Last year, I was walking down a forest path in Chile when I met a very old man. He told us he’d been a guide on the trails for 60 years and asked us if we’d like to walk with him. As we hiked up and down treacherously steep paths crisscrossed with knotty tree roots, he asked us if we could take a short rest because he was just recovering from his 6th stroke....
The UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), one of the UK’s three intelligence agencies,is finding it difficultto hold on to staff that are being lured away to work for technology giants Microsoft and Google, because it can’t match their salaries. GCHQ director Iain Lobban told the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee that staff at its Cheltenham base are increasingly leaving for jobs that have “three times the salary and the car and whatever else”, admitting that whilst he can offer them “a fantastic mission”, he is unable to “compete with their salaries”....
AtThe Inspire Conferencein London this week, The Next Web met quite a few cool new startups. And one of them wasLutebox, a social entertainment hub. So – what exactly is a social entertainment hub? In the case of Lutebox, it’s an online hangout where users can instantly stream, play and discover premium entertainment content. Friends can link-up to enjoy movies, music, games etc in real-time, anywhere in the world. I spoke withS....
Like Uber, ride-hailing platform Lyft has sold its self-driving division. It’s a massive u-turn for the company considering that just last year, it said it was planning tolaunch its first robotaxi fleetin 2023. Let’s take a closer look at what’s happened. The deal On Tuesday this week, Lyft announced an acquisition agreement with Toyota’s Woven Planet Holdings (WPH). The deal sees WPH buy Lyft’s self-driving division, called Level 5, for $550 million in cash....
Today’s Word Bicycle Day and we can celebrate it by taking a look atLyft’s new ebikethat will join its bikeshare electric fleet in the US. Lyft’s next-gen ebike is a refined and updated version of its previous battery-based models, with a clear focus on accessibility, durability, and safety improvements. The battery has doubled in capacity from 500Wh to 1,000Wh — enough juice, Lyft says, for up to 96 kilometers of range, depending on factors such as the rider’s weight and how many hills the bike climbs....
