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Escooters and micromobility startups have been booming over the past year. But how are they finding rapid expansion during a pandemic? First we’ve gotFredrik Hjelmco-found and CEO of Swedishescooterstartup Voi, to chronicle the lessons they’ve learned after rolling out micromobility trials across the UK. At the end of a hard 12 months, it’s a good time to reflect on what we learned over the past year. It’s been an incredibly tough time across all 50 European cities in which we operate....

Thanks to the likes of Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant, voice tech has seen a huge rise in the past decade. But the voice assistant industry has yet to reach its full potential and it can become an integral part of many applications we use every day. In the next few years, we will see the advent of new markets, applications, and platforms for voice assistants that will go beyond the reach of the incumbents, says Nick MacShane, Founder and Senior Managing Director at Progress Partners, a merchant bank providing M&A, capital raise, and SPAC advisory for emerging tech and media companies....

Volcanos on Jupiter’s moon are painting its surface with beautiful colors You’ve got another thin coming, Lucy The atmosphere of Io is astonishingly thin — a billion times thinner than theatmosphereof our own world. But, studying this tenuous layer of (mostly) sulfur dioxide gas allows astronomers to learn more about the thin atmosphere of this moon, as well as determine the composition of Io just beneath its colorful veneer. [Read:What audience intelligence data tells us about the 2020 US presidential election]...

Well, you read the title. It’s clear that the Volkswagen Group has continued to gain momentum with its electric offensive in the first half of 2021. Up to the end of June, a total of 170,939 BEV models were delivered worldwide,which works out to an increase of 165.2%compared to the same period of 2020 (64,462 units). This means that nearly thrice as many electric vehicles were sold. Interestingly, BEV deliveries nearly doubled also between the first and the second quarter of 2021: from 59,948 units in Q1 to 110,991 units in Q2....

We’ve all been there. You’re on a phone that sends a predictive text with something that you in no way meant to say, leading to serious embarrassment. The iPhone is well-known for causing many such problems and Volkswagen has tapped into that brilliantly for a new series of ads that end up sending the wrong messages to people. The short simple videos instantly put a smile on your face and get the core message across....