How it works is that prospective passengers call the number, tell the human operator on the other end where they’d like to go, and provide payment details if there are none already on file. They’ll then get texts with details about the driver’s name, ETA, and license plate number — and the fact that these will come in texts presumably means you’ll have to have a cell phone at the very least....
That may explain why (from my experience) many experienced founders now try to imagine the entire process that’d go into their digital product evolution. They try to observe trends/behaviors and gather as much data/details as they can, before taking any serious action towards product development or promotion. As an emerging founder, you’ve probably imagined that you’d need to research your target market. Size up the competition. Assemble a team. And, finally, create your product....
What makes it unique among Chinese apps is not its feature set, but the demographics of its user pool, which is comprised of a higher percentage of rural and small-town residents than competing short video platforms. This emerging user segment has given rise to a new type of influencer, the tuwei 土味 KOL, one that doesn’t bother with the manicured, fashion-focused gloss — aka the chaowei 潮味 style — that characterizes urban internet celebs....
Boeing 737 MAX 8 flew from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and headed to Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, marking the “world’s first passenger flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).” This flight will serve as a turning point in the industry’s effort to combat climate change. pic.twitter.com/kNOUMdiaNM — United Airlines (@united) December 1, 2021 At first glance, the statement seems very impressive, but a closer look reveals that it might be an exaggeration....
Published on Wednesday, the advisories are focused on four facets of illegal drug trafficking: manufacturing, marketing, movement, and money. Directed at financial institutions and the private sector in a bid to tackle the trade of illicit substances, the note said: “The United States is in the midst of an unparalleled epidemic of addiction and death, fueled by the illicit trafficking, sale, distribution, and misuse of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids....
A YouTube video captured by Israel Rodriguez (via The Verge), shows someone – presumably a Microsoft employee or a developer with early access – using the Surface Duo on the Vancouver SkyTrain. Though it looks nearly identical to what Microsoft showed off in October, this prototype appears to sport a front-facing flash. Minor hardware changes aside, it’s neat to see the Duo’s software in action. There appear to be a few hangups and choppy frames, but we can likely chalk that up to unfinished software....
At the same time, the US and many European countries are more rigorously enforcing their by-laws applying to free content accessibility. Companies will no longer be able to afford to ignore this issue. It’s no surprise that visually impaired people are demanding better access. Populated with Instagram ‘stories’ and online stores that display 360-degree, high-definition product images and video, the web has become a visual public space. That puts many people at an unnecessary disadvantage....
Earlier this month, the calls, many from swing states, started coming in to the Election Protection hotline, a service administered by the Voting Rights Project of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonprofit in Washington, D.C. From Florida, callers said the voter registration website had collapsed, locking them out just as the deadline for registering to vote approached. A week later, more reports of stymied voters came in, this time from Virginia....
Buffett’s flagship holding company Berkshire Hathaway owned roughly $730 million worth of Snowflake stock leading into yesterday market debut, based on its IPO price of $120 per share. In what’s now heralded as the biggest software IPO of all time, Snowflake stock peaked at $319 per share (up 265%) and closed at $253.93 (up 111%), awarding Snowflake a market value of some $70 billion. According to CNBC, this grew Berkshire’s stake in the Californian data-warehousing startup to a grundle-tickling $1....
Researchers at Intel Labs transformed the graphics by training convolutional networks on real-world images. The network then applied the style of the training data to rendered images from the game. In one example, the team trained the model on the Cityscapes dataset, a collection of urban street scenes recorded primarily in Germany. [Read more: This dude drove an EV from the Netherlands to New Zealand — here are his 3 top road trip tips] This generated game graphics with smoother asphalt on the roads, glossier car paint, detailed reflections on windows, and greener grass and hills....
The space agency has released a 3D video of the tiny chopper’s third flight on the red planet, which took place on April 25. The images were captured by a pair of zoomable cameras attached to the mast of the Perseverance rover, which carried Ingenuity to Mars. The pictures were then beamed 173 million miles back to Earth, where NASA engineers rendered the flight in 3D. [Read more: This dude drove an EV from the Netherlands to New Zealand — here are his 3 top road trip tips] First, they had to stitch the images into a video....
This is a perfect time for families to venture outside, viewing the wonders of the night sky. “I’m NOT a Star” — Venus Venus is often called the morning star, or evening star (depending on when the planet rises and sets), due to the fact it is seen near the Sun — in the east at dawn, and west at sunset. The evening of 12 July is a perfect example of Venus as the evening star....
Well, I’d recommend getting in touch with a bunch of wild YouTubers called The Real Life Guys. They decided to solve this problem once and for all. How, you ask? Well, by transforming a Tesla Model 3 into a six-ton tank with giant tracks. Yes, you read that right, a tank. The entire process — which you can watch in the video above — took a full four weeks. The group spent most of that time building those gigantic tracks, which required a whole lot of steelwork and 1....
If we mean business with our pledge to keep global temperature increase below dangerous levels, then we have no time to lose to take action. Despite good intentions, global greenhouse gas emissions are still rising and are far from peaking. At current levels, we – as in humans – emit over 50 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gases, based on 2019 data. Yes, 2020 was different thanks to a global health crisis and greenhouse gas emissions plunged by a record 2 billion tonnes....
When it comes to getting around, experts broadly agree that plug-in cars are a more sustainable choice than traditional vehicles. However, as research shows, it gets a bit tricky at the manufacturing stage. A report from the MIT Energy Initiative reveals that during the production of EV batteries and other components, the emissions created are greater in comparison to the production of a gasoline-powered vehicle, and this poses a higher risk to the environment....
A study led by Michael Freeman of the University of California in 2015 found compelling evidence outlining the underlying relationship between entrepreneurship and many of the cognitive and behavioral differences associated with mental health conditions. The research found that founders, compared to others, are: 2x more likely to suffer from depression 6x more likely to suffer from ADHD 3x more likely to suffer from substance abuse 10x more likely to suffer from bi-polar disorder 2x more likely to have psychiatric hospitalization 2x more likely to have suicidal thoughts...
I quickly realized that building technology that helped companies sell virtual soldiers, blouses, and pants was just fundamentally dissatisfying for me. Eventually, I decided I wanted to build a company with a bigger impact. With Eytan Bensoussan, I founded NorthOne and we did just that. We saw that small businesses were not having their needs met by traditional banks and we built a digital bank that specifically served them. Then the pandemic hit....
Even though they’re heavily flawed and a clear-and-present danger to our privacy, it’s still super nice to be able to yell “Hey Google, play some Skynyrd!” while I’m doing the dishes and, lo and behold, it’s Freebird time. But not all virtual assistants are created the same. We’ve got Cortana tethered to our desk, Alexa trying to manage our homes, and either Google or Siri in charge of our phones....
But what exactly is “suborbital”? Simply put, it means that while these vehicles will cross the ill-defined boundary of space, they will not be going fast enough to stay in space once they get there. If a spacecraft – or anything else, for that matter – reaches a speed of 17,500 mph (28,000 km/h) or more, instead of falling back to the ground, it will continuously fall around the Earth....
You may have noticed an influx of ads for furniture on your Instagram feed after looking for a new chair for your work-from-home setup, or promoted posts for a coffee shop that you’ve only ever walked past. Your phone’s apps collect and share a lot of information—from your location, to your browsing habits, to your search history. But for iPhone owners, that’s about to change in significant ways. Apple announced in June 2020 that this spring it would begin requiring iPhone, iPad, and tvOS apps to get consent to share people’s data with third parties like data brokers and other apps....
