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Five VCs discuss how no-code is going horizontal across the world’s industries
Five VCs discuss how no-code is going horizontal across the world’s industries
Few topics garner cheers and groans quite as quickly as the no-code software explosion. While investors seem uniformly bullish on toolsets that streamline and automate processes that once required a decent amount of technical know-how, not everyone seems to think that the product class is much of a new phenomenon. On one hand, basic tools […]
·tcrn.ch·
Five VCs discuss how no-code is going horizontal across the world’s industries
Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin is now worth as much as Netflix’
Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin is now worth as much as Netflix’
Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Habermass used to say:
·bit.ly·
Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin is now worth as much as Netflix’
How COVID-19 is accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels
How COVID-19 is accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels
Creative destruction “is the essential fact about capitalism,” wrote the great Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter in 1942. New technologies and processes continuously revolutionize the economic structure from within, “incessantly destroyi
·bit.ly·
How COVID-19 is accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels
What air travel might look like in 2050
What air travel might look like in 2050
If the aviation industry was a country, it would rank among the world’s top ten emitters of carbon dioxide (CO₂). Aviation emissions have risen by 70% since 2005 and as demand increases in rich and poorer countries, they’re forecast to incr
·thenextweb.com·
What air travel might look like in 2050
The people fighting ‘light skin’ bias
The people fighting ‘light skin’ bias
Colourism is discrimination that favours light-skinned members of the same ethnic group. Despite its impact on communities around the globe, it’s been barely discussed – until now.
·bbc.com·
The people fighting ‘light skin’ bias
The Case of the Top Secret iPod
The Case of the Top Secret iPod
15 years ago, Apple helped the US government develop a custom iPod for clandestine missions. Of course, neither Apple nor the US government will admit this ever happened. Former Apple engineer and inadvertent intelligence operative David Shayer tells the story of the iPod that never existed.
·tidbits.com·
The Case of the Top Secret iPod
Ten Lessons on Marketing I’ve Learned From Quibi
Ten Lessons on Marketing I’ve Learned From Quibi
The launch of Quibi — Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s shortform, mobile-first video platform — has been a subject of my extreme…
·medium.com·
Ten Lessons on Marketing I’ve Learned From Quibi
You Will Destroy Yourself Financially If You Save
You Will Destroy Yourself Financially If You Save
There’s a simple strategy that will change your financial life and you don’t need to be Warren Buffett to understand it.
·medium.com·
You Will Destroy Yourself Financially If You Save
Dwarf planet Ceres is covered in deep salty oceans, spacecraft finds
Dwarf planet Ceres is covered in deep salty oceans, spacecraft finds
Ceres is rich with water, the Dawn spacecraft finds. What can this mean for finding life on other worlds? Ceres is the largest dwarf planet in the inner solar system, and new findings from the Dawn spacecraft reveal this body is covered
·thenextweb.com·
Dwarf planet Ceres is covered in deep salty oceans, spacecraft finds
Google Maps just became much more accurate (and colorful)
Google Maps just became much more accurate (and colorful)
If you’ve used Google Maps for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed an occasional quirk: unless you’re using the satellite view, the colors of the maps don’t necessarily reflect the natural features of the real world. Sure, streets a
·thenextweb.com·
Google Maps just became much more accurate (and colorful)
On Monopolies, Apple, and Epic
On Monopolies, Apple, and Epic
Google has built a complete monopoly on search. Amazon uses the sales data of its resellers to continuously expand and solidify market dominance. Facebook copies the competitors that they can’t bully into being bought to keep their dominant market position. Apple is partying in antitrust land forcing its competitors to hand out 30% of its revenue. The game is rigged. And no one is enforcing the rules. Except for Epic, the maker of one of the most successful games of all time.
·ia.net·
On Monopolies, Apple, and Epic
Facebook Just Told Oculus Users to Go Get Fucked
Facebook Just Told Oculus Users to Go Get Fucked
It’s official. Starting this October, a Facebook account will be mandatory for all future Oculus headsets. While there’ll be a grace period for anyone with a separate Oculus account, Facebook will end support for those on January 1, 2023.
·gizmodo.com·
Facebook Just Told Oculus Users to Go Get Fucked
Netflix Looks to India in Battle for Subscribers
Netflix Looks to India in Battle for Subscribers
Netflix adding a Hindi user interface reflects the company’s intent to dominate the global market and upend the traditional movie industry business model.
·lifewire.com·
Netflix Looks to India in Battle for Subscribers
The pandemic has changed your brain — here’s how to overcome that
The pandemic has changed your brain — here’s how to overcome that
Whether you have contracted COVID-19 or not, your brain is likely to have changed over the past few months. The virus itself can cause a number of neurological problems, along with anxiety and depression. The isolation and worry caused by t
·thenextweb.com·
The pandemic has changed your brain — here’s how to overcome that
The world's growing concrete coasts
The world's growing concrete coasts
The world’s coastlines are turning to concrete, at a huge cost to wildlife and the climate. But new technologies may offer a way to shore up coasts while benefiting biodiversity.
·bbc.com·
The world's growing concrete coasts
How to Host a Website Right Out of Your Own Home
How to Host a Website Right Out of Your Own Home
Save money and maintain control of your site by hosting it yourself with a web server at home rather than using a web hosting company. Setup can be complex.
·lifewire.com·
How to Host a Website Right Out of Your Own Home
Remote learning during the pandemic has hit vulnerable students the hardest
Remote learning during the pandemic has hit vulnerable students the hardest
In the 15 years he’s been teaching, high school literature teacher Jude Mirambeau has never faced a school year like the past one. In March, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread, his state of Florida, which is home to some of the largest school
·thenextweb.com·
Remote learning during the pandemic has hit vulnerable students the hardest