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• This robotaxi’s run-in with the cops is both funny and disturbing

  11-04-2022 18:20 via thenextweb.com
  
  Just two months after Cruise announced the launch of its robotaxi operations in San Francisco, one of its autonomous vehicles had an awkward encounter with… the cops. In a video posted on Instagram last weekend, a Chevrolet Bolt robotaxi gets pulled over by the San Francisco Police Department for not having its headlights on.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by B-RadAbroad (@b.rad916) As you can see for yourselves above, the incident feels as if it was comically sc
  
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• Commercial space travel could exacerbate our air pollution problems

  11-04-2022 14:33 via thenextweb.com
  
  The Axiom-1 mission to send four private astronauts to the International Space Station is the first of many missions planned by NASA to expand the ISS for commercial use as part of what’s being called the low-Earth orbit economy. The commander of the Axiom-1 mission has emphatically stated that this is not an example of space tourism, as the crew have undergone training and the mission includes plans to conduct biomedical research. Crew members – all men aged 52 to 71 – report
  
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• Apple patenting game controllers shows it’s taking the sector seriously

  11-04-2022 14:32 via thenextweb.com
  
  Apple has long had a strange relationship with gaming. In many respects, the company has happily let competitors like Sony and Microsoft gobble up the lion’s share of the market. Yet, over the past few years, Apple has started to address this gap in its offering. The biggest move Apple made in this space was, of course, Apple Arcade, its mobile gaming subscription. But there are growing signs that the company is looking to build on this, especially with recent revelations it has filed a r
  
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• Nope, Elon Musk isn’t joining Twitter’s board — and we think we know why

  11-04-2022 13:55 via thenextweb.com
  
  Elon Musk’s time on Twitter’s board of directors has ended before it even began. On Sunday, the platform’s CEO announced that Elon won’t be accepting a seat on its board after all. That’s just five days after the celebrity billionaire bought a 9.2% stake of Twitter — making him the biggest shareholder of the company — and was appointed a board member. Take a look at CEO Parag Agrawal’s announcement: Elon has decided not to join our board. I sent a
  
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• An ode to the RadMini, the Subaru of ebikes

  11-04-2022 11:45 via thenextweb.com
  
  Big surprise to folks who know me: Out of all my hobbies, my favorite by far is cycling. I’ve been riding around New York and its environs for more than a decade now, and I love the freedom of exploring far off corners of the city under my own power, as well as traversing the less-far off corners in a more intimate way than I would if I were encased within a two-ton steel box. With the pandemic still raging on, after the mandatory lockdown in the city was lifted and my job becam
  
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• 3 ways ecommerce brands can stay agile and adapt in uncertain times

  11-04-2022 11:23 via thenextweb.com
  
  Technological advances in marketing, logistics, and production have meant that companies big and small can benefit from the wider international market of suppliers and consumers. However, internationalization has also come with its own challenges. Global brands are more sensitive to global events that reverberate across their supply chains and reshape consumer habits. The COVID-19 pandemic brought new challenges to businesses across the globe. Global supply chain disruptions, more people shoppi
  
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• Here’s how you can help shape the sustainable homes of the future

  11-04-2022 10:33 via thenextweb.com
  
  In the past, when we thought about the homes of the future, our wildest fantasies often conjured images of a Jetsons-style smart home with a garage for our hover cars, conveyor belt walkways, robotic maids, and a kitchen that prepares full five-course meals with the click of a few buttons. Today, while futuristic gadgets will still have a place, the focus for the homes of the future is on sustainability. It’s not a question of, “what kind of world are we leaving to our children or g
  
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