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The event venue is full of amazing spots — so grab the conference’s floor plan and check out those that you simply can’t miss: 1. The stages Make sure to visit the conference’s stages: Vision, Ignite, Discovery, and Growth Quarters. You’ll get to attend some thought-provoking sessions on business growth, finance, AI, and technological disruptions. And don’t forget about the TNW Talks stages, where you can talk in-person with leading tech figures, such as Jason Silva, a renowned filmmaker and futurist, and Seth Dobrin, IBM’s Chief AI Officer....

A spokesperson for BMW’s subscription service told Automotive News that the trial was designed to test the viability of such systems, and the company is now away developing the next iteration of the program. It’s hard to draw any significant conclusions from that, but we can say one thing, the services weren’t working in their current guise. When, or whether, this service will come back at all remains a mystery....

A Twitter account claiming to be owned by the hackers appears to have been used to leak the sensitive documents, The Baltimore Sun reports. The now-suspended account posted a document detailing a woman’s medical history last month, and claimed to have numerous other potentially sensitive documents. According to reports, the account has been taunting the city’s mayor, Bernard C. “Jack” Young. No personal data has been stolen in the attack, according to a spokesperson from the mayor’s office....

Well, let us give you a helping hand. Hard Fork has picked out some options for a variety of experience — and reading — levels. Take a look! For the baby in your life No one is too old, and for that matter too young, for Bitcoin. So, what better way of getting your offspring into cryptocurrency than gently nudging them towards it during their formative years! Or maybe you just want to help them with their ABCs with words more interesting than apple, boat, and cat....

In response to Bitcoin’s scalability challenges, its blockchain was hard forked to create a new coin, called Bitcoin Cash. Its creators wanted to create a cryptocurrency that acted as close to a digital version of cash as possible. It wanted to reduce the comparatively high transaction fees associated with Bitcoin to make everyday use of cryptocurrency a more achievable reality. Bitcoin Cash tries to do this with larger block sizes, which means more transactions can be mined per block, in theory reducing confirmation times and increasing the speed of transactions....

The problem? Its plans for domination seem to revolve around copying Uber. But first, some background. Bolt is a genuinely interesting and successful company. When the business was founded in 2013, the taxi market in many Eastern European countries was, well, deeply untrustworthy. Bolt has improved this massively; you can now get a reliable vehicle, easily. In the past three years in particularly its growth has been stratospheric; from 3 million riders to 25 million, from 11 countries of operation to 30....

The UK carrier airline has warned it is dealing with a system outage after numerous customers took to social media to complain about long queues, unexpected delays, and issues using its app. It appears London’s Gatwick airport is one of the affected locations. “We are experiencing some systems problems this morning which are affecting check-in and flight departures,” company reps wrote on Twitter. “Please check ba.com and manage my booking for the latest flight information and allow extra time at the airport,” British Airways advised customers....

Considering 2035 is quite some time away and that executive orders could theoretically be repealed by the next governor(s), it’s more of a symbolic one than one with guaranteed consequences. Still, it’s an important step in the right direction. Specifically, the order requires the California Air Resources Board to create “passenger vehicle and truck regulations requiring increasing volumes of new zero-emission vehicles sold in the State towards the target of 100 percent of in-state sales by 2035....

As an engineer, I have been working with colleagues on a way to both protect water supplies and boost renewable energy to protect the climate. We call it the solar-canal solution, and it’s about to be tested in California. About 4,000 miles of canals transport water to some 35 million Californians and 5.7 million acres of farmland across the state. As we explained in a 2021 study, covering these canals with solar panels would reduce evaporation of precious water – one of California’s most critical resources – and help meet the state’s renewable energy goals, while also saving money....

To be clear, we’ve known for a while that developer Infinity Ward intended to put crossplay in Modern Warfare, just not how it was going to work and with what systems. The open multiplayer beta, which was shown today, will launch in two parts this September. The first part will be PS4-exclusive, and the second part will have crossplay between all three platforms: PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Patrick Kelly, creative director and co-studio head of developer Infinity Ward, confirmed in a press release the team intended to have crossplay active from launch onward: “Our goal with Modern Warfare is to bring all gamers together from day one to play together....

Not only can art inspire physical action, it can also stimulate emotion and make the intangible feel tangible. According to eco artist Thijs Biersteker: Sounds neat… but why does it matter? Well, EV manufacturer Polestar is betting on art’s stimulating powers to get its sustainability message across. The company recently released a sustainability report for its new Polestar 2. While the report is an essential part of Polestar’s push towards brutal, bare naked transparency, the team behind it had to ask themselves whether it was the best way to achieve it....

One of the pain points of micromobility operators is to figure out how to keep their dockless fleet charged and available to use. When it all started, this was carried out by gig economy workers who collected a couple of dead scooters and took them to their homes to recharge overnight on their own power supply. While this scheme is still being used by some providers, new solutions were needed when operations started to grow, service became formalized and cities imposed stricter regulations for companies to be responsible for their scooter clutter instead of depending on freelancers....

Isn’t it frustrating when Wi-Fi signal on your device gets weak the moment you step into your bathroom? After all, a strong internet connection is important for your bowel movements. We have the perfect deal to get rid of your Wi-Fi woes. The Netgear Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Router is on sale for just $299, down from $399. The company claims the router can handle over 30 devices while providing seamless coverage in an area of 2500 square feet with speeds up to 6Gbps....

One of the disadvantages of owning a MacBook Air and getting into street photography in my free time is that I’m always short on storage space. In fact, the situation is so bad I couldn’t properly function without some sort of an external storage system – like a portable SSD drive for instance. Alright, but why do I need this thing? Glad you asked, my friend. Here’s my list of sensible reasons:...

The holidays are coming up. So there’s no better time to plant your bottom on a sofa and playing games for endless hours? A sweet deal that will let you that. The PlayStation Pro 4 1TB bundled with Fortnite Neo Versa is available for just $299, down from $440. With this bundle, you also get 2,000 V-Bucks – an in-game currency for Fortnite which lets you buy outfits, gliders, pickaxes, emotes, and wrap....

[Read: UK automotive production at lowest level since WW2, to cost industry $15B] Spotted by an unnamed individual, who then tipped off Electrek, Xpeng appears to be copying Tesla’s website design. I say appears, but take a look a the screenshots below and decide for yourself. The similarities are clear. Putting the actual vehicles to one side, the website shows the car moving swiftly against a cloudless blue sky. The name of the vehicle is in the same place: above the vehicle....

With public transport options running at low capacity and emerging evidence of the role of air quality and exercise in mitigating the risks of COVID-19, solutions are needed more than ever. New cycleways are being introduced in many cities, allowing healthy habits started during the lockdown to continue. Transport authorities must act fast, however, to take advantage of the current cycling boom while traffic levels are still below normal, and to avoid gridlock....

An asteroid impact 66 million years ago wiped out much of life on Earth, ending the Age of Dinosaurs. Between 3.5 and 2.5 billion years ago, impacts the size of this Chicxulub event or larger would have struck Earth every 15 million years or so, this new study finds. Weather wears away on impact craters through erosion, making older impact craters disappear over the ages. However, impacts also kick up pellets of molten glass, which land back on Earth....

1. Why are college esports dominated by men? Women and girls experience many obstacles throughout esports environments – both in terms of participation and employment. These include the way they are subjected to gender-based harassment from male esport players, toxic masculinity, stereotyping, and prejudices, as I and colleagues wrote in a forthcoming article for the Sport Management Review. These circumstances have resulted in lower numbers of women and girls in varsity collegiate esports....

Generally, this isn’t too bad. The thing is, it lacks a pretty basic feature, one that exists not only on the streaming part of the Apple Music app, but also on the five-year-discontinued iPod: the ability to go directly to an artist from the song you’re currently listening to. This is shit. Tell me more First off, and to reiterate, this piece is about the MP3 library function, not the company’s streaming service – both of which are in the same app....