The reasons you’ll want to stay connected while traveling are pretty obvious: unless you’re planning an Into the Wild style off the grid experience, you’ll probably want to be able to use your data to find your way around, buy tickets, upload photos onto social media, fire up that local dating app, or whatever you …
No Wifi? No problem: The traveler’s guide to eSIMsLire plus »
For three decades, people have been deluged with information suggesting that depression is caused by a “chemical imbalance” in the brain – namely an imbalance of a brain chemical called serotonin. However, our latest research review shows that the evidence does not support it. Although first proposed in the 1960s, the serotonin theory of depression …
Research: Depression is probably not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brainLire plus »
This article was originally published on .cult by Eli McGarvie. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. Last year we put together a list of the best hacking movies, and obviously, the next …
Here are the 10 best movies and series about developersLire plus »
President Biden seems to be all about electrifying America and pushing for EV adoption, but there are some people who feel seriously left out: our dear Elon Musk and… his mom. Last Wednesday, the president attended GM’s Factory Zero grand opening in Michigan and even had some fun behind the wheel of a 2022 GMC …
Musk and his mom go on anti-Biden Twitter rampage for ignoring TeslaLire plus »
The days are getting shorter, the weather is worsening, and people’s mood is souring. ‘Tis the season… yay. Fortunately, there’s a solution to our collective predicament: make memes to mask the pain, using a piping hot batch of ‘Hide the Pain Harold’ stock photos. Sorry, we’re always going to think of these as memesCredit: Hide …
Hide the Pain Harold’s new autumn ‘stock photos’ perfectly capture your dark day bluesLire plus »
Back in June, Australian startup Alauda Racing unveiled its Airspeeder MK3. The company defines the aircraft as a full-sized remotely-operated electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL). The Airspeeder though isn’t your average eVTOL — it’s a flying race car. On Thursday, Alauda set two Mk3s to fight against each other down a 300m drag …
Neuroscientists at Columbia University observed a curious thing. When they asked a group of test subjects to concentrate on a painting of an angel wielding a sword, they found it triggered responses in the subjects’ wrists. Others have reported the sensation of dancing when observing Degas’ Ballerinas. This is due to a process called embodied …
Can art mobilize people to fight climate change? This artist thinks soLire plus »
Today, I came across a cool foldable motorbike that looks like a desk, can fit under a desk, but has one big problem: it can’t turn into a desk. Yes, this thing that looks like a PC tower is actually a motorbike. Credit: Icoma Okay, let’s talk about the bike itself first before I name …
Finally! Someone made a motorbike that looks exactly like a deskLire plus »
Last Thursday, 200 Volkswagen executives gathered for a conference in Alpbach, Austria, to discuss the electric transform the Group, with special reference to the conversion of the Wolfsburg plant, the company’s headquarters. Well that sounds pretty boring, but trust me, it gets better. There was one special and utterly unexpected guest who joined the meeting …
Tesla and VW are the EV industry’s hottest frenemiesLire plus »
Residents of an otherwise quiet neighborhood in San Francisco have been dealing lately with a very weird affliction: the constant buzzing of several Waymo vehicles crowding a dead-end street. The self-driving taxis are flooding the end of 15th Avenue, appearing rather “confused” as they enter the area, residents told local news station KPIX. What the …
‘Confused’ Waymo robotaxis keep flooding dead-end street in San FranciscoLire plus »
