing from war....

That’s right, you don’t have to pay a cent to use this full-featured podcast player. It looks great, has plenty of options for customizing the interface, and includes granular controls for streaming, downloading, and playing your favorite shows. And with the latest update, you can now play files from your local storage in the app. For those who want to support the app with their wallets, there’s a Plus subscription plan that costs $0....

The problem is more acute outside the U.S. In 2018, women accounted for 10% of the cybersecurity workforce in the Asia-Pacific region, 9% in Africa, 8% in Latin America, 7% in Europe and 5% in the Middle East. Women are even less well represented in the upper echelons of security leadership. Only 1% of female internet security workers are in senior management positions. I study online crime and security issues facing consumers, organizations and nations....

I’ll drop the restaurant metaphor now, but that was fun while it lasted, wasn’t it? Anyway, back to it. Digitimes reported that Apple is looking to improve the camera set-up of its next devices — and the way it wants to do this is by beefing up its phones’ zooming capabilities. It appears though that rather than build this functionality by itself, Apple is looking to partner with South Korean companies in order to make it a reality....

Messy Comets and Ravenous Birds Most of the annual meteor showers are the result of the Earth encountering a stream of debris left behind by a passing comet. The Perseid meteor shower is no exception to the rule. The Perseid meteor shower results when the Earth moves (nay, barges) into the path of debris left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle as it passes near the orbit of Earth once every 133 years....

If someone murdered you and then stole your phone, they could unlock your device by pointing it at your face. You probably don’t care that much if you’re dead though, so in a more likely scenario, your friends and family could unlock your phone while you were sleeping. Those miscreants. Such dire scenarios are now avoidable. Google today issued its April security patch for the Pixel 4, which just so happened to sneak in the Face Unlock feature....

The commercial and scientific potential of the quantum revolution is vast, but it is in national security that quantum technology is making the biggest waves. National governments are by far the heaviest investors in quantum research and development. Quantum technology promises breakthroughs in weapons, communications, sensing, and computing technology that could change the world’s balance of military power. The potential for strategic advantage has spurred a major increase in funding and research and development in recent years....

In 1998 The Trevor Project became the world’s first “national crisis intervention and suicide prevention lifeline for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning youth.” In the time since, the foundation’s services have expanded beyond the telephone lifeline to include an online chat and a text-based counseling service – All of which are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. But it’s not enough. According to a press release from The Trevor Project: It takes a lot of volunteer counselors to make a difference....

And unfortunately, the smart marketer can’t ignore any of them. For those ready to tackle 21st century commerce, but unsure where to start, The Complete Digital Marketing Super Bundle ($15, over 90 percent off from TNW Deals) is a smart place to begin with limited time promo code: WEEKEND60. The collection gathers nine different courses packing 57 hours of instruction on getting upstart marketers up to speed on virtually everything they need to know....

As an investor backing early-stage startups, I’ve seen the highs and lows of startup pitching. If you’re trying to secure angel, pre-seed, or seed funding, here are the three things you need to remember when creating your deck. 1. Looks matter You can’t separate business from brand and looks do matter for your pitch deck. Investors want to see polished slides that establish your professionalism and demonstrate your care. I always advise startups to think about their deck design in the way they would think about their outfit for an interview or business meeting....

Web accessibility means that websites, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them. More specifically, it is so people can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web as well as contribute to the Web. Additionally it is also helpful for people without disabilities such as people with “situational limitations” such as in bright sunlight or in an environment where they cannot listen to audio....

But all good things must come to an end. In case you missed TNW2020, not to worry! Here’s a summary of a few things we learned this year: Techfugees: The great climate migration According to UNHCR, in 2017 alone 18.8 million people were displaced due to climate-related natural disasters. The effects of climate change are being seen across the globe, but underprivileged communities suffer greater risk due to a lack of advanced warning signals, access to resources, and more....

So, research scientist Janelle Shane has developed a neural network that names things. In the past, it has named cats and effect pedals of on the guitar. Some of the names of cats from the project: Give Me A Reason, Monocle, and Oilbag; effect pedals were named Dangerous But Not Unbearably So, Love and Sex Are A Mercy Clause, and Am I really that Transhuman. Now, Shane’s new neural network’s trained to name AI spaceships based on the names of ships mentioned in Iain M....

The system developed analyzes air data through sensors installed in cities to predict the pollution levels. It could be used to help us understand the environmental factors that affect one of the most dangerous pollutants in the world: PM2.5, This tiny particle matter is less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter — about 3 percent the size of a human hair. When there are high levels of PM2.5 in city skies, it causes reduced visibility and hazy-looking air....

However, I hadn’t found an AR app that I might use regularly — until now. A few months ago, developer Cyril Diagne showed off a demo of an app called ClipDrop that lets you ‘drop’ real-life objects to your desktop. Now, the app is here as a beta version, and I already love it. It’s pretty evident by the feature image of this story. After months of hard work with @jblanchefr, @ClipDropApp beta (AR Copy Paste) is now publicly available on #Android, #iOS, #macOS, and #Windows ?...

Whether it’s feats of technical innovation and brilliance, remarkable marketing prowess, or a sophisticated combination of both, it’s pretty miraculous to step back and look at what Apple has achieved over the last 50 years. From the Mac to the iPod to the iPhone to the iPad, Apple has not only carved out a legacy of forward-thinking products, but an almost cult-like devotion to its practices that virtually unduplicated across the rest of the tech landscape....

There’s a lot to consider when you plan to take the internet by storm and make a bazillion dollars. Do you have a sound business plan? Have you figured out how you’re going to reach your potential customers? Do you have the drive to make this longshot happen? Are you happy? Sure, there are a lot of practical business concerns when you launch a new endeavor. But there’s always some personal self-examination that needs to happen at the same time to make sure your career and life trajectory are working in tandem with your business goals....