Published in Enrique Dans·1 day agoMember-onlyHow decentralized apps could change social networks for the betterWe’re going to be seeing more and more of stuff like the newly launched Twitter-style microblogging app called Damus, which is now available on Apple’s App Store after undergoing testing. Damus uses a decentralized protocol called Nostr (Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays), a network based on cryptographic key…Social Media3 min readSocial Media3 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·1 day agoMember-onlyCan technology and market forces drive decarbonization?An analysis of the impact of human activity on carbon dioxide emissions, shows that transportation and electricity generation are by far the two main culprits, making up 27% and 25% respectively. The electrification of transportation and the transition to renewable energies, which are also the cheapest form of electricity production…Concrete4 min readConcrete4 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·3 days agoMember-onlyThis is how platforms end, not with a bang, but a poop…On January 21st, Cory Doctorow posted a lengthy piece on his website called “Tiktok’s enshittification”. …Cory Doctorow3 min readCory Doctorow3 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·3 days agoMember-onlyDoes the future of K-pop lie in the metaverse?South Korea can only be defined with one word: different. If you visit it and see it properly, whether you like it or not, and you may find it overwhelming or even dystopian at times… but from a Western perspective, there’s no denying that it’s a place unlike any other. …South Korea3 min readSouth Korea3 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·4 days agoMember-onlyDoes a declining smartphone market reflect the economic downturn, or is something else going on?If there is one thing that the figures for the consumer electronics industry have shown over the past year, it’s that there’s been a sharp drop in sales of its flagship product, the smartphone. A 9% drop in the second quarter of 2022 was followed by an 11% drop in…Smartphones3 min readSmartphones3 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·6 days agoMember-onlyBy 2030, Uber and Lyft will be zero emission in New York CityNew York City Hall has told Uber and Lyft that they must transition their fleets to EVs by 2030. The only remarkable thing about the decision is why it took so long: many taxis are on the road 24/7, as opposed to the 3% use rate of most privately owned…New York2 min readNew York2 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·6 days agoMember-onlyNew York points the way to an American green energy revolutionIn the picture, New York’s Ravenswood power plant, a 2,480MW plant built in 1963 that has been run by several companies and that was the proposed site for two nuclear reactors in the 1970s, plans that were dropped due to safety concerns. Located in Long Island City in Queens, opposite…New York2 min readNew York2 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·Jan 27Member-onlyAs we start 2023, Tesla is still setting the pace: who’d have thought it?“Oh my God, Tesla is headed for disaster, there’s no way it can manage when its top executive and representative figure is on Twitter all day and tied up in lawsuits of all kinds; these are going to be the worst results in its history…” Meanwhile, in the real world…Tesla4 min readTesla4 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·Jan 25Member-onlyAmazon’s plans to disrupt the healthcare industry continue apaceAmazon has launched RxPass, a flat-rate service for Amazon Prime users, who will be able to receive any of the more than 50 popular generic drugs sold by Amazon Pharmacy they have a valid prescription for. The company continues to expand into a market that, for many households, especially those…Amazon3 min readAmazon3 min read
Published in Enrique Dans·Jan 24Member-onlyChatGPT has stolen Google’s thunder… for the momentWithin days of OpenAI launching ChatGPT, a version of GPT3 redesigned for a conversational interface, it was clear to Google that this kind of Large Language Model (LLM) posed a serious threat to its position as the world’s leading search engine. …Chatgpt3 min readChatgpt3 min read
